Day 280

Boy Scout Troop 615 left for a 10-day trek at Philmont Scout Ranch this morning. There was a lot of excitement and anticipation at the airport, but this one, he stayed cool all morning. Of course, he'd been up since 2:15, so he may just have been exhausted already!! Have fun, boys!!

Day 273

Ben-jamming helped us clean up the garage some, found Sandro's floppy campout hat in a box & decided to appropriate it for himself. I think he wears it well, don't you?

Day 270

It's just about a week before Troop 615 leaves for their big summer trek at Philmont Scout Ranch, so the boys had their final pack check tonight. They've been preparing for almost a year so it's exciting to have it be right around the corner.

Day 247

In celebration of Flag Day today, one of my son's Scout friends led a flag retirement ceremony. For his Eagle Scout project, he collected hundreds of old, torn and worn-out flags, of all sizes, which the boys meticulously folded and prepared for an honorable and fitting disposal.

Day 192

Scout meeting involved odd party games that will come in handy for college parties..

Day 171

Boy Scout, Second Class. He's got one achievement left to his First Class rank, an open-water rescue, which couldn't easily be done over the winter months. His goal is to get all his rank advancements short of Eagle by next summer, so he can focus on his Eagle project during his junior year in high school. Good job!

Day 116

I didn't make the chance to get any really good photos of Pack 15's "Most Realistic Car" on race day, so here's a close up of the blue cobra car designed, cut, sanded, painted and decorated by Benjamin. Paint job's not perfect and the decals are a little off - in fact it looks like a car a 9-year-0ld would build. That makes it all that much cooler.

Day 108

Scout project tonight was this nifty little wallet that can open from either side.  Apparently, it works best if you close it, pause dramatically, wave your hand over it, and then open it the other direction.  The design was done from some stencils.  The paw I like, the lizard, not so much. We still haven't decided how to put his money in there so it doesn't fall out, though...