Conversations in the car with Maggs

Maggie:  Mum, when is the Go! St. Louis Hallowe'en run?
Me:  It's around Hallowe'en Maggie.  That's like asking when is the 4th of July run
Maggie:  Well, when is the 4th of July run?
Me:  Maggie, it's on the 4th of July
Maggie:  UGGGHHHHHH......why are all these runs on the same day?

Maggie:  Mum, I know two reasons why birds don't get electrocuted when they sit on the wires.
Me:  Really Maggie?  What are they?
Maggie:  Well, the first one is because their feathers are insulators
I'm thinking, well she's got the general idea with insulators, just not electricity
Maggie:  AND the second reason is because they have rubber feet...
Yeah, at this point, I've got nothing.....

Region 3 2014 results

Girl Scout trip to Panera Bread

We took the Girl Scouts to Panera Bread to earn their baking badges. They got to color while waiting to get started

They baked bread, and got to eat it!

The best thing???  The plastic gloves.....

Spring is struggling through....

After the brutal Winter, we have lost so much in the garden this year. I had to pull out all my sage, lavender and thyme plants. Some things are struggling to come through, we have a few bulbs that I took a few pictures of.  I had planted over 100 hyacinth bulbs at one point,  I probably only have about 10 left.

I do have some daffodils and it looks like it's a nice Spring for them.  They are quite far behind this year though......

St. Louis 250 cakes #1 and 2

St. Louis turned 250 this year. To celebrate, they are putting up 250 "cakes" in the area. We are going to see how many we can find before the end of the year.... We got our #1 and #2 on Friday when we ran over to Forest Park to buy season tickets for The Muny.  The first one was at the Muny.  June took a picture of me with Maddie and Maggie.....

#2  Maddie and Maggie at the Jewel Box in Forest Park

Ben's first regional meet 2014

Sam and Ben went to Dallas for the Regional Competition this weekend.  Ben did really well, he came 4th overall, and missed 3rd place by 0.05!!!!   Sam said he looked very good.  He fell off the mushroom (NEVER seen that happen before!), so he lost points for that, but was consistent on everything else.

He was surprised because he didn't think he was going to win anything at all.

Maggie and I went to the Dollar Store and bought him some balloons to welcome them home.

Conversation of the day.....

Conversation of the Day:
Me: Ben, I put a laundry basket right there for you and your clothes are still on the floor a foot away from it. If I see you do this again, I'm going to post a picture on Facebook and tag you in it so all your friends see it.
Ben: Oh Mum. All the boys do that. No one is going to care.
Hoisted by my own petard......