Lately: Scouts, Soccer and More Chickens

The end of the school year is in sight, which means all of our activities will be winding down soon. It's been a very full school year for all of us and while we've enjoyed all our activities, I think we're all looking forward to the slower days of summer. 

Here's a peek at some of what we've been up to for the past two weeks:

We went to our first Dynamo game with some friends from Henry's soccer team. The Dynamo lost but we had a great time watching professional soccer players on the field.

Another first: we visited the Scout Fair at NRG Arena. It was massive! Packs and troops and other organizations from all around Houston had booths, activities, and food. We could have been there all day and not seen it all. 

Henry made a mini pinewood derby car at one booth.

Paper airplanes

Obstacle course through the River of Doom

Raingutter regatta

Boy Scout troops were cooking in the parking lot. We sampled chilis, Mexican s'mores, burgers and more, but the boys' favorite was trying the deep fried Oreos!

Last week, West U Elementary celebrated its 90th birthday! Thursday was "Dress like You're 90" day at school, so Henry donned a button-down shirt and pulled his pants up past his belly button. His teacher sprayed his hair with silver hair spray too. 

Chicks in the classroom

Each week, I spend about 30 minutes in Henry's classroom taking photos of the kids with the chickens. Six of the ten have gone back to the ranch, and we are left with Granny T, Chickmunk, Honeybun, and Lemondrop til the end of the year. They are growing so fast and are spreading their wings.

And finally, after huge storms and historic flooding in Houston, the early part of the weekend cleared up just in time for our final Cub Scout campout of the year. We traveled about an hour and a half west to Lake Somerville State Park and had a blast running, exploring, and fishing with our friends. And tending the fire, of course.

Tug of war

 

This has been Houston's wettest April on record, so spending the weekend outside at a beautiful park with lots of friends was exactly what we needed. More rain is on the way!