Lanimers and Beavers and going away!

I haven't told anyone about the excitement of having two new Beaver Scouts in my care! (Mwahahaha: my plan to create a new army of miniature Fire Bears is in progress!) I was all excited when I was told. They've now been coming for a few weeks... and I'm sick of them. Well, only one of them: she talks too much! (She is a girl; this explains it.)

Lanimers was great fun! It always is. I was Zorro this year. My sister got a picture of me and it actually looks pretty cool!

Hazel and Dave were there. They seemed to like it and even said that they would be in next years one - if it is a Star Trek theme! I bought Silly String and sprayed Hazel and Dave with it. I actually missed and got it in some kids pram. The woman pushing it was not happy! I did apologise, but I'm not sure if she heard me. I hope she did. I feel quite bad about it... Hazel certainly didn't appreciate it, though! Oh, dear!

I am such a big kid.

There were birds of prey there as well. We got our pictures taken with some. I say "we", but it was mainly Hazel. She got hers taken with Edward the European Eagle Owl, Kenny the Scottish Kestrel and Percy the Peregrine Falcon. My bird of choice was a barn owl (again!) called Vanessa. She was lovely!

Beavers (and Cubs and Scouts) were on tonight. We had a "mad night" and a BBQ. (I am not entirely sure how to spell it, so, to save hassle, I am putting the shortened version down!) The BBQ ended up being cooked mainly on the grill as the BBQ wouldn't stay lit for very long.

The "mad night" consisted of the messiest games ever. Firstly, the two groups had to race to get the most water from one bucket to the other using only a sponge - and passing it over their heads. They got rather soaked! Next, came the bowls filled with beans and spaghetti. Mixed into this concoction (which hadn't been cooked, by the way!) were different coloured wine gums. They were almost invisible in there. Both teams had to come forward one by one to find one. Afterwards, they had to eat the tomato-sauced wine gums, without spitting them out! Moving on, and they had to make trifles using custard, scooshy cream (Which ain't how you spell it, but if anyone can, they're welcome to comment and actually tell me.) and rice crispies - on their faces! Photos were taken and a mess made. Finally, balloons were placed on a chair for each team, and each individual had to sit on them to pop them! However, these balloons could be innocently filled with air, filled with water or with flour! At one point someone burst a water balloon and the water squirted sideways into someones face. Afterwards, someone sat on a flour-filled balloon and exploded it in my face! My glasses got it full on!

Tomorrow, I may be going somewhere for a day trip with my family. My wee sister wants to Moffat. I suggested Peebles, but someone said no, so I suggested going to Fingland or Auchope Bothies. When these were turned down I suggested Glentress Forest for a walk. Mum agreed, cause they have gentle walks there and she could probably manage these. I think that's where they have that giant squirrel... it might actually be somewhere else, now I come to think about it... Hmm, yeah, it is. No, wait... hmm. Yeah, it is somewhere else.

However, Dad's the driver and he mentioned going to look at a campsite near Linlithgow. When I heard that, I got rather excited - we could go to Linlithgow Palace! Perhaps we could even get to see the fountain when it was turned on this time!

However, if we don't go out, I'll have to force myself to dust the top of the chest of drawers and the windowsill. Perhaps wash the windows. Then I'll have to sort out what clothes I don't need and throw them out...

Then I shall throw myself on a bed somewhere, probably my room, and die of exhaustion. Failing that I'll sleep.

There's a "Terminator Day" at Hazel's on Sunday where we'll watch all the original Terminators before going to the cinema to watch the latest one.

I will then sleep over for "Movie Day Tres" (or Movie Day the Third as I like to call it, as it is a reference to Shrek the Third). I'm a very busy girl by the looks of things!