Knights of the Round Table! Day 3… June 23, 2009

Grand Canyon Council

Cub Scout Day Camp 2009

 

So I woke up the 2nd day of day camp with a nasty headache and feeling all around yucky. So even though I had an offer from someone to watch the girls, I didn’t stay at camp.

Day 3, I had a sitter for the girls, was feeling great and was ready to go up and hang out with the boys!

Seth’s den was in charge of the flag ceremony again on the 2nd morning.

I ended up being unofficially assigned to Corbin’s den. I really didn’t want to be tied down because I wanted to be able to jump from group to group so I could get pictures of all the boys. But that didn’t work out.

Corbin’s den’s first activity was fishing at Goldwater Lake! In order to earn their fishing belt loop they had to bait their own hook, try to catch a fish and discuss the local fishing regulations and their importance.

It was a beautiful morning at the lake! As soon as we got their they told the boys to be very quiet as they walked to the lake. Sitting on the rocks across from where the boys were fishing was a Great Blue Heron! They are pretty common around here but still very cool to see one up close!

Corbin lost no time getting down to business! No one caught anything but they still had fun. After they made a good effort at trying to catch a fish they got to try and catch crawdads!

 

The boys get a run down on the local regulations of fishing.

After fishing, I was able to get away for a little while to see what Seth’s group was up to.

They were at the Archery Station! One of the favorite stations at camp! Seth almost got a Bulls Eye on one of his shots while I was there! He did a great job all around!

Seth’s den went to BB Guns next…but I had to get back to Corbin’s den. I only snapped a picture of them learning the rules.

At lunch time the boys had balloons launched at them!

After lunch Seth’s den were off to finish their shields! Seth put a Griffin on his. And it turned out really neat!

When we got home he brushed off more of the glitter because it was only supposed to be around the edges but it stuck to the paint.

Here are our Wolves! They all did a great job on their shields!

Corbin’s shield had a battle axe on it and then he drizzled paint all over it…it’s cool what kids come up with when you let them use their own creativity!

Here are our Bears and Webelos!

And that was the last activity of the day! It was a lot of fun and I am glad I had the opportunity to go and help out and hang out with the boys!

Knights of the Round Table!! Day 1… June 23, 2009

Grand Canyon Council

Cub Scout Day Camp 2009!

 

The boys got to go to day camp last week! It was a lot of fun all packed into 3 days! I was told this was the first time in at least 10 years that they had had a 3 day camp. So for three days we woke up earlier than a normal school day…got ready and were out the door by 7 the first day and 7:30 the last two days. Camp was out at Bradshaw Pines Campground, a 30-45 minute drive depending on traffic.

The girls and I stayed for a couple hours the first day so I could take some pictures and see what kinds of fun stuff they had in store! The boys were separated into “dens”. There were 13 dens in all and our pack was separated into 3 different dens. Which made taking pictures of all the boys difficult. (I also blog our packs activities, so I try to cover all the boys.) Easier said than done…

So we had boys in dens 3, 8 and 11…and the only time I managed to catch the two bears in den 8 was when they happened to be in the same place as den 11.

Seth’s den lead the opening and flag ceremony on the first day. They did a great job but were really hard to hear with such a large group.

Here are the boys in their official camp t-shirt…

Seth’s first activity was drama and they read the play about Old King Cole…at least that is what Seth thinks he remembers lol…I missed most of it and only came in when they were about to leave. Seth was the king…but he said he wasn’t much of a king, since he didn’t get to do much. LOL

Corbin first activity was Science at Merlin’s Cave! They got to make Dragon’s Drool! Which Corbin lost before we got home. :/

Seth’s den moved on to cooking next. They made trail mix and cinnamon biscuits. Seth said they were really good!

I caught Corbin’s den on their way back from Archery and had them stop and snapped a picture! They were a great group of boys! They got a lot of compliments on their behavior!

Next up…First Aid…The boys learned how to do CPR!

Seth’s den…at the Closing Ceremony…

So that was part of what happened the first day. The boys did a lot more that I didn’t manage to catch.

They made shields, played Badminton, learned how to shoot bb guns…and much more. I didn’t go up the second day…but day three is coming in the next post!

Party time! June 23, 2009

I noticed throughout the school year there weren’t nearly as many birthday invites as in years gone by. But the last day of school both Ashlyn and Seth brought home invites and they couldn’t have been more excited!

Ashlyn’s invite came from a little girl she had talked about all year! She was so excited to go! The theme was a Luau. It was the end of May, so it should have been perfect, right!? Wrong!

It was cloudy all morning and on the way over to Prescott for the party the sky looked menacing! And it started to rain. Not long after we arrived it began to rain…and then HAIL! Some of it was the size of quarters! And the street outside was flooding like crazy! I didn’t take my camera but here are a couple from my cell phone…they just don’t show what was actually going on, very well. It was crazy!

The kids had lots of fun despite the weather…playing games and eating yummy food! The weather finally cleared up at the end of the party and the kids went out and played on the slip-n-slide!

Seth was invited to his best friend’s party! He made a new friend his year and they were inseparable! When I called to RSVP his mom told me to bring the whole family! So I packed up the kids and headed to Dewey!

Chaz didn’t come because his dad was up for the weekend…they went out to Olive Garden for Soup, Salad & Breadsticks! YUM!

All the kids had a blast in the jump house! I love how easily kids make friends with new kids! The girls found new friends right away!

I’m not sure what exactly is going on here…lol…doesn’t look good but it was all good fun!

 

Maybe it was good fun…LOL! LET ME OUT!!! ROFL!!

Of course there were piñatas…as big as Sage!!!

A mad dash for the candy!! The best part!

 

Seth with “Little” Adrian… Such different personalities here…but they get along great and are best buds!

Gotta love those piñata hats!

 

Time for cake and ice cream! Cake from Sam’s Club…it was really good!

Time for presents! Adrian broke $100 and his mom was visibly embarrassed by his reactions… :/ lol

All in all it was a great day! We ended up being there for 5+ hours! The kids had a blast and we left with only one injury…

Corbin jumped out of the bounce house and landed on the top of his foot. He limped around the house a couple days so we took him to the doc. Nothing major, no breaks and they just wrapped it and sent him home.