Captain Jack Spareribs

July 27, 2011

Tonight we attended another fun program at the South Valleys Library, the Captain Jack Spareribs Show. Drunk on barbecue sauce instead of rum, Capt. Jack entertained a full house with juggling, magic, ventriloquism, and bad pirate jokes! How much does it cost a pirate to get his ears pierced? Give up? About a buccaneer...get it...buck-an-ear!! Yep, they were all that bad. The show was awesome and very entertaining. Capt. Jack juggled two swords and an apple and ate the apple in the process. It was pretty amazing and a little scary from the front row. He did a few magic tricks with help from the audience (including me who apparently can’t cut two pieces of rope evenly), and introduced us to Maynerd, the talking (puppet) monkey. L and I both enjoyed the show a lot and spent the rest of the evening trying to figure out how he did some of the magic tricks. After the show we went and played at the park for a while; last time we went there a few months ago it was too cold, this time it was too hot. We didn’t last too long before we were overheated and decided it was time for dinner. We had dinner at Heidi’s before it was time to head home.

It looked like he stuffed a little piece of toilet paper into his mouth,
but out came feet and feet and feet of colored streamers.

Juggling two swords and an apple while eating the apple.

Maynerd the talking monkey reminded Capt. Jack that he can't use
 the last name Sparrow or else he might get sued by a mouse.

Hot day at the park.

Until our next adventure . . .

BBBS Annual Picnic

July 21, 2011

Today was the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Nevada Annual Picnic at Rancho San Rafael Park, and it was our first adventure since L got back from her summer vacation visiting her grandparents in Idaho. We got to the park at the specified starting time and the BBBS crew was still getting set up and organized. We checked in and started looking around at all of the activities...musical carpets (instead of musical chairs), bean bag toss, tic-tac-toe, hula hoops, face painting, bicycle riding, football, etc. Lots and lots of fun stuff! We were also given an icebreaker game where we had to talk to 20 other people and learn something we had in common with them and something that was different. We got started on the icebreaker, did a little hula-hooping, and after a little while L spotted her best friend, A, who was with her brother and her Big. Once the girls spotted each other they were inseparable for the rest of the evening. They got their faces painted, once cheek with BFF and one cheek with a butterfly, all in purple. They did the hula-hooping contest (L’s a marathon hula-hooper) and played most of the other games. Dinner was donated by Port of Subs and dessert by Sam’s Club (such a generous community we live in). It was a fun evening with lots of other Bigs and Littles.

3 hoops at a time...hula hoop champ!

During the hula hoop contest, arms crossed like she's bored.
She and the other girl in the picture tied and both got to pick a prize

L and A getting their faces painted.

Working on the icebreaker game.

L and A playing tic-tac-toe.

Until our next adventure . . .