carson Carson's Pinewood Derby - Super Mario Brothers Car It's Pinewood Derby time again for Cub Scouts. This year, Carson decided to go with a Super Mario Brother's theme. He came up with a really creative car!
Cub Scout Pack Meeting Since Angela and I are both Den Leaders, our entire family gets to attend and participate in Pack Meetings. This time, there were a lot of Christmas themed games. Even Tucker and Savannah were able to join in. Tucker was in an event where you needed to get a puffy
Puddle Jumpers and Stilts at Cub Scouts Angela and I are the Cub Scout's leaders, so this last week we had a fun activity building puddle jumpers and walking on stilts. Comments Angela (Dec 17, 2014): walking on stilts is WAY harder than you think! and WAY harder than it looks!
1st Pack Meeting of the Year First pack meeting of this year. Carson got a lot of awards from going to the daycamp at the beginning of the summer. He is earning his Bear badge now. He got the 'Whittling Chip' card this night, so he can carry a pocketknife. I'm one
Cub Scout Daycamp about 7:30am, just before leaving for camp that day. It was a 5-day cub scout daycamp, held at a church building about 20 minutes from our house. It was from 8 - 2:30pm every day. I don't like posting this picture of myself, but it shows
carson Carson's Day at the Track (Pine Wood Derby Race) Carson had a great time designing, building, painting and decorating his Cub Scout Pine Wood Derby car. He did much of the work himself and we are all really proud of the results.
carson Carson Grilling Salmon for Dinner For his Cub Scout badge, Carson needed to plan, prepare, and cleanup dinner for the family. So we had rice, grilled salmon, and rolls. It was a delicious meal. We used a You Tube technique of removing the skin from the salmon while flipping it with the spatula. It turned
Georgia State Capitol Building and Atlanta City Hall For Carson's Cub Scouts, we needed to visit a government office. So we decided to visit the Capitol Building of Georgia and the City Hall of Atlanta. It was fun walking around with Grandma and Grandpa Aksland. The kids haven't seen many homeless people in their
Carson is a Bobcat Update: Carson got some new glasses, he wears them at school only. Carson is a Cub Scout now, so he goes to den meetings every Tuesday evenings. This is Carson at his pack meeting last Tuesday, standing with the Scout Master. He was awarded his Bobcat badge, so now he
