Spring Break

A week has gone by and it has been a very relaxing Spring Break. It is not often we just get to stay home and enjoy doing nothing, any real plans for anything special. We decided to do what we wanted at the very last minute. We only made plans to do something three out of nine days. Monday we went to the Zoo with some friends. Yes!!! We did go to the Zoo with the class trip. This time we were able to get in and see Dino Alive. Then on Wednesday we went to a new museum called Pirate & Treasure Museum with some friends. The collection is one mans treasures that he has been collecting over the past thirty years. The museum is very kid friendly with all kinds of hands on experiences. A few of the experiences are: Hunt for treasures. Computer touch screens for finding items in the story that reviles the large treasure.  The kids were able to shoot off cannons. The best part was the Pirate that walked around the medium. The kids were so excited to go through the museum and see everything. They ran through it in about a half hour. At the end we decided to go back and see it more slowly. When we were walking back through, the Pirate gave us a personal tour and explained so much of the museum. He had all of us glued to his every word.

All the dinosaurs move and make sounds. Some squirt water.

The boys are in a trap.  DINNER!!! 

In the gift shop and in a play area they have dinosaurs where they kids can worked the mechanics and see how they move.

Replica dinosaur bones are also on display.

Map of the Museum.

 Our last activity for Spring break is today and we are going to see the movie Hop.            

The fun surprise of nature.

Spring is the time for growing.  Since the Cisco Kid has off from school today we started watering our potted plants.  As we were watering the potted plants in front of the house next to our front door, I noticed that the dirt was mounded high under the big leaf of the plant.  This plant has survived the winter and at first I thought it was the lizards digging through the dirt.  I had the Cisco Kid get a stick and pick up the large leaves so I could see what was under them.  To our surprise it was a bird’s nest with four little white and pink eggs. The Cisco Kid was so happy that we might have little baby birds soon. 

Class Field Trip

This is the third field trip this year with the school.  This time we all went to the Zoo.  Every chaperone had their own group of children.  My group of boys loved the interactive moments with the animals.  Feeding the giraffe and the birds are the best.   

Shabby Chic Inspiration Antique Booth

It has been quite some time now since I have posted about my Antique Booth.  The booth is unrecognizable since the last time I posted about it.  So many things have come and gone.

I am doing some revamping in my house and one of my treasures had to go in the booth.  As you can see in the picture there is a big wood and black display piece.  I found the bottom antique wooden chest and decided to put a back on it with some shelves, turning it into this great display wall unit.

 From treasured past.

  

Cake Auction for American Cancer Society.

Every year the Cub Scouts Raises money for a charity. This year we had a cake Auction for the American Cancer Society. We had a professional auctioneer that did a great job auctioning off our fifty cakes.

We made a Mario Brothers cake and a Candy Land Cake.

The Mario Brothers cake was a vanilla cake with chocolate icing layers. All the figurines are made out of molding chocolate.

It was very funny watching the auction. Each scout went up and described their cake. They stayed up there with the auctioneer. She started every bid at $10.00. The boys were so excited to see how much their cakes would sell for. At the beginning of every cake auction one or two paddles would raise committing to the auctioneers price. When it came time for The Cisco Kids Mario cake, the auctioneer started out with the normal $10.00 bid, and then the fun began. There were at least twenty paddles that quickly raised. The auctioneer had a look of shock on her face and she immediately started to increase the cake by $10.00. The Auctioned ended and it sold for $80.00. 

 
The Cisco Kid loves to play Mario on WII so I decided to make a cake that I loved to play as a child.  I loved Candy Land.   The Cake is vanilla with a colorfull layer of icing in the center. The Candy Land Cake auctioned off for $50.00.

 We raised a total of 1,300.00 for the American Cancer Society.