Spring Snow - or is that Easter Snow?

It's been a wet spring again this year. We've had snow showers, that come down but don't stick. It started snowing last night about 11:30 pm and seems to have snowed all night and it was still snowing up until about 11 am.

This is what it looked like at 9:30 am this morning.

Finally quit snowing about 11 am - notice the nice pile of snow on the parked car?

Lots of water under the snow in the street. Looks like a slushy mess.

What it looks like out the front door. I'ld say there was a good 8-10 inches.

Cub Scouts, Soccer, Baseball

It's been a busy couple weeks since I last posted. We've put out bags in the rain for scouting for food the first Sat. in April and then went and picked them back up filled with food for the food bank the next Sat. We've had 1 Soccer game (we've been snowed out one and rained out one of 3 weekends). We also started Baseball practices and had a scrimmage game on opening field day.

Helping to unload all the food we collected

That's a lot of food

Now to go inside and help sort it. Pack 26 gatherd 1413 lbs. of food for the local food bank this year.

 Zane getting in there for the ball.

We're ready to play the 2nd half. Go Winner's

BaseBall - Z. our 2 sport player.

Blake is playing to. But my camera died the 1st game. We have 6 games should get some then.

Blake is also into taking pictures with his camera and may be a guest blogger. Can't wait to see what pictures and posts he has for us.

Arrow Of Light Ceremony

On Monday Night along with the awards presentation we had our Pack Graduation Ceremony for 4 our Webelow's which included an Arrow off Light and Bridge Crossing Ceremony.

Reciciting the Scout Oath after recieving there Arrow Of Light Patches.

Waiting To Be Called Across the Bridge To Become Boy Scouts. (Sorry No picture of the Bridge)

Four New Boy Scouts

Busy Sat Continued - Bowling Party

After the Pack Activity we were invited to a Birthday Party for one of the boys. After they were done bowling they had cake and ice cream - the Cake was on the flat bed of the boys toy semi. Really cute, something even I could do.  Then Blake headed home with his friend Owen for his first sleep over.

1st Aid With The Fire Fighters

On Saturday the boys of Pack 26 had a chance to learn about 1st Aid and Readman Skills with the Great Falls Fire Fighters

They came, got set up and ready to, then had to pack up and leave for a bit, the good news is they did come back.

In the mean time. The boys:

Had a flag ceremony and raised the American Flag reciting the Pledge of Allegience.

Learning to start a fire - not sure why we need one - will find out later.

We learned about broken bones, burns and how to stop bleeding basic 1st Aid.

After the Fire Fighter's Left we had our closing ceremony and a retired a couple flags

Wish the Video Would Load :(



Leprechaun Trap

Zane's Kindergarten classes are out to catch a Leprechaun. Those sneaky little guys are gonna have to be extra careful and watch out for all those traps and stuffed animals

Zane's Leprechaun trap.

Horsey will be His eye's tonight. To catch the sneaky little pot of gold hider.

Cup Cakes & Couponing

Thanks to Fabulesslyfrugal for posting the Family Fun Rainbow Cup Cakes. Another cupcake to add to my every growing list of unique and fun cupcakes.  I made these for the boys the Sunday night. They were a little time consuming due to the mixing of the colors, then trying to layer them evenly in the 16 cup cake liners. The boys were impressed and wanted them for breakfast of course.

 Ingredients

• White cake mix (we used an 18-1/4-ounce box) - I used a yellow cake mix - what I had on hand
• Food coloring (red, blue, green, and yellow)
• Baking cups
• Whipped cream (optional) 

Instructions
Prepare your favorite white cake mix, then divide the batter evenly among six small bowls. Following the chart below, dye each bowl of batter a rainbow color.

RAINBOW COLOR	DROPS OF FOOD COLORING
Purple	9 red and 6 blue drops
Blue	12 drops
Green	12 drops
Yellow	12 drops
Orange	12 yellow and 4 red drops
Red	18 drops

1. Line 16 muffin pan wells with baking cups. Evenly distribute the purple batter among the cups, then the blue, and so on, following the order shown. As you go, gently spread each layer of batter with the back of a spoon to cover the color underneath.
2. Bake the cupcakes according to your recipe directions. Before serving, remove the paper wrapping, and if you like, top each cupcake with a whipped-cream cloud.

I was disappointed that Albertson's was out of Post Honey Bunches of Oat's Raisin Medley thinking I'ld lost out on the "FREE" Post Cereal. It turned out that they could be used on other Honey Bunches of Oat's flavors so I got my "FREE" Cereals after all and paid only for the candy bars ($.96 for 2), Pretty Awesome Deal. Now we with my other good cereal deals we 3 months worth of cereal, will donate some to the Food Bank in April when we do our Scouting for Food Drive.