Attention! Attention! I'm just looking for a little attention...

I know we are supposed to be trip blogging, but I thought I'd take a second today to honor Jackson's Cub Scouting accomplishments.  Today he earned his Bear Badge, and he worked very hard for it.  We all, actually, worked very hard for it.  His Dad was his den leader, and I was the unofficial assistant.  It was a group effort. But I wanted to let him tell you a little bit about his year.

I am happy to have finished this year.  I had a lot of fun.  We whittled, we set up a carnival, we had a pancake breakfast, and a Pinewood Derby.  My Pinewood Derby car looked like my pocket knife I got for Christmas.  Now I have TWO pocketknives!  I also had lots of fun helping to run the Bear Carnival. I made my very own game called "Cup Wall Bounce." To play, you have to bounce a ball off a wall into a cup. At the pancake breakfast, we got to help put out pancakes and clear spots and act like a waiter.  But most of the time we were wrapping up forks and knives because there were so many people.  At the Pinewood Derby, I might not have won, but I still had very much fun, especially when I got to eat an edible car instead of just watching them.  My car was called "The Super Carver" because it looks like an official Cub Scout pocketknife.  At Christmastime, we made big gingerbread houses.  I had fun making them, but my most favorite part was eating the candy.  Finally, at the Blue and Gold dinner, it was very fun eating, telling jokes, and watching cool skits.  That is why I am happy to have finished this year.  Because I know that I can have that much fun again next year.  

This is the joke that I told at the Blue and Gold:
Q: How many Scouts does it take to screw in a light bulb? 
A: None! They already built a fire. 

-Jackson