Monday after camping

The Artist and I went camping last weekend. I was so happy to sleep in my own bed again. She and I went for our AHG troop's fall family campout. Kirk doesn't like camping, and the Engineer gets bored without older boys to hang out with. This weekend included my leading of an optional Fire Safety & Fire Building merit badge workshop. The workshop had actually been rescheduled due to rain that made our original location soggy. Overall it went well. I won't go into details here, but suffice it to say that I'm done with fire and smoke for a while. That doesn't keep me from planning the spring campout for the Explorers and older ranks. :-)

We have wrapped up homeschool for the day, and the Engineer and his dad are riding bicycles. Kirk got the Engineer a bike off Craigslist so that he could go on the annual bicycling trip with his troop. They practice bicycling longer and harder routes for a few months before the trip, and the Engineer's old bike was not up for the challenge. The Artist and I finished a simple sewing project, drawstring bags, and she's off doing something as well.

I've got a Mom's Night Out event tonight to go to, which I'm looking forward to very much. The ladies in this co-op, called Faith at Home, are so nice. Tomorrow night is another Mom's Night Out with another homeschool co-op. I know several women that attend, but I can never seem to join them. They meet once a month. Anyway, I am hoping to join them tomorrow as well. The difficulty is that I have a client project to work on! I will need to finish getting dressed (yes, I'm still half in pajamas) and work on that manuscript so that I can go out and spend time with friends.

After reviewing several old posts, I'm realizing that short and sweet is better, so I'm going to make a greater attempt to write something more frequently and not worry about getting everything. I miss my little kids. However, I love my present-day kids so much. I'm sad that I can't have copies of each age of my children to continue to love. I supposed I'd have a very busy household if that were possible!