" Curby" the talking trash can

Curby came to scouts last night. He was so cool. The kids are learning about recycling in scouts this month and I was trying to think of something fun we could do to learn about recycling. Well I had remebered going to the library with Shaylyn and Curby had come that day for storytime and I thought he would be perfect to help me teach the kids about recycling. So now I had the problem of figuring out who in the world to call to get curby to come. I called the county and they knew exactly who to talk to. I was so excited. The boys were taken by surprise. Curby was under a sheet hidden in the corner of the room and I was in the front playing a recycle trivia game with them. Then all of a sudden out of nowhere you here this voice saying " Hello", "hello" it's dark in here. The boys started freaking out and screaming they were so excited. I went over to the sheet and out pops Curby. Curby is a walking , talking robot. The boys don't notice but in the back of the room there is a man who talks for Curby. He was so funny playing with the boys. It was very educational and the boys had a blast. Thank you Osceola for having such a great educational program for the kids. For all you home schooling babes ( Jamie) call your county and see what kinds of educational programs they have available to you. Get a group of home schoolers together and have a program. Anyway it was a BLAST!!! One of the best scouting meetings I have ever been to.

Chace got to Shake Curby's hand.

The Weekend!

Ok so I have really great news this week. I just found out that I am being called as the Young Womens Camp Director for Church. Yeah. Those of you that know me well know this is a dream calling for me. I love camping and anything outdoorsie. I also love the young women and going to girls camp to me is better than going to a spa. It is my couple days off to do something I absolutely love to do.I am so excited. Other than that exciting news, this weekend was a slow one. We just hung out as a family. My brothers came to the park with my boys and played baseball with them which of course the boys loved that. We also played a really cool game my brothers got called Rock band. It was so funny to watch the boys play and sing. It is going to be really sad when we move away from my brothers but at the same time it will be nice to be on our own again. We all benefitted from being together in so many ways but now it is time for us to part ways. We will miss them. Well I hope everyone else had a great weekend. I will post tommorow after Curby the talking trash can comes to scouts tonight. I will post some pictures so you can see what I am talking about.

Thank you for your prayers

Thank you all for your prayers. Oma came out of surgery like a champ. She is doing very well and resting at the holmes Hospital in Melbourne. I am so grateful for her and I am so glad to say she is still here to give hugs and kisses!

Sabrina the Guide Dog Puppy

So here is the story. When I was younger and in Girl Scouts my mom took me to this fair where they had all kinds of informational booths and things set up. One of the booths at the fair was a booth about Guide dogs and how Families would sign up to raise a puppy. The family would take the puppy everywhere they went and socialize it to different situations and places. They would do the potty training and also the basic obedience. Otherwise the puppy is to be treated like any other family dog. Anyway ever since I saw that booth I always thought it would be so fun to be a puppy raiser family. So Last year I went on the internet to see if their was a guide dog training place here in Florida. There was a group called Southeastern Guide Dogs (their website is www.guidedogs.org ) down in Palmetto. So I filled out the online application and prayed that if it was meant to be that we would be chosen as a raiser family. They say that after filling out the application it takes 4 to 6 weeks to hear from someone and that the home visit will take place some time after that and then it usually can take up to 4 months to get a puppy. Well I knew my prayer was answered when the day after I put in the application I got a call and set up a home visit for 2 days later. Then 3 days after the home visit we got a call to pick up our puppy that weekend. Amazing huh! I knew we were meant to have this puppy. Her name is Sabrina and after my husband and kids she is the love of my life. We take her everywhere we go, grocery stores, library, parks, beach, camping, you name it we have been there. Her latest outing being the hospital to visit Oma. She is going to be an amazing Guide Dog. I am going to miss her so much when she goes back. They will be calling for her in probably the next 3 months. It is going to be so hard to see her go but I know what good she is going to do for some one who needs her. I am so proud to be a part of this cause. I know we are taught to do service and this is one of those service projects that is so rewarding for me that I sometimes forget I did this to help someone else. If you have time check out the website and maybe if you are interested find a Guide dog school near you and apply to be a puppy raiser family. It is a ton of work and there are days I say to myself what were you thinking?but mostly I see her and I smile!Her partner in life will be so lucky to have her. She will be the eyes and sometimes ears of someone who needs her.She will give them their freedom and their life back. What mom could be prouder of her girl than me?

Keep her in your prayers

Ok Everyone,

I am writing this today to let you know that Cr' s grandmother ( Barbara Wise) is going to the hospital for surgery at 7am tommorow. We are a bit concerned because it is not an easy operation and they are worried about her age that she may not make it out. I am putting out a request for your prayers that she will be able to make it out of the surgery and recover well. Or if it be the Lord's will to take her home I pray for comfort for Cr and our family. Cr's grandmother is like his mom so it would be a great loss. Anyway I am thinking possitive that nothing will happen and she will be just fine. I just wanted everyone to know and to keep her in your prayers.I will be going over to Melbourne tommorrow to be at the hospital when she wakes up. I figured I would take Sabrina ( our guide dog puppy in training, we are puppy raisers but I will write more about her later )to see Oma in the hospital because she loves dogs and it will cheer her up. I thought I could take Sabrina up to the pediatrics ward too while we were waiting. I am sure the kids would also love to see her. I will post as soon as I can tommorrow to let everyone know how she does.

As for our crazy day today..I am in charge of the scouts at my sons school and this months theme is litter to glitter. What a fun theme. Anyway I had a great time coming up with a game for the kids to play. It was a recycle relay. They had to dig for recyle items in the trash( cleaned by me earlier) with a color sticker on the bottom matching their teams color. Then they had to run back to their team and put it in the recycle bin. It was so fun to see the boys playing. We also played Recycle Trivia.I was the talk show host and asked trivia questions. Next week I am really excited because Osceola County has this cool program for kids to teach about recycling and keeping the earth beutiful. They have a talking trash can named " Curby". He comes and talks and plays with the kids. He is going to come and talk to us about recycling next week. The kids will be so suprised and I know they will get a big kick out of it.I love watching Chace playing and having a good time. Chace should be receiving his wolf badge in cub scouts by the end of this month. He is so proud of himself and we are so proud of him as well. He worked hard to earn his badge.We love you Chace and keep up the good work.Well I will try to post tommorrow and let everyone know what is going on. I hope everyone has a great day / week.

Missy

Let me Explain!

Ok,

So I figured I had better explain the comment my friend Rene wrote. She is mad because I went to the Strawberry festival in Melbourne without her. She lives in Melbourne and I live in Orlando so we hardly ever get the chance to see each other. So when I am in town I am suppossed to go see her. I called her today to explain and I repented of my sin.So to you Rene ....I am sorry and I will see you on Tuesday=)

Missy..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Strawberry Festival and Dinosaurs!!!!

Hey All,

Wow what a busy day we had. We went to Melbourne to spend time with family and go to the Strawberry festival and to the Dinosaurs at the zoo. First we went to the Strawberry festival. They had so many fun things to do there. The kids got to play games and of course there was the strawberries. Yumm! The boys did this balloon popping contest to see who could pop their balloon first. That was so funny because they were both afraid of the actual popping. Shaylyn's favorite is the bouncy houses and slides. She can't get enough of them. My favorite was the chocolate dipped strawberries. Cr had to work in the morning so it was just Grandma, Mom and kids for the festival.
After the festival we went to the zoo where we met Cr, his mom and grandma and we took the kids to see the dinosaurs. It is so fun. They have animatronic dinosaurs that make noise and move. The kids were so fascinated. They also made it into a story as you went through the exhibit. The story is there are three baby dinosaurs at the front who are lost. We have to go to all these different continnents and obstacles to find their mommies. All the while we have passports that we are stamping along the way. At the end they have the giant T-Rex. It was so funny because Shaylyn did not like the big T-Rex so she started yelling at it and sticking her tongue out at it. I have a picture of it in the slideshow. Then right before you exit you get to dig for bones, dig for fossils and pan for fossils. It was an educational and very fun experience. Overall we had a very fun day. My only regret was that I did not put sunscreen on myself or the baby because it is february and my mind is not on the thought of having my sunscreen with me at all times yet. Anyway I am fried and unfortunately for the first time so is my daughter. I feel like such a bad mom because that is one of my biggest pet peaves...not putting sunscreen on your kids!!!!!Anyway I hope everyone else had a great weekend. I will update again soon.