Raingutter Regatta

Last night Dillon and I stayed up very late making his boat for the Cub Scout Raingutter Regatta. Dillon named his boat "The Dinosaur Traveler", but we didn't have enough room to put the whole title on the sail, so it got shortened to "DINO". For me not knowing anything at all about making a boat, I think it turned out pretty good. It was done in true woman style though. In combination with Dillon's dinosaur stickers, we put glitter around the sides, and used some of my scrapbook sticker letters for the name on the sail. Then, in all my brilliance, :) I modge podged the whole thing so that all the stickers and glitter would stay on... pretty ingenius I think. It must have looked okay, because I over heard one of the boys saying that Dillons boat was the "COOLEST". I was laughing out loud when I heard that. Dillon ended up winning one of the two races that he participated in and received a blue ribbon.

It seems like lately I have had more opportunities to work with Dillon one on one, and I have to say that I have really enjoyed it. Dillon is a great kid, and is so smart, and imaginative. I am so glad that he has the opportunity to be involved with Cub Scouts. It is fun to watch him smile and be so happy when he is at his activities.

We had been told to have the kids wear their swimming suits, because they were going to be able to play in the pop-up fountain at the park. When we got there everyone was dissapointed because it was blocked off and not working for some reason, but the sprinklers ended up coming on and saving the evening. The kids had so much fun running through them, and getting soaking wet. Samantha liked it except for the part where she had grass stuck to her feet, then she had to have a little OCD freak out moment. I swear she is OCD, seriously!

This was definitely an evening full of activities. After the Regatta, the kids all got to go Ice Blocking! I think they all had the most fun doing this. I even tried it a couple of times. I can't say that I had ever been ice blocking before. The kids' little behinds were freezing, so I ended up folding up a towel and putting it on the block of ice. It seemed to help, so much, that they didn't want to stop. I think they could have slid down that hill all night. I think I will get some friends together and do it again. What a great way to cool off in this awful HEAT!

We really did have a great time tonight. I love it when my kids are laughing, smiling, and having so much fun. It makes me happy when they are happy. :)