I helped my son wrap his Historian Project for Scouts. It turned out awesome! He made a traditonal scrapbook and photo album for the Troop. He gave that to the Scout Master to keep. But the real baby was his "movie". He had compiled photos of all the events that had happened thoughout the year (plus another boy gave him pics and video footage)and made a 31 minute movie on CD. It has title credits, animation, music, the whole shabang! It took us the past 2 weeks to put it together...thus the reason I have not posted in a while. We froze the computer I don't know how many times, reduced me to tears just about as many times as that and taught my son alot about editing! LOL He previewed it at a meeting Saturday to a smaller group of boys and the Scoutmaster. Well, the scoutmaster was going to look at it right quick and when he saw the "starwars" type intro he stopped it and said, "Oh no. This is good, I want everyone to see it after the meeting." They gave my son the floor and he held up his hands for silence and said, "I absolutley could not have pulled this together without my Mom." Sat down and they played the CD. He got a standing ovation! This will have been the first time in 6-7 years that anyone has done anything at all. So, Monday night he showed it to his troop and all of the guests that came. He got another standing ovation. I was so proud.
See, my son is not always the most mature 13 year old, in the world. A lot of times he seems so squirrely, I wonder about him. But here lately, he has really matured. He not only made a huge hit with his Historian's project but he also made Patrol Leader for his den. He had to make a speech for the position against another boy. My son seems to just come together when it comes to public speaking. The other boy made his speech (and did a little mud throwing) and my son made his speech, never mentioning the other boy, but some goals he would like to meet the coming year. (I guess there is an National Honor award that dens can achieve and my son wants his den to get it.) The boys voted for my son, but my husband asked the boys who voted, "What made you vote for my son instead of the other boy." They all said very matter of factly, "his speech". I was very proud of him. Oh and the biggest thing of all, he has achieved his Star rank, that means he only has 2 more ranks to go. Life, then Eagle. If he keeps the pace he is going, he will make his Eagle by the time he is 16. Most boys get their Eagle right before their 18th birthday.
ok, enough of the proud mom. I am very distracted lately. I have rediscovered my love for crochet. Laugh if you like, but I find peace in it. My hands are busy and I seem to just be able to breathe. We are an ever increasingly busy family. I find I spend so much time in the van or being busy around the house, that I am not taking a lot of time for myself. I am not unhappy, please don't get that idea...but I am having a hard time staying focused.
I have some pics of my latest crochet projects. I made these pretty berets, scarves and mittens for the girls. I am working on the same for my "adopted" neighbor girl. LOL I will get a pic of her soon too. I am taking the left over yarn and making squares. I will piece those together to make an afghan "quilt" for the girls bed this winter. It will be so bright and colorful!
Well, I have tons to do now. I really need to get busy on the house, it fell behind a bit while we were working the last couple of weeks. ciao~ katcha
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I pray all of you are okay! Write me at drummerlink@yahoo.com if y'all need a place to stay during the recovery efforts! We have room if needed.
Drummer
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