Cub Scouts

Stephen is really enjoying cub scouts. I love watching him feel apart of something positive and bigger them himself. He is getting his "Bobcat" badge in a ceremony end of this month. He has to know the Cub Scout motto, salute, handshake, and complete some other activities.

We purchased his outfit a week ago and he enjoyed helping me put the patches on. We used some special adhesive, but I think we are gonna have to use needle and thread soon....

Thursday we received the dreaded fund raising kit to sell popcorn. The money allows the group to go camping and buy supplies for this years activities. Stephen was so excited to go sell popcorn I was really surprised. Today he dressed up in his Scout uniform and we walked 3 blocks selling popcorn. As we walked home, I told him how much we raised. He jumped up and down excited. He wanted to go buy the $80 transformer remote control car...... After some explaining, he was OK with the money going to Scouts. He asked that next time we raise money could he make a lemon aid stand to sell and keep the money for himself.

Next summer, lemon aid stand her we come!

Update 10/4/2008 - Stephen and I went door to door and sold over $300. We also went and sold popcorn at the local grocery store. I was surprised how much fun he had. He was the smallest scout and sold the most. Little old ladies could not say no to him. He sold 15 packs of $1 popcorn in 15 minutes. He was on fire.... I was very proud because he took the job serious and worked harder then the other kids (age range from 8-13). Sometimes when people turned him down, he would say "Thank you anyway, have a nice day." They were surprised how nice he was and would change their minds and buy some popcorn or donate a couple of dollars.

He sold enough to win tickets to a NC State Basketball game where he will eat with the coach and players. He also won a rocket.