September 27th, 2007 by Jemaleddin Cole

Jared didn’t exactly have fun at the Cub Scouts pack meeting last night. First he was upset because he wasn’t getting merit badges, and no amount of talking would convince him that kids who have been scouts for a week can’t get merit badges for going to camp the previous summer. Especially when his friend Nick got a badge for going camping with his big brother’s scout group last summer. Ouch.

As bad as that was, and we had to keep walking in and out of the gym all night because he was bursting into tears every time he thought he had missed out on going to camp, the worst was at the end. They had handed out programs, and as you might guess, Jared was very concerned with what was going on and in what order. One of the last things on the program was a song, a strange little ditty about “the little engine that could” sung to the tune of “Yanke Doodle.” The pack leader’s wife asked for a show of hands, and the kids voted not to sing the song. This put Jared back into a tantrum, and I had to drag him out while the Webelos were retiring the colors.

The good news for me was that they also skipped the prayer. Thank Kevin for small mercies, eh?

They also announced that each kid should try to sell $100 worth of popcorn this year to meet the area council’s goals. I thought that was a bit high until I noticed that item A on the form was $50 for 5lbs of candy. Who is going to eat that much candy? And how is it going to stay fresh?

Anyway, there was also good news: they encouraged us to check out the county fire station’s safety day this Saturday. Jared will get to watch cars chopped in pieces by the jaws of life, watch cars set on fire, watch car fires extinguished, and maybe ride on a fire truck. Let’s hope he doesn’t get chopped, burned or dropped.

6 Responses to “Second Night of Scouting”

1. Fire is always entertaining. Now I want to go to a hibachi restaurant.

   — sara September 28th, 2007 at 4:25 pm #

2. Great, now I want hibachi, and it’s 7 in the morning. That’s not going to work.

   — Jemaleddin September 29th, 2007 at 6:19 am #

3. I’d like to order some candy. Hook me up!

   — CanadiensFan September 30th, 2007 at 7:20 am #

4. Well, you’d better be sitting down when you see the prices!

   — Jemaleddin September 30th, 2007 at 9:13 am #

5. I’ve got a 20 burning a hole in my pocket. Gimme a pound of something chocolatey.

   — CanadiensFan September 30th, 2007 at 8:16 pm #

6. Lady, you’re gonna have to look at the brochure - get your butt over here.

   — Jemaleddin September 30th, 2007 at 9:28 pm #