Zacky's a full fledged bear!

My Zack LOVES scouts!

When he was 2 Brian was a cub scout leader and Zack LOVED it when they came over for activities! One day we were at Walmart and there was the cutest little shirt just Zack's size that looked just like a scout shirt. It has patches and badges. It's just the cutest thing. I would post a picture on here of it but it is dirty since the washing machine is broken down and has been since Tuesday. Well, Zack thought he struck GOLD!!! He proudly wore his "scout shirt" each week when the scouts came over. It was a sad, sad day when he outgrew that one!

One of the things he was the most excited about when he turned 8 years old was that he was FINALLY old enough to be a scout. I was the Wolf leader so he had been enjoying the activities when the boys came over already without receiving any awards. He has done SO well with scouts! He is very diligent at achieving his goals and attending each meeting. He gets quite upset if he misses one! I LOVE that he enjoys it so much! It's such a great program for boys!

When we moved to Price in September, he was only 3 achievements away from earning his Bear. Well...we lost his book! Poor kid! So we finally got him a new one and turns out he earned the rest of it at activities he had attended since we moved here and received his award on Wednesday night. We are so proud of him and hope he continues to love this program!


When I was the Wolf leader I attended a meeting where the new Scout Master told us how important he feels Cub Scouts is. He said that when these boys reach their teenage years the Boy Scout program is a wonderful thing for them to participate in. It's good, clean, fun. It teaches them how to be good people. How to do certain skills. It provides them with an opportunity to achieve and succeed. They make great friends. He went on and on about the importance of it. Then he said that we as Cub leaders have a VERY important role. We are setting the stage for their feelings about Scouts. If we don't make the meetings and activities super fun and enjoyable for them when they are Cubs then we will have lost them as teenage scouts. They need the support and good that comes from their participation in the Boy Scout program and we need to really encourage them all along their way! I'm glad that I heard that because it goes for parents too! It says in the books they get that the parents are to play a BIG role in this whole thing. It brings you closer as parents and sons and it brings the whole family closer together. Instead of looking at it as another time consuming, pain in the butt, thing to do we need to be supportive and proud and helpful in whatever way we can. I am POSITIVE the reason I was called as the Wolf leader at that time was so I could see how very important our part is in this program and how important it is for my son and to my son.

Now my Max wears that cute little tiny "scout shirt" proudly to all the pack meetings and every week that Zack has scouts. I hope they all love this program!