Scouting with the Dads

[Bo Duke]

At our pack meeting tonight, our scouts screen printed their own class B shirts. Each feather in the design has a unique word: Klondike, pinewood, Shootoree, Blue & Gold, service and camping.

Where did you get the screen printing equipment? That would be awesome to do.

 

[SAHDad]

After reading many of the posts on this thread I feel like I have the same experience as many of you. I have been a little disappointed in how my son's troop has been progressing. As a former scout I want the same experience for my own kids, so I am taking over his Tiger Cub Den. How often do some of you meet with your den's? Right now they have been meeting once a month for a den meeting and once a month as a whole troop. Do any of you have more than one den meeting a month?

We have den meetings every two weeks, plus one pack meeting a month, plus one committee meeting a month, and generally a pack activity once a month.

 

[brattosa]

How often do some of you meet with your den's? Right now they have been meeting once a month for a den meeting and once a month as a whole troop. Do any of you have more than one den meeting a month?

Our dens meet the first and second week of the month and pack meetings are the third week.

District roundtables are the first Tuesday of the month; pack leader / committee meetings are the first Wednesday of the month. Our city has several registered units so our pack is kicking off our own Pow-Wow roundtables to try and get area packs to plan some events together and exchange ideas.

 

[brattosa]

Where did you get the screen printing equipment? That would be awesome to do.

One of our den leaders does screen printing as a hobby. I can try to get some of the details on his equipment if you'd like.

 

[DisDadDoc]

We have den meetings every two weeks, plus one pack meeting a month, plus one committee meeting a month, and generally a pack activity once a month.

This is what we do (& most in our district), but Tiger dens typically meet only once a month (sometimes twice with a go-see-it)

Ask your committee chair to get you a copy of the Den Meeting Planner which has copies of all the lesson plans you'll ever need!

 

[DisneyDadC]

Klondike time I have several up dates to put in here hopefully I can get them in soon.

 

[Bo Duke]

Eggs in a bag???? thats what our kids do. Fast clean and no mess.

Don't know how i missed this. What are eggs in a bag?

One of our den leaders does screen printing as a hobby. I can try to get some of the details on his equipment if you'd like.

If you could that would be great. Thank you

 

[DisneyDadC]

I would like to thank my kids and the other kids from scouting for an enjoyable weekend.This yrs Klondike for me was better then last yrs. Why was it better then last yrs??? Three words said to me by my son while getting in the car to come home made it better for me.The first three words he said was getting in were "That was fun!!!" Those three words made the whole weekend worth it !!!

 

[DisneyDadC]

Don't know how i missed this. What are eggs in a bag?

Eggs in a bag are simply: you put your eggs in a zip lock bag preferably the double zip one.Then add whatever you want( cheese,chopped peppers,sausage,etc) shake bag to mix it up then drop in boiling water. Then presto after a short time you have an omelet with no real mess to clean up. Its fast its easy and the kids love doing it.

 

[SAHDad]

Eggs in a bag are simply: you put your eggs in a zip lock bag preferably the double zip one.Then add whatever you want( cheese,chopped peppers,sausage,etc) shake bag to mix it up then drop in boiling water. Then presto after a short time you have an omelet with no real mess to clean up. Its fast its easy and the kids love doing it.

FWIW - I use the same method to make omelets at home, since I never mastered the trick of making them properly. Easier to clean up too.

We had our Pinewood Derby on Friday. Overall, a pretty successful event, with an Angry Birds car taking Best of Show. DS did not do so well as last year, and was pretty upset by it. I've tried impressing on him that the main goals are to have fun and learn something, but he isn't receptive at the moment.

I have told him that, if he is willing to do the work, I am more than happy to buy some pinewood kits over the next year, so we can practice making cars and trying different designs. (Obviously, the car that races next year would be made once we got our "official" kit in November, but nothing is stopping me from buying six or seven kits from the Scout shop and working on them in the meantime, if he is willing to do the work.)

 

[DisneyDadC]

Yes, yes it is!

I'm so proud of my eldest right now (moreso than usual)... as you might recall, my boys are in the Boy Scouts (haven't been in Cubs for more than 2 years now) - and we're part of a very large Troop - 137 registered Scouts, 98 registered Adult Leaders. We had our biannual Troop election Monday night for the Troop leadership (we are a Boy-Led troop as Scouting was intended), and Harrison was elected Senior Patrol Leader. So for the next 6 months, he's the big cheese. Pretty cool. He tried for the position 6 months ago and lost, but this time, he won. That was pretty cool. I led and closed out the standing O he got when his named was announced by the Scoutmaster. There were 8 candidates, and he won. There's lots of happy in our household this week because of that huge confidence boost for him.

Are these numbers just troop or do they include the pack?? And How many troops do you have in your area?

Our troop is small only like ten scouts and our pack did grow some but only like 25 kids. I think we have to many troops in our area so numbers are smaller (we have a two troops that are only like 1 1/2 distance in between them)

 

[DisneyDadC]

FWIW - I use the same method to make omelets at home, since I never mastered the trick of making them properly. Easier to clean up too.

We had our Pinewood Derby on Friday. Overall, a pretty successful event, with an Angry Birds car taking Best of Show. DS did not do so well as last year, and was pretty upset by it. I've tried impressing on him that the main goals are to have fun and learn something, but he isn't receptive at the moment.

I have told him that, if he is willing to do the work, I am more than happy to buy some pinewood kits over the next year, so we can practice making cars and trying different designs. (Obviously, the car that races next year would be made once we got our "official" kit in November, but nothing is stopping me from buying six or seven kits from the Scout shop and working on them in the meantime, if he is willing to do the work.)

Ours has yet to come,my kids love just being involved. I am lucky my kids don't care if their cars crash and burn,they have fun just being there and building their cars.So this make it easier for me lol.
Our pack is also doing a space derby this year which will be our first.We did it at our round table last week.If the leaders had fun with it then I know the kids are going to

 

[stopher1]

Eggs in a bag are simply: you put your eggs in a zip lock bag preferably the double zip one.Then add whatever you want( cheese,chopped peppers,sausage,etc) shake bag to mix it up then drop in boiling water. Then presto after a short time you have an omelet with no real mess to clean up. Its fast its easy and the kids love doing it.

These are awesome, and so easy.

 

[stopher1]

Summer Camp promotion season officially kicked off in our Troop last Monday night when I stood up and gave my first announcement about it.

Our online sign-up form went live on Wednesday, and as of this point...


... the adults are way more excited about it than the boys are! As of this morning I have 8 adults signed up, and only 1 Scout.

That will certainly change, but I am just fascinated by that. We're all pretty pumped.

Last year I took 90 Scouts and 35 adult leaders... the year before was 82 Scouts and 29 adults leaders, so yeah, the current stats WILL change - it's just pretty funny. Usually it's the Scouts who are pumped and sign-up first, while the adults figure out vacation time, blah, blah, blah... but tonight the next announcement will be made, and I'll razz the boys that the adults are more excited than they are. Then their competitive spirit will start to kick in.

 

[DisneyDadC]

Christopher look four posts up ^^

 

[stopher1]

Are these numbers just troop or do they include the pack?? And How many troops do you have in your area?

Our troop is small only like ten scouts and our pack did grow some but only like 25 kids. I think we have to many troops in our area so numbers are smaller (we have a two troops that are only like 1 1/2 distance in between them)

Sorry Carl - I missed this - thanks for pointing it out so well!

Those numbers are just Boy Scout TROOP.

We have 3 Troops in our city, and 4 Troops in the neighboring city to the south, and 4 Troops in the neighboring city to the west, and more to the north and east that I don't know for sure. Of those to the south & west - 3 each are 100 or more. The rest are between 25 - 75 boys each.

The Cub Scout Packs are a completely different animal that I no longer pay attention to. We have about 9 or 10 Packs in our city, and I have no idea as to how many in the cities directly to the south & west of us.

Last year, from the Packs in our city, our Troop got 35 boys who crossed over from Cubs to Boy Scouts. The other 2 Troops in the city got boys as well, but I don't know how many. We're expecting about 45 boys to cross over this season.

Within our district we have 28 Troops (again, no clue on Packs). Within our Council there are something like 300 Troops (again, no clue on Packs). Within our Council we have 15 Districts. We have well over 10,000 Scouts & volunteers (Scouters) registered in our Council, between Cubs & Boy Scouts.

 

[DisneyDadC]

Sorry Carl - I missed this - thanks for pointing it out so well!

Those numbers are just Boy Scout TROOP.

We have 3 Troops in our city, and 4 Troops in the neighboring city to the south, and 4 Troops in the neighboring city to the west, and more to the north and east that I don't know for sure. Of those to the south & west - 3 each are 100 or more. The rest are between 25 - 75 boys each.

The Cub Scout Packs are a completely different animal that I no longer pay attention to. We have about 9 or 10 Packs in our city, and I have no idea as to how many in the cities directly to the south & west of us.

Last year, from the Packs in our city, our Troop got 35 boys who crossed over from Cubs to Boy Scouts. The other 2 Troops in the city got boys as well, but I don't know how many. We're expecting about 45 boys to cross over this season.

Within our district we have 28 Troops (again, no clue on Packs). Within our Council there are something like 300 Troops (again, no clue on Packs). Within our Council we have 15 Districts. We have well over 10,000 Scouts & volunteers (Scouters) registered in our Council, between Cubs & Boy Scouts.

wow is all I can say. I wish our number were half of that.

 

[stopher1]

wow is all I can say. I wish our number were half of that.

We had our Committee meeting tonight, and the Scoutmaster said that there are 72 Webelos II throughout our city's packs. He's not sure, but expecting about 50 of them to come to us. That's HUGE.

And he announced the final results for 2011 - our Troop had 15 Scouts in 2011 earn the Eagle Rank.

I'm looking forward to my eldest earning his in 2012 - which by the way, is the 100th anniversary since the very first Scout earned his Eagle rank - just 2 years after the 100th anniversary of Boy Scouting in America.

 

[DisDadDoc]

We had our Committee meeting tonight, and the Scoutmaster said that there are 72 Webelos II throughout our city's packs. He's not sure, but expecting about 50 of them to come to us. That's HUGE.

And he announced the final results for 2011 - our Troop had 15 Scouts in 2011 earn the Eagle Rank.

I'm looking forward to my eldest earning his in 2012 - which by the way, is the 100th anniversary since the very first Scout earned his Eagle rank - just 2 years after the 100th anniversary of Boy Scouting in America.

Awesome! Good luck to your son!

Anyone planning on the Jamboree yet (July 14-24, 2013)? I know that they are accepting applications now. I'm planning on being there with my 2 sons.

 

[stopher1]

Awesome! Good luck to your son!

Anyone planning on the Jamboree yet (July 14-24, 2013)? I know that they are accepting applications now. I'm planning on being there with my 2 sons.

Both of my sons will be there.

I'm hoping that I can be, but right now, not so sure. I went through 2 rounds of interviews to be selected as an ASM II - but was not selected. Just found out a couple of days ago. I was bummed, to say the least. The selection guys did tell me, however, that there is still a possibility, as it gets closer, if one of the ones who was selected drops out or has a change of plans, then I could be tapped as the replacement guy. Not really how I wanted to go - but hey, if it works, then yeah, I'll go. OR I could sign-up to go and work it as staff... but that wouldn't be quite the same.

Our Council has a contingent made up of 6 Jambo Troops of 36 Scouts each, with a SM, ASM I, ASM II and an ASM III, which is the (adult) youth (over 18, but not yet 21). So far all of the adult roles have been filled now, and of the 216 Scout spots, 180 have been filled - 16 are from our home Troop, so that's cool. Plus our Council is sending for the first time a Venture Crew, so that'll be great for them as well. We have 1 Advisor and 5 of our Venturers signed up to go.

I REALLY wanted to go too. So I was REALLY bummed when they said no. This will be the only chance that both boys get to go to it. Matthew will have another possibility before he ages out, but not Harrison. So I'm glad they're both in the contingent.