More Scouting Fun

Yesterday we attended a fall party for all the Cub Scouts in Tyler's pack. It was a lot of fun.

The kids carved pumpkins, launched rockets they made from 2ltr bottles, played games, fired bb guns, and shot arrows. Tyler hit the target with all 5 bbs and scored enough to earn a shooting patch!

We ate dinner there, which included a roasted hog. ("Is that his skull? Wait...is that his brain?!") We didn't notice how cold it was (upper 30s) until we sat down to eat dinner.

After dinner the scouts had a flag retiring ceremony. I thought that was neat because they discussed the flag's history and its importance and then saluted each flag as it burned.

Danielle and I left after the flag retiring ceremony, but Tyler and Ron stayed to camp out. Tyler and his friends played with their flashlights in the dark field and had a lot of fun until bed time. Ron and Tyler toughed it out in freezing temperatures until around 4 am. Tyler finally asked to come home, so the boys finished out the night in their warm beds. By the time they left, the temperature was 30 but felt like 25. I was glad they came home. Other than the freezing-at-night part, the kids had a great time.

I am really enjoying all the scouting activities because the kids are gaining the opportunity to further develop friendships (several of the kids are in Tyler's class at school) while learning things they wouldn't normally be exposed to. It has really been a good experience so far.