Well, as I mentioned last week, Sam, Jack and I spent the weekend out at Crooked Creek Camp, a camp owned an operated by Boy Scouts America.
This would have to be one of the highlights of the year. The boys had a great time out there, setting up the tent, roasting marshmallows over the campfire, getting Scouts badges and belt loops at the late night campfire-lit meeting, playing kickball, and having a great time on the forts, the confidence course and the nature trails. This time of year is great for camping, often with fine warm days and nights that are not too cool just yet (camping in the summer time here usually isn't an option - it is just too hot to be in a tent, or even out under the stars and try to sleep through most of the summer).
It was also a great time to get to know some of the other Dads that take there kids to scouts. Because it is a local scout pack, most of the families live in or close to our neighborhood.
I think camping is well and truly in the boys' system now - it's something that we're going to have to try to do much more of while we're here.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Tiger Cubs
One thing that has been really fun for me in the past month or so is being able to introduce Sam to Scouts. It's a great father/son activity and a great learning opportunity for Sam. Sam is at the entry level of scouts, which they call Tiger Cubs, which is great as Sam's most favorite animal of all time is the tiger.
While there has only been a few activities scheduled so far, we have been able to enjoy a bush walk, a day at Churchill Downs (home of the Kentucky Derby) where we did activities such as rock climbing, BB gun shooting and archery, plus smaller things such as a tour of the local library and collecting things outside and talking about them, we've really enjoyed what they've had on the program so far. This weekend we are going on a camp-out at Crooked Creek where we'll do things like kickball (which is just baseball but you kick a soccer ball instead of hit a baseball), tramping, shooting, archery, roasting marshmallows and all that good stuff. It might be a bit chilly overnight as the weather has turned quite cold here in the past week or so, but it looks like we'll have fine weather.
Scouts has been great for Sam. He's always looking for things to do outside, things to build/make and activities to do. When you live in a new city and on a small section in town it can be difficult to come up with lots of things for a kid like Sam to do. He's loving it, and it's giving him lots of opportunities to learn new things along the way.
While there has only been a few activities scheduled so far, we have been able to enjoy a bush walk, a day at Churchill Downs (home of the Kentucky Derby) where we did activities such as rock climbing, BB gun shooting and archery, plus smaller things such as a tour of the local library and collecting things outside and talking about them, we've really enjoyed what they've had on the program so far. This weekend we are going on a camp-out at Crooked Creek where we'll do things like kickball (which is just baseball but you kick a soccer ball instead of hit a baseball), tramping, shooting, archery, roasting marshmallows and all that good stuff. It might be a bit chilly overnight as the weather has turned quite cold here in the past week or so, but it looks like we'll have fine weather.
Scouts has been great for Sam. He's always looking for things to do outside, things to build/make and activities to do. When you live in a new city and on a small section in town it can be difficult to come up with lots of things for a kid like Sam to do. He's loving it, and it's giving him lots of opportunities to learn new things along the way.
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