Tuesday, September 23, 2014

The Weekend: Baseball and a Half Birthday

Our weekend was full of baseball fun and celebrating Henry's half birthday.  

On Saturday night, we went to our first baseball game of the season (now that the season is nearly over!). Tiger Cub Scouts go on five field trips, or Go See Its, during the year, including one to a sporting event. Since we love baseball, we invited Henry's den to go with us to Minute Maid Park for the second-to-last-home game of the year. And boy, were we in for a treat! We watched as the Astros hit FIVE home runs against the Seattle Mariners, winning the game 10-1. Holy Toledo, what a game!


We were a small group, but the boys loved watching the game and rooting for the Astros.  


We did have some work to do over the weekend as well. Will worked hard on a science experiment for class (his question was: Why do boats float and rocks sink?) and Henry finished his Cub Scout scrapbook. Last month, a nonprofit organization called Unbound came to our church to talk about sponsoring children living in poverty. We jumped at the chance to sponsor two children. Will and Henry picked out two boys their ages from Guatemala and this weekend, they wrote their first letters to their sponsored kids.   


And finally, Henry turned 6 1/2 on Sunday! Half birthdays are a pretty big deal when you're young, so we try to make them extra special and fun. We celebrated with a half-birthday dinner of skirt steak, coleslaw, caprese salad and Gene's sourdough baguette. Best of all, we were able to enjoy our meal outside! It wasn't too hot and the mosquitoes were nowhere to be found.


One of our favorite birthday (and half birthday) traditions is getting cupcakes from Crave Cupcakes. On Sunday afternoon, Henry and I walked down the street and picked out four cupcakes to share.   


This is what 6 1/2 looks like.


Happy half birthday, Henry!

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