Welcome to the World of Scouting

When Logan turned 8 years old he joined the world of Scouting.  I've been dreading this, pretty much since his birth.  I've never been involved in scouting before and don't know anything about it.  It's just been this big, overwhelming, dreadful... "thing" hanging out in the back of my mind.  

We've now been in scouting for a couple months and I'm happy to report that Logan and I both are enjoying it (and Taylor too, as she's right there with us).  He earned his Bobcat badge, which is the first one he could earn and is now very close to completing his Wolf badge.  


So far we've learned the Cub Scout motto, sign, handshake, promise and the Law of the Pack.  We've learned about the U.S. flag and the State of Oregon flag, about health, safety, nutrition, exercise, work ethic, tools, recycling, collections and our duty to our God.   

We've also been learning about Native Americans, birds and how to take care of pets.  We're even borrowing a pet fish from some friends so Logan can see what it's like to have a pet.

The first scout meeting we went to was a Pack Mtg. and it was a bike rodeo.  Logan was in heaven.  He was riding his bike with tons of other scouts.  

The last thing they did was hand out all the awards and things that the others had earned.  Logan was sad that he'd hadn't earned anything.  I had to remind him that he'd only been a Cub Scout for one day.   Give it time.  

 

At the next Pack Mtg. a month later Logan got to be a flag bearer.  He also received the Bobcat badge he'd earned.

  

Needless to say, we're having fun in scouting and learning and doing lots of things we wouldn't otherwise be doing.  I'm glad I was wrong about scouting.