Monday -
Take car to dealer for week's worth of auto maintenance
Volunteer in St Francis office 7:45 - 11ish.
Nurse in afternoon 11- 2:45.
Kids have martial arts from 6-8.
Tuesday -
Nurse from 11-2:45
Babysit for Barella kids when home until 4:45.
Dad's birthday dinner
Weight Watchers Meeting
Wednesday -
Nurse from 11-2:45
Speech after school
Matt's RCIA in pm
Thursday -
Volunteer in St Francis office 7:45 - 11.
Nurse from 11-2:45
Speech after school
Friday - IM IN LOVE!!!!!!! (((ha ha... thats a Cure song. I couldnt help but put that in.)))
There are lots of things to do today, but Im not going to write it all out. Suffice it to say, its more of the same. But thats cool. Its Friday and that feels great!
One of the things that had Matt super stressed this week was the annual boy scout cake making contest. It takes place at tonight's meeting.This is Finn's first year in boy scouts and apparently they make cakes each year according to theme. The theme this year was "super heroes." Finn picked out a hero character from Club Penguin and Matt began brainstorming ideas of how to create the cake.
At first, all of this was very exciting for Matt. He was a boy scout as a kid and he too participated in the annual cake contest. In fact, he remembers making a cake with his sister Kris and actually winning the contest one year. When he first found out that the contest was on and that Finn's troop would participate, Matt was ready to go. He was all about winning. Being skilled in program management, he made a schedule of how he would tackle the construction of the cake and he stuck to it. I was very proud of him. He didnt procrastinate... he was right on schedule. But last night, Matt looked discouraged. He voiced several times how stressed he was and how things werent going to plan. "The penguin looks lame." "My iceberg didnt turn out the way I had imagined." "I dont have enough blue frosting." "Why isnt Finn helping me more." He was not a happy camper.
Im sure he wanted to quit. Anyone who has seen Matt frustrated knows that things can go south quickly. But he persevered like a good former boy scout and finished what he started. The cake is a masterpiece... at least I think so. Im actually very impressed with what he pulled off. And like a good father, Matt finished it before bedtime too! Wooo hooooo! Finn thinks its awesome and he got to eat a lot of frosting last night. Thats all that really matters, right? Happiness and a full tummy.
Here is the cake:
And now I just need to clean all this (((((groan)))):
Ok that is cute and Matt has certainly learned a lot since his boy scout cake. I don't remember it winning any kind of prize but if it did it was the sympathy prize. Sorry Matt - I thought you knew. I am allowed to say that becuase I was there and it was a scary blob of iridescent blue that barely resembled a cake. They auctioned off the cakes that night and I remember being so thankful when Matt's boyscout leader bought it. Thankful because I didn't ever want to have to eat it. It is still a good memory though and I am glad Matt and Finn got to relive the event with such beautiful results.
ReplyDeleteThat was the first year Kris...and it won no prizes! ;) The one that did well was a bear (in spite of the fact that under the icing it was held together with toothpicks). You should remember...you helped.
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