Movin' On Up - Scouts!

The last little while, Zach has worked really hard to earn quite a few important badges and at the last two pack meetings, he's been presented with them.

The first is the Conservation Award where they do activities to learn about conserving resources.  He loved the panda on it and was so excited to get it.

The second is the Leave No Trace Award where they do activities that teach about keeping the planet clean and "leaving no trace" of being out in nature.

Both of these awards were presented to him in September and after all of the awards were presented, the scout leaders had put together water balloon games that all of the kids were able to participate in.  Here's Hailey waiting her turn for the water balloon relay - they had to run down the field and then sit on a water balloon.  She had already had one turn and told me that her bum was all wet!

Here's Zach playing duck, duck, goose with water balloons - his head was drenched by the time they were done!

He's so cute to watch playing with his friends!

The bear scouts also displayed the birdhouses they painted for an earlier den meeting.

Zach's was the patriotic one.  I helped him draw the lines on the top, but he painted it all himself.  We also used a stencil for the stars.

The treat was watermelon and the kids were so excited - even though we've had tons this summer, they are always excited to have more.  This was Hailey's second piece.

And Zach's third or fourth, I lost count.

Tate loved it too!

At October's pack meeting, Zach received his Bear Award.  We actually had this passed off quite a while ago, but there were a few mistakes and they forgot to get it for him for the September pack meeting, so he was more than excited to get it in October.  Don't let that face fool you, he was thrilled!

He looked so grown up standing at the front with the Cubmaster.

Presenting me with the Mom pin of the award.

I was so proud of him!

He actually earned not only his Bear Award, but 3 more arrow points as well!

The theme of this pack meeting was "Hometown Heroes" and they had the local fire department and police come out to answer questions and talk to the kids and their families.  Our kids were fascinated by both the fire engine ...

... and the police car.  Zach took a seat in the back of the police car and I told him I had better never see him in that same situation again!

In addition to the fire engine and police car, they were also able to tour an ambulance and a police swat vehicle.  The firefighters, EMT's, police officers, and SWAT officers were great and we all really enjoyed learning about our local hometown heroes.  We had a really great time that night and we sure our proud of our scout - he is really loving scouts and earning his badges and awards so quickly!