Bear in May

Well, I wanted to get in at least one blog entry for May before June arrived, so here it is...

Bear participated in a Raingutter Regatta with his Cub Scout Pack today. He raced 4 times with a boat that he and Jimmy worked on, and won 3 of the 4 races. Back in Feb., he raced his pinewood derby car with much less success, so he was so excited to win so much today. He also got a ribbon for Best of Show. His boat wasn't decorated much at all, but Jimmy said that his sail was different than everyone else's. He also promoted to Wolf (up from Tiger Cub) and got his new scouting book for next year. I think he finally fell asleep at around 11:30 Sat. night after staying up reading it. He was so sweet sleeping with his book. It reminded me of when he was little and wanted to sleep with what seemed like 1,000 books.

He spent part of the day catching and throwing a baseball with Jimmy. Because Jimmy has been working on his master's for the past twelve - oops - I meant two:) years, there hasn't been a lot of extra time for anybody to do anything laid back, spur of the moment, etc. Our life for the last two years has been especially fast-paced and stressful, but his last class is on June 18 and we will all be celebrating then! Anyway, Bear seemed to enjoy today with Jimmy!

Bear has continued with his barrage of questions at no particular time. Lately he's wanted to know a lot about the sun. He wants to know how close you could get to the sun before you would get burned up. He also said, "Since the sun is a ball of fire, what if you had all the water in the world and sprayed on it - Could you put the sun out?". Another funny question that he threw at me the other day was, "Mama, do you ever go to sleep?".

Future plans for Bear... He says he is not getting married. He wants to live with us forever:). He also wants to be a book illustrator when he grows up. His reading has really taken off and he hardly ever asks me to read anything for him. Our latest fun book to read together was Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume.