Pack Meeting

Last night Zachary was awarded his Bear Award. He actually earned it a while ago, but we missed pack meeting in February, so he just got it last night.
He also received a gold and a silver arrow point.
Having your Dad as your webelos leader has some advantages and some disadvantages.
Zachary has worked really hard since turning 10 and got his Communicator and Fitness activity pins, along with his communicating and computer belt loops.
The den had started some of these right before he came in, but Bob worked really hard with him so he was able to get the awards with the rest of the den.
Way to go Zach!! Keep up the good work.

Arrow of Light

The arrow of light went really well last night. I thought I would post a picture to show all the work that Bob went to for it.(it looks even cooler with the lights dimmed)
I hope that all the younger boys, including Zachary were watching and listening to the script and will follow the example of the boys last night and keep working hard. The scout program is so great.

The Bone Box

The title of this post sounds a lot worse that it really is.

Tonight Bob is doing an "Arrow of Light" ceremony at Pack Meeting for 4 boys who have earned the Arrow of Light award.
While at Pow-Wow a few months ago he learned about the bone box.
The AZ Game and Wildlife Dept. has these boxes you can check out for no charge for school and scout groups. In it is skulls, hides, pictures, and track models of about 5-10 animals.He is going to use the skulls and hides as part of the decorations and ceremony.

The boys especially Ethan had so much fun holding and touching everything. He kept asking me to take pictures of everything since it has to go back before show and tell on Friday.
We ended up with the skins and skulls of a fox, bobcat, mountain lion, javelina, beaver, jackrabbit, and raccoon.

Here are a few favorites.


Ethan with a fox skull


Ethan with the mountain lion skull


Ethan wearing the mountain lion skin


All the skins laid out