Fabulous Army Life

Trey's Arrow of Light award, made with his own two hands. The highest award honored in Cub Scouts is the Arrow of Light, representing a culmination of five years of scouting achievements.  My sweet Trey completed his Cub Scout years this weekend with a wonderful Arrow of Light ceremony and campfire.  I'm so proud of all he has accomplished and I'm thrilled with his continued dedication to scouting.  Good work, my wonderful son! The Arrow of Light awards for Den 11, Pack 255 of Harker Heights. Receiving the Arrow of Light awards. Congratulations, Newest Boy Scouts!  Joshua congratulates his big brother.  Trey with his friend Clayton and their new BOY Scout Troop members. Congratulations to my new Boy Scout!

Cub Scouts is full of fun traditions and events.  One of my son's favorites is the annual "Crossover" where you cross from one rank to the next ... provided you've accomplished all the tasks for the previous rank.  A big hit is climbing, then crossing over, a hand-made bridge built by our Boy Scout troop on site.  This weekend camp-out is a highlight of the year, with lots of activities and fun for the boys. Our oldest crossed over to Webelo II this year ... his last rank as a Cub Scout before he makes the decision whether or not to carry on in Boy Scouts.  Scouting is a good match for him as he loves the outdoors, nature, camping, working with his hands, building, creating, and learning new things. The kids are getting pretty good at setting up tents ... Although they still get plenty of help from dad! The boys made omelettes in a bag for breakfast! Ready for the day's events! Tug-of-War Siblings get into the fun, too! Practicing posting the colo...

My ten-year-old adores scouting and we were so proud when he earned his Webelos badge at our pack's recent "Blue and Gold" ceremony.  I was the Blue and Gold representative for our den so I had the parents help me organize a den meeting to make decorations for the table.  We printed out a history of scouting (since this is the 100th Anniversary of Boy Scouts of America) and made a table-runner timeline.  The boys did a great job of organizing the events into order by decade and adding lots of great photos, quotes, and stickers.  The completed laminated copy looked great on their table.  You can see a little of it here: We added some bowls of snacks (pretzels, goldfish, mini-marshmallows) along with some fun pass-the-time activities (History of Scouting sticker book provided by the pack and homemade play-doh ~ a surprising hit with all ages!). Hubby was here to stand by him when he received his rank and to receive the parent pin as well. I loved t...