Entries from July 2018 ↓

Signs say you cannot climb the trolls, but that troll hugging is appropriate.

Picking a troll’s nose

Ivan took this photo of Ezri and I with a troll.

Here’s Ezri leaning on a troll spear.

Guess what? Troll butt!

Kids on the troll trail.

Maura’s birthday party was held at The Cakery where the girls decorated cakes and learned some piping techniques.
Ezri with her appreciation of competition baking programs (Nailed it! and Zumbo’s Dessert Challenge in particular) loved this.

Finished product – eaten by appreciative family.

Ezri and Ivan tell me they have made up a movie and are telling me the story.

We are looking out the window of a Burger King play place at a strip mall across the parking lot.
It is the set for their movie called “Building Wars.” As it opens, the PetSmart and the Bed, Bath, and Beyond stores are battling.
Beds are flying through the air and pet kibble is being strewn across the parking lot as a trip hazard. Oh MAN!
And then the LaserQuest laser tag place gets in on the action but it just looks cool and doesn’t do much because the lasers there aren’t real.
They haven’t come up with the rest of it yet. But are sad there isn’t Toys R Us anymore because that could’ve been a contender in Building Wars as they have bicycles and LEGOs.

Last year we planted sunflowers and they got about chest high.
They seeded themselves and this year’s volunteers are up to the garage roof.
Children for scale.

It looks like a laser gun, but it is actually a bubble blower that she used during the parade to blow bubbles.

Passing candy to kids along the parade route – she saved some favorites for Ivan.

Showing off her troop t-shirt. Thanks to Aunt Amy for the pins on her vest. The GS membership pin and Trefoil pin were taken from Amy’s old uniform and added to Ezri’s vest to march in the parade.