Operation Treats for Troops

As part of Armed Forces Day which honors Americans serving in the five U.S. military branches – the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard, Zoe's Daisy Troop participated in Operation Treats for Troops. The girls collected donations from people outside Kroger's. The money will be used to buy girl scout cookies to send to our armed forces. The girls collected enough money to buy 49 boxes of cookies. Well done, girls!

Additionally, a reporter from patch.com wrote two articles about our troop collecting these donations. They care:

Plymouth-Canton Girl Scouts to Sell Cookies for U.S. Soldiers

Girl Scouts Rally Residents to Send Cookies to Military Troops

"Click!"

This is Nate taking a picture of me with his camera while I am taking a picture of him.

"Gum Drops"

Tap Rehearsal Video

"Candy Girl"

Jazz Rehearsal Video

Happy Mother's Day, Mommy!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Zoe @ 7

50lbs (50th percentile)
49.5 inches tall (75th percentile)

Mother Daughter Tea

The Workman Girl Scouts held their 2nd Annual Mother Daughter Tea today. Zoe and I made hats and put on our fancy dresses to attend. We snacked on tea sandwiches and desserts and of course, had tea. Zoe and I even led the fancy hat parade. Zoe didn't win the fancy hat contest, but was happy to be a finalist.

Spring Soccer

The Supergirls had their first spring soccer game today. Due to all of the rain, they only managed to have one practice before this game. The lost, by a lot, but still had fun. And, if you ask Zoe, she will probably tell you they won. She was convinced the other team only had 2 goals at one point, even though they had scored 3 on her while she was in goal.

Nate at Swimming

I finally got Nate signed back up for some swimming lessons and he loved it. He had a smile on his face the entire time.

Nate is supposed to have his chin on the blue line at the edge of the pool in this photo. For some reason, the way he is holding himself just cracks me up.

Easter

Poppa & Grandma with the grandkids (and a smiling Nate)

Poppa & Grandma with the grandkids (and a not-smiling Nate)

Easter Egg Hunt

Humane Society

Zoe's Daisy troop donated 25% of their cookie money to the Michigan Humane Society. With the money, they purchased:

(2) Bags totaling 104 lbs of Dog Food

(1) 4 lbs of Raw Hide Dog Treats

(8) Cat Toys

(8) Containers of Disinfectant Wipes

(1) Gallon of Dishwashing Liquid

(24) Double Rolls of Environmentally Friendly Paper Towels

Each girl also made a kitty fort to donate. These little homes help the kitties/cats with stressful situations (maybe we need to make a couple for Alex and Nicholas). Their visit even ended up being part of an article in YAKS corner, which is mini-newspaper for kids that's filled with local stories, events and people plus current events. The article features their tour guide at the Humane Society, Ron Blauet. You can see it here online at http://nieonline.com/detroit/parents.cfm. Click on download this week's issue. They are on page 2.

Tae Kwan Do

Zoe and her Daisy troop had a Tae Kwan Do class to learn about being courageous and strong. The girls and a quite a few of the parents (including me) had fun learning some basics about Tae Kwan Do.

Bunny Eggs!

While Zoe was at Tae Kwan Do for Daisies, Tony took Nate to Bunny Day here in the village. The festivities included an Easter Egg hunt. Nate has been calling the eggs he got bunny eggs!

"Welcome to Moo Mart!"

Nate has been saying some of the cutest things lately, including, "Welcome to Moo Mart!" For a long time, I thought he was just mispronouncing Walmart (which was odd because, I think he's only ever been to walmart once.) Well, today we were watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (Nate's favorite show, by far) and there is Moo Mart - Clarabelle's new store in Mickey Park! He sets up a shop usually selling only 1 item and wants you to come buy it. Too cute!

"So come down to the new Moo Mart, ♪ Where your shopping day should always start ♪ " - (imagine Clarabelle Cow singing)

Zoe's Friend Party

In no particular order: Emma B., Emma N., Emma S., Ella, Isabella, Peyton, Judy, Kaylin, Kaitlyn, Anabelle, Grace, Hailey, Parker, Bailey, Tanner, Mary, Faith, Rachel, Elizabeth, Audrey, Lucy & Zoe

The girls (plus Tanner) had fun coloring giant Rapunzel pages on the walls, making Pascal party blowers, decorating party bags and playing pin the hair on Rapunzel. It was a crazy couple of hours, but Zoe had fun.

Zoe's 7th Birthday

Pretty In Pink

Zoe's new room.

St. Patrick's Day

When we got up this morning, we noticed that a leprechaun had been up to some mischief at our house. He turned our milk and toilet bowl water green and gathered up all the green toys to taunt us.