Tenderfoot!

So proud of Chase, he earned his Tenderfoot this week and his swimming merit badge. This scouting business is no joke, so I'm glad he's enjoying it so far.

 Chase getting pinned

 Mom getting pinned

Being presented with a sash, he's the newest scout in the troop.

Great job bud!!

His scout master read some pretty interesting statistics about Scouts. Rarely does an eagle scout stand before a juvenile court judge. Of the cadets at one of the military academy's something like 20% of the graduating class were eagle scouts. Only like 5% of boys that start scouts will go on to become eagles, (It's hard work, I can see why!) but Chase says its his goal to get one so, here's hoping!!

Color Run!

 I did the Color Run in Tempe today, and it was so much fun!  My time was terrible, but it was very cold, and the course was full of hills which I was not expecting. It was along Tempe Town Lake which was a beautiful route!

 I got two "color packs" of powder to throw at the end, so I covered the three of us!

I don't think the picture does me justice of how dirty I was, the last tunnel you went through was the sparkle tunnel and I'll be picking glitter off my scalp for a few days, I'm sure! And can I just say that I have a light hoodie on under my Color Run shirt, and I have my gloves in the front pocket which is giving me quite the belly in these pictures. I just had to clarify that:)

Student Of The Month

Chase got chosen as Student of The Month and I am so proud of him!  In his 7 years of school, he's only been chosen twice.  'Cause he's a boy. And he's loud. And he's a boy. Need I say more?

This is the boy who's first grade teacher suggested we get tested for ADHD (we didn't). This is the boy who "sits" with one foot on the floor and one foot on the chair - always ready to run off. This is the boy who has one volume- LOUD. This is the boy who lives to play basketball. This is the boy who is so oblivious, he didn't see me sitting in FRONT of him at the assembly!  This is also the boy who stole my sweatshirt that morning (he didn't think I'd notice- oops!)  This is MY boy:)

Here's what his teacher said about him: "Chase is a leader in the classroom. He has a good group of friends, and he knows when to have fun and when to get serious. He is a hard-worker, gets his work done on time, and is on task during the school day. Chase is polite to teachers and likes to help out in the classroom. I'm very happy to have Chase in my classroom!"

 Ms. Miller (principal), Ms. Harwood (teacher), Chase, Mr. Balliet (assistant principal)

Here are all the 6th graders, notice the girls are all a foot taller than the boys! Too funny:)