Boys making their own campfire

Skit

This past weekend our scout troop (just call me Den Mom without the typical mom jeans, but with the cool shirt- patches included) participated in our first camping weekend out at Camp Thunder.  Cub Scouts from all around came with their entire families to play games, shoot bb guns and bows and arrows, run an obstacle course, and much more with a very special partner- a handpicked rubber duck.  To me, this is what scouting is all about.  Our den meets at least twice a month to complete certain projects, and to learn about how to become successful citizens, but these types of weekends are what I believe pull it all together.  In just our first camping experience as a den, I feel like our families and scouts are bonded forever.  We made tons of memories in these three days, as well as many inside jokes (belt LOOP, Hilton, “permission to enter camp”, is there a patch for that?).  Our five guys plus two little brothers who will be scouts next year, really stepped up big and made us proud by behaving EXTREMELY well all weekend, and also by taking the initiative to not only perform a skit at the campfire, but volunteering to go first.  And they did an awesome job!  At one point, they even built their own campfire ring, and then actually got a fire started where they proceeded to roast their marshmallows (we are pretty sure we may have been breaking some rules there- probably have to have a patch or something). Anyway, I think we all look forward to many more years of fun trips with our Pack 25 boys.