It has been a week largely about Cub Scouts. Monday night I was over at the church helping to set up the pinewood derby track. The weather has been so nice lately that Tuesday when we met we just went outside to play, which seemed fine with them all. Wednesday was another skate night with Kids Klub, and the kids did fine this time, no falls or anything. Friday was Scout night with the Komets; it was a late game (8:00) but several people came out for it. We were supposed to have small group at our house that night so Beth stayed home to lead it, and I took the kids to a hockey game. The Komets played dead vs. Evansville and were down 0-3 after the 1st, but tied it up by the end of the 2nd, and wound up going to overtime and a shootout, but lost. Missy ate too much ice cream (it wasn't very good stuff) at the Coliseum and we missed most of the shootout heading out to get her and her tummy ache home. We got home around midnight. I had been hoping not to go to overtime for just that reason. Anyway, the next morning was swimming lessons but Alex was too tired and we left him home (Missy enjoys it too much to skip it). After getting home, I headed out again to help get the pinewood derby track finished up and set with the computer and electronic timer. I forgot to bring my car of death that I've been trying to get to work for 2 years but Beth went and grabbed it. Unlike last year, Alex had great success with his car (Silver Streak) and took second place overall in the pack. And I learned a few tricks to use next year. Today, Beth and I took him to Wal-Mart to do some shopping for his birthday tomorrow. Nine years old...how did that happen? Anyway, we got him some Lego Ninjago stuff, Pokemon stuff, Mario stuff...the usual.