Trophy

Last night was the blue and gold dinner at Cub Scouts. It was a night for recognizing lots of achievements including Pinewood Derby. The highlight for me was getting the 2nd place trophy. I loved getting it. When it was presented to me, I turned to look at all the other scouts, hoisted the trophy high in the air, and then pressed it to my lips giving it a kiss. I was so happy!

Badminton

Badminton, originally uploaded by Beckywithasmile.

This weekend we put up the badminton net and played in the yard. I really like badminton. One of the things we try to do is see how long we can keep a rally going. The record for this session was 10 shots.

Night Out

This weekend, Mom and I went to the Chabot Science Center. What made the trip unusual is that we stayed overnight in the museum. Needless to say, with a zillion cub scouts trying to sleep on the floor, not much sleeping took place. Still it was fun. Got to try on an astronaut helmet. (Didn't like the smell though--smelled like dog.) The highlight of the day was supposed to be looking through the giant telescopes at the place (it's a state of the art observatory). Unfortunately, clouds meant that we couldn't look out. The guide instead substituted the world's most boring discussion of the three telescopes. It was so boring that even Mom left before it was over.

Frisbee Golf

Today we didn't something totally cool--we made up our own frisbee golf course in he park across the street. We brought a big frisbee and a bucket to be the tee box and the hole. We also brought 2 normal frisbees. I had a great time, so much so tat we ended up playing 22 holes of frisbee golf. I like that I get to make up my own holes and then play them. I tend to like holes that are REALLY long. One hole was about 300 yards from start to finish.

Great game.

Walnut Creek

 

for the first time ever, we went boating in THE Walnut Creek. There's not much left of the creek in its natural state (mostly it's diverted in underground culverts), but we found a launching point. Since it is rainy season, there was still plenty of water. There was a pretty good current too. Three of our boats made it from the creek into the Contra Costa Canal. This drains into Suisun Bay. Suisun Bay, of course drains into the Pacific. Kind of neat to think of our paper boats making their way all the way to the ocean.

Wendy's... sort of

One of the things that drives Mom nuts is when Dad suggests that lack of success will lead to working at Wendy's. First of all, Wendy's isn't all bad. I like their shakes--Frosties--for instance. A second argument that Mom makes is that food prep is an honorable profession. Well, I got to see the latter first-hand. We went to McCovey's restaurant for a field trip. I enjoyed hearing about the various baseball players honored there, but I have zero interest in the food...or the food prep.