Life as a Brandtito

               Heaven enjoyed her first "Juniors Only" Girl Scout even this weekend. The Pensacola Mess Hall sponsored a Crime Scene Investigation event for the older Scouts on Friday evening. We've been wanting to check out The Mess Hall for the last year or so, but it was one of those things that kept falling off our weekend to do list. Basically it's a hand's on Science Center where kids get to do "fun" (aka messy) experiments and the staff on hand tries to imprint the various scientific reasons for said messy experiments into the young minds. Microscope Lab                As the event was "CSI" themed the girls did various detective type centers. They had a finger printing lab, where the girls studied their own unique finger print techniques, they had a microscope lab where they tried to match up various items under a microscope, they had...

All that sand spilling gives me the shakes. Can't even handle it.          As everyone survived the family photo madness with success, we decided to check out the Greater Gulf Coast Art Festival on our way home. The girls got to do all sorts of crafty things (Gavin could have too of course but he was not interested) in the kids area.  They did sand art, made buttons, and even played around with some glitter. All things that definitely don't happen at home (unless you're in the wide open space known as the backyard that is) The Lady Brandts                                          Gavin REALLY loves taking photos with me...don't worry he's faking that look of "Get her off me"... The gi...