Old Meatloaf and Pinewood Derby

Well, since the onset of Facebook I haven't done much blogging. But I thought I would post a quick update.

Nicholas, last week won his pack pinewood derby race. Yippee!! He worked and worked on his car. He changed his design this year a bit too.

Here is his car:

And here is him and his trophy.

He had a good time though I think he made the assistant cubleader a bit upset that his child didn't win. I told Kenneth that he shouldn't have been surprised that Nicholas won because the cub leader was the judge at districts last year where Nicholas won.

Allie and Caroline are cheering now. They are having a good time but don't seem as "into it" as they were last year. Last year they had a fun squad and really fun coaches who were high school students. They knew what they were doing and they were really organized. This year we have two moms (on of which has been coaching for a few years) but they really aren't very organized. For instance last week at practice they are working on a dance routine and they were literally making it up as they went along teaching it to the kids. Oh my! It was really frustrating.

Nicholas is playing basketball for a more competitive league and again we have frustration in that area. We were given false info about the team we requested to be on and we are suffering the consequences. We thought the coaches knew what they were doing and they don't. We are the losingest team in the league I think . We have only won one game! And the kids aren't learning any skills. They haven't learned any thing really. So it makes it really frustrating for us sitting and watching the games and seeing the other teams stomp all over us. Next year we will know though.

Okay, now for the meatloaf. I received a bunch of really fun to look at patterns from my mother in law. These patterns are for crochet and knitting. She cut them out from magazines from the early 1970's through the late 1980's. The styles are so much fun to look at particularly once you hit the earlier years. Anyway, I found in these patterns some recipes for meatloaf. I thought I would share a few with you all, but you have to go here to find them. Once you get there click on Meatloaf on the sidebar to find them.