Collin the Cub Scout

First day in his cub scout uniform

Collin got to go to his first ever den meeting on his birthday, then two weeks later he went to his first pack meeting - and being new to Cub Scouts, he and I - we had no idea what to expect!  Kevin was out of town that day so we missed him at pack meeting. Anyway it was a real neat pack meeting with a Science Exploration theme - Exploring Liquid Nitrogen, which ended in ice cream treats (frozen by the liquid nitrogen).  It was so fun and Bro. Zoller the cubmaster did a really good job - thinking of hiring him for Collin's next birthday party!  Collin won the early bird prize, which they have to do a howl (sounds more like a bird saying "cuh coh" to me) to get the prize - and you have to do it really loud so everyone is cheering at the end. 

Collin has this thing for winning random contests - and this time it was no different - he got picked to do this crazy howl in front of a ton of people.  And it was his first time there!  A webelo scout showed him how to do it -  flex your arms/muscles and yell "cuh coh".  I was a little nervous that he would get really shy in front of all the people, but he did it three times and got a lot of cheers at the end.  He was glad to get his prize and  also earned a good manners belt loop.  Cub Scouts has a way of getting boys to be boys! 

At the next pack meeting, which was a week and a half, ago, he earned his Bobcat.  The cubmaster didn't have all the chalk to draw on their faces, so we skipped that and did just the pinning.  I love that they have all these little badges and loops to earn - makes it so fun and so rewarding for all of them.