Brandy on January 25th, 2010

Our homeschool Girl Scout troop held an investiture ceremony, and it turned out very nicely. I’d never heard of an investiture before, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Alyssa had done bridging twice, so I wasn’t expecting to do it for a few years. I’m glad our leader decided to [...]

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Brandy on January 23rd, 2010

Christian had his Pinewood Derby recently…
Here is his car — in the lead:

Here he is getting his division first place trophy:

Here’s an action shot of the all-around finals:

AND… here’s Christian getting the Grand Champion trophy!!

I am so proud of him!!

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Brandy on December 3rd, 2009

Our homeschool Cadette troop was lucky enough to go on a tour of our local HEB Cypress Market. We got to speak to the produce manager, the seafood manager, the meat market manager and a baker.
We learned the proper way to check for ripeness of an avocado — and it’s not by squeezing it! [...]

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Brandy on November 29th, 2009

Last week Christian had his pack meeting. He finally received all the belt loops and pins that he worked so hard on in October and early November. He got the following belt loops: swimming, wildlife conservation, geology, citizenship, marbles, astronomy. And he got the following pins: geology, weather, citizenship and [...]

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