Blue & Gold photos

Parent gifts, because everyone should get a present at a birthday party!  The Wolf den decorated the cans and each parent
got a ribbon lanyard for showing the parent pins they earned while helping their Cub Scout earn his awards

Balloons added to the party theme as we celebrated the birthday of Cub Scouting

What a great looking group of scouts!

The scouts (possibly with a little bit of parental help) decorated the birthday cupcakes

Luke and his lovely mom earn recognition for Luke receiving his Bobcat rank

It's hard to tell from my amazing photography angle, but Caden also earned his Bear award this night

Cubmaster Joe - His serious face

Let the games begin!  Pin the Badge on the Boy Scout

Extra balloons - The biggest hit of the night as far as something to play

For the younger siblings, they got to color on the tables!

Who doesn't love shooting Nerf darts at cute, defenseless little animal bowling pins?

The the Death Star piñata showed up to finish off the evening

Cubmaster Joe was a little afraid....

No explanation needed

Featured belt loops in April

Each month we will be featuring a couple of the belt loops that can be earned by our cub scouts. There are academic belt loops and sports belt loops. Here are the features for April:


Skateboarding: http://www.scouting.org/sitecore/content/Home/CubScouts/CubScouts/UniformsAndAwards/sanda/skateboard.aspx



Reading and Writing: http://www.scouting.org/sitecore/content/Home/CubScouts/CubScouts/UniformsAndAwards/sanda/reading.aspx



Check the council website calendar for information about a Skateboarding belt loop clinic that is offered twice a month at Extreme Air.
Also, as you plan some activities for summer, look into the reading programs offered by libraries, schools, and other organizations to help your scout earn his Reading & Writing belt loop.

 Once you have the belt loops, start planning for the pins. These awards are an easy and fun way to earn achievements and stay busy over the summer!

Chicken Salad recipe

For those of you who were able to come to Blue & Gold and had the pleasure of trying the chicken salad, here is the recipe:

Chicken salad:
1 Costco rotisserie chicken
1 1/2 c celery
2 T fresh parsley
1 1/2 t salt -maybe more to taste
1/2 t pepper
1/4 mayo
1/2 c nuts (pecans or almonds)- chopped
2 T gr onion
2 T fresh lemon juice

March

Spring break throws an interesting kink into the pack schedules, so please be sure to check back on the blog often and stay in touch with your den leaders about meeting schedules. A few changes: We were planning to have pack meeting on the 28th in order to not conflict with spring break, but that left us conflicting with the RS birthday dinner. So...for those of you who are going to be in town the Thursday of spring break (the 14th), please pack up a picnic and come meet us at Red Mountain Park at 5:30 p.m. for a casual pack meeting. The value this month is Compassion, and we're going to learn about some of the challenges some people face as we send the scouts through a "Differences Awareness Trail." Perhaps we'll make it a contest between parents and scouts....either way we're going to enjoy the outdoors, have a good time, and get some things done! Please reply to the poll on the right letting us know if you are in town that day. Thank you!