Pizza Time

Henry's scout den had a meeting at Cici's Pizza that included a tour of the place and they each made their own crazy pizza.

Lazer Tag

The pack had an outing to Q-Zar lazer tag. 

Nicholas did not like the arena, it was pitch black with neon effects with lots of smoke & noise.

This is what it looked like, you can see the neon outlines of walls. 

 Henry loved, loved, loved it. The boy who hates sleeping in the dark & loud noises. Yep. Weird.

Pinewood Derby

Nicholas' telling me all about campfire building.

Nicholas ready for bed, the boys shared a mattress.

Low 40s at night, the boys were deep inside their sleeping bags. Henry was curled up like a ball at the bottom. Nicholas got hot and took off his jammies. 

Henry's car #15 Minecraft design & Nicholas' #14 BSA theme. 

Eating lunch.

Waiting for the races to start. 

Henry's car middle lane, super fast blur. 

Nicholas won Tiger 3rd place.

The boys enjoyed the pinewood derby

Henry congratulating Nicholas. 

Raingutter Regatta

Henry earning the World Conservation Award. I didn't even hear his name being called, so the picture is cruddy.

The inflatable raingutters, new this year & very handy.

Getting ready to start the races, each rank had a table.

Anxious Henry waiting for his turn.

And they are off!

huffhuffpuffpuffhuff...i'm dizzy

Nicholas waiting his turn at the trough.

Nicholas had a melt-down because he had to wait again for another turn.

After the races, the boys could 'race' their boats against anyone or themselves.

The boys were fascinated by the big scouts who were emptying the gutters. Lots of questions.

Nicholas was happy to get his mess kit.

Henry's mess kit, luckily its slightly different then Nicholas'. I'm never without a Sharpie, names were immediately added to the kits.

8th Kyu Test

The boys tested for 8th Kyu on the 30th of November, Henry was so nervous he was about to cry. Nicholas treated it like any other day, no worries or thoughts about it. 

Large class testing together, the senseis were slightly overwhelmed, people kept showing up. They didn't turn them away like I would have, there is a reason why they want the performance sheets turned in 3 days before testing. .  

Side kicks and stuff

Nicholas getting ready to show defense moves.

Being attacked from behind defense moves. 

Henry's turn.

Breaking away followed by a kick. 

Henry falling asleep during the brown belt testing.

Henry asleep. All of the adults were laughing, they too agreed that the testing was going long. 

That is a lot of people testing for ranks.  

All waiting patiently. 

  Henry getting his belt and hang shakes/bow all around. 

Nicholas' award of orange belt. 

 The boys with their sensei Sherry and her sensei - her dad - John Ingram - Hachi Dan (8th degree) - who is a student of Master Mitchum.