Cub Scout Summer Camp

Yes, you read correctly.  I should have my blog card revoked, but not my mom card as I am told the little ones might miss me ... giggle ... giggle.  So, in order to return to the recording of our children's lives, one blog post at a time, I will do my best to catch up today.  Starting with the ever so popular, fun, and amazing 4 days AC1 and Eric spent this summer at Cub Scout camp....needless to say they will be going back every year!

Note: we are still cheap in this family, so the best camera Eric had was his cell phone camera which is not as great as the one we use for most of the pictures on this blog....so please forgive the poor quality....story still the same.

So, as all boys who go to summer camp will tell you, at some point you get a little bored and struggle to find something productive to do....and .... boys will be boys.....one their first night or two there AC1 and the other boys were trying to entertain themselves in the rain no less, and it seemed like a good idea to throw rocks at the kid with the umbrella....well, as AC1 will tell you, he did not find the end results of this rock throwing funny as it resulted in him getting hit just below his eye and receiving a pretty nice little cut.....but, after a quick trip to the camp's Medical Unit and the application of some butterfly closures and a phone call with Dr. Mom he was back to being a camper.

 Later on during the week, the boys had to find ways to entertain themselves during the down times, so of course this meant building domino houses; in the background you can see the set up....tents, people lounging, bug spray galore, etc.......what you might not be able to see, or even comprehend if you are reading this from Texas is the amount of humidity in the air....it is like walking around in a shower 24/7......I know, your envy abounds

 After what I have already described I know we will have to make a list next year of the number of you who wish to go with little AC1 and Eric to camp......so of course the list is going to immediately lengthen as I get to the really good stuff!!

Over the summer AC1 really took a liking to fishing, something about being in his DNA from Granddad T and Grandpa B and his dad and ..... so, every opportunity they could find, the boys went fishing....you might think the first picture is the bait...........sorry for the fingernail shot, you get a really good idea of the hygiene at camp in this one!

 But the next picture makes it abundantly clear, what you see there my friends is not bait!  No, that is today's Catch of the Day and from the look on AC1's face, you know it is an AMAZING catch!!  Hopefully these fish will have the chance to feast all winter while the camping slows down and grow a bit before next year's rendezvous!

 So the rest of the weekend, as often as possible, AC1 and Eric slipped off to the lake to do a little fishing....I am told the fish did not grow much in size, but AC1's sheer delight in catching them grew each and every time!

Over the rest of the weekend, the eye boo-boo healed, the fish kept biting, the boys kept being boys, the mosquitoes kept biting, and all the fun that could be had was had by ALL!!  AC1 earned several belt loop awards for things like swimming and archery, Eric won big "Dad" points for roughing it for 4 days, and AC2 and I were reminded of how much cleaner our house is sans testosterone and how fun it is when the boys come back with stories and smiles and cuts and bruises and just a few pieces of laundry to wash :)