Last Wednesday, February 29th, our Troop had a Court of Honor. Nathaniel and William each got the Music merit badge. Nathaniel also received his Life rank.
(Nathaniel pinning the Life pin on me.)
Nathaniel had his Life Board of Review January 4, 2012. He has been working really hard to get where he's at, especially since he was a little 'behind' when we moved to Maryland. (Long story short, his last troop, while they did a lot of activities, failed to mark things off and didn't supply a record of many of the things that he did while there, so he had to redo a bunch of things.)
Tonight he is meeting with the Scout Committee to give his Eagle Service Project proposal. I'm very proud of everything he has accomplished. He still has a couple of merit badges that he needs to finish, but hopefully he'll have everything finished and be able to earn his Eagle before the summer is out.
William is a First Class scout. With four boys in Scouts, their progress tends to go in shifts. Andrew is turning 11 this month, so we needed to make sure that he finished everything he needed to to get his Webelos badge and earn his Arrow of Light. And Nathaniel, of course, was trying to finish his Life rank, and now we're involved with his Eagle Project. So for the last couple of months, William and Noah haven't gotten as much 'extra' help for scouts. But William will be ready for his next rank soon, and now that Andrew will be coming in to scouts, we'll be working with him to make sure he is able to make his first three ranks in the next year.
Noah, because he was already in a cub scout pack for four months before turning eight and joining our church pack, already has a lot of things done towards his wolf rank; that's why I don't feel too bad for not doing too much with him as he still has a whole year to finish his rank.
Scouting keeps us busy, but I think it's important. And it's pretty much in my blood, so hey, might as well do it and try to do it well. :)
