Alden was sooo excited to have earned his wolf badge. We actually had 5 boys get it at April's pack meeting because last month was the pine wood derby. We have a big group of booys but they are all pretty good kids and it is alot of fun. I am the den leader and I have actually liked it alot more than I ever thought I would. Our group is slowly shinking though and by this summer I will be down to 6 boys which will actually be very nice just because it will be easier to do things with them when there aren't so many. I think it will be good for Alden to turn 9 and get new leaders (other than his own mom) for a change.
The boys had to drink "wolf blood" to show they were ready to be a wolf. They were all a little excited and nervous about it. It was funny to watch them drink it, especially picky little Alden.
The boys had to "make" their wolf badges by telling about the different achievements they are suppose to do. they had to pour the different ingredient into the pot explaining the different things about scouts.
As excited as Alden was to be recieving his wolf he so much hate having attention on him. he doesn't even smile and he totally looks at the ground and off to the side while standing in front while the cubmaster lists off the different things he was earning. The torcher!!! In addition to his wolf he also got a gold and two silver arrows, his music belt loop and pin, physical fitness belt loop and bicycle belt loop. We are very proud of how hard he has worked and are glad he enjoys scouts and hope he continues to enjoy it and work hard in scouting as he grows.
Brig had so much fun panning for gold. Half of his shirt was soaked when he was done but he thought that was the best thing ever and would have stayed there all day if I would have let him.
This is a pictures of the morning and afternoon class. I think there was one kid missing from Brigs class and his cousin Gavin was sick from the morning class and didn't make it either.
Brig is soooo lucky he get to go to preschool with his cousins Jalyn, Ryker and Logan. They have a lot of fun together. Jalyn, Logan and Gavin will all get to go to kindergarten in the fall and Ryker and Brig will have one more year of preschool and get to go the following year. I am glad my kids all have so many cousins close to their same age. 
Brig liked the jail and thought it was so funny that there was a toilet in there. He had fun locking himself in. Last year when we went he was scared to death of the jail so it was funny to see the difference a year can make.
Finally at the end of the trip after we had been through the gift shop we sat down to wait for Uncle Ryan so we could get one more picture and as I was looking through my bag for something and pulled out my keys Lila grabbed them and was as happy as could be. If only I knew that was all it would take to make her happy earlier in the trip I would have had a much easier time!
