Sunday, September 19, 2010

Bobcats and Wolves and Bears! Oh, my!

So this is A. the first night he got his cub scout stuff. He has been looking forward to cub scouts for about a year now. His aunt went by the scout store and picked up all the things he needed. She arrived around dinner time and before bed that night, he had completed seven out of the eight requirements to get his Bobcat advancement. This boy is just itching to work on requirements!
This is A. off to his third den meeting, his first one with a uniform. Doesn't he look excited! So we didn't tuck it in because we thought it wouldn't fit, but we did the next week. Good thing, because they chose him for uniform inspection, which he aced!
Tradition is that you pin a Bobcat pin on your mom and this all happens upside down. Then all the boys count to see how long it takes. Whatever number you get is how many good deeds you have to do. A. kept dropping it so he owes 30 good deeds. He is taking this tradition very seriously so he has been extremely helpful the past 4 days. LOL
Notice how red his face is getting!

Tonight at dinner we told A. the joke about Pete and Repeat sitting in a boat and A. cracked up. I love being the one to make him laugh! He is a great kid and we just love all the enthusiasm he has for life. He tries several times a week to pretend it was a bad day when he comes up the road from the bus stop. But I never believe it and after questioning him, he always breaks into a smile. :)

4 comments:

  1. So cute that he's on fire like that about Scouts. We LOVE scouting in my family (and so does Walt). By the way Amy, you look great!!

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  2. Gee, thanks. :) It's just my camouflauge shirt. ;) I am glad that he is so excited so I don't have to work hard to motivate him, only to help him finish them. I am realizing how Mom Johnson was even more of a rock star than I realized, doing all these requirements with so many boys so close to the same age!!!!!

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  3. What a fun tradition! Love how red his face is, and how excited your boys are about scouting.

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  4. A sounds like a great kid. I'm glad he is so excited about Scouts. I think that's hilarious that he has to hang upside down to pin that on. Poor kid. Cash in on those good deeds while he's up for it. What a great kid!

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