But, last week I took my soon-to-be-Cub to the scout shop to get geared up. I've never seen a boy more excited about an over-sized shirt, some patches and a book with a cartoon Wolf on the cover. He was in 8-year-old heaven. And, when I said he could get the hat, too...well, he flew over the moon!
It was then I remembered what my friend, a super-mom (of 5 BOYS) and cub scout leader, Colleen, has said at least a hundred times: boys love cub scouts! Boys of a certain age really do get off on doing all those Scoutish things they get to do at den meetings and day camps and clinics.
So, maybe, if this Akela fellow and this {over priced} big blue shirt create some fun memories for me and my boy, Scouts and I can call a little 'truce' on our differences?
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I'm the wife of a scoutmaster too. The thing is, I'm pretty sure he hates it more than I do due to the fact that all that time is spent on ONE semi-active and uninterested kid. Luckily he always takes Bennett with him--his head almost explodes with excitement every time--so I guess it's almost worth it.
So now you have a scout, that makes you fair game to be a den mother. Did you buy yourself a cute yellow shirt while shopping with Dalin? :)
Oh scouts, I could write hours on the subject. Expensive, often crazy, a tad (read a lot) frustrating currently because of the lack of planning on our leaders' part and yet, he loves it and it is good for him. So we keep doing it. *Big sigh of something I can't quite put a name to*
Dal is seriously my favorite kid ever and this picture is just AWESOME.
I hate how the scouting store is so expensive, but the boys absolutely LOVE scouts. Isn't it great that we have such wonderful leaders. Colleen does an anmazing job.
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