I had my first experience with Boy Scouting tonight as a parent. Whoa. This is a whole new world that I have stepped into. I mean . . . I have experienced Boy Scouts through my brother and I was in Sea Scouting in high school. But oh my gosh . . . akelo, beads, electives, requirements, packs, and on and on. We have homework to do. Homework!
Beyond that. Ben had a great time and I loved being there with him. Now that I know we have things to do at home to earn patches and beads, I’m ready. Daggoneit. We are goin’ get that boy some beads and patches! And have fun doing it!
The Puddles 
I know. Isaac’s supposed to know all of the stuff for the Bobcat badge by Monday. He has a den meeting twice a month and a pack meeting once a month-a lot of meetings in my opinion! This weekend, Isaac and John are going on their first camping trip with the den. Leaving Saturday after dinner and coming back Sunday around dinner time-I told John I was not doing the camping trip, that he’d have to do it. I happen to know the camp site they are going to has a water pump for drinking water and the bathrooms have holes in the ground for toilets-ugh, too roughing it for me! Going to meetings and doing the popcorn sales is a lot of work (while I also take Anna to dance & gymnastics, etc), so I told him I needed a break. He’s got a cold and I don’t think he’s thrilled about going, but he’s borrowing a tent (I think we’ll eventually have to invest in one of those) and is planning to leave tomorrow. Isaac did earn enough popcorn sales to get his marshmellow crossbow, so that’s good. He’s all pysched to do the pinewood derby car in a couple of months. What I see is me doing most of everything with him, but Isaac likes scouts, so that’s what we’ll do. 🙂
What is this Bobcat badge you speak of? I didn’t hear about that one last night! Yikes. I missed something. We didn’t sell popcorn (didn’t know about it). Then last night the Scoutmaster(?) asked that everyone buy one popcorn. What? We are selling popcorn? So I quickly called grandparents! So Ben sold three items. I have no idea what it takes to get a crossbow. I am lost. I asked Chris last night about the homework, and he says,”Oh. I forgot to tell you.” Yea, you forgot to tell me! He heard three weeks ago! This is Ben’s thing to do with Daddy, but I think I need to go once a month (when Chris has council meetings on scout night) to just catch up!
Next time you here something in Isaac’s den call and fill me in!!! I am lost here!
Way to go Ben! Your uncle dave left the first cubscout meeting telling his mom, “I can’t do cubsouts because they meet on Wednesday and I have football practice on Wednesdays.” And that’s why I never made it to Eagle Scout like your Uncle Will.
Here’s a huge list of famous Eagle Scouts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Eagle_Scouts_(Boy_Scouts_of_America)
Good luck Ben
Ben will have to tell G all about it so he’ll want to do it too! Someone needs to teach that boy how to make knots!
You honestly want Gordon to learn knots? I can’t seem him using this knowledge towards anything good. I see tied up cousins in his future if I teach him knots!
And your point?
I remember when we were kids and I used to be bigger than you. Then around age 10 you were finally bigger than me (eventhough we were five year apart). Then you could beat me up any time you wanted to.
Gordon is already only 2 inches shorter than Ainsley. I don’t need to give him any ammunition. They are already related to you and me. We are going to be in trouble later if we are not careful. We should leave the ropes and knots out of the repertoire.
You are no fun. Ok, Ben can teach Gordon how to camp. No harm in that. He needs some survival skills. He won’t be getting survival skills from his mom!
Something tells me that Ainsley will do just fine eventhough Gordon will tower over her.
I think you are right. Besides Ainsley will just kill people with her hugs and Gordon with his smiles!
Gordon can only do scouts it it doesn’t interupt football, basketball, baseball, soccer, tennis, cross country, golf, swimming, or rugby practice.
No pressure! You might need to add “time with a counselor” in there too!
You DO know David is kidding, right?
Yes. But sometimes . . . .