Blue and Gold Banquet

Once a year to celebrate Boy Scouts of America the scouting program holds their Blue and Gold banquet. Other than the pinewood derby this is one of the bigger events of the year. This past week we had our banquet and it was a hawaiian theme.

They had mini umbrellas and coloring pages for the little kids to stay occupied while they showed a slide show of pictures of the boys throughout the year doing the different scouting activities. It was fun to look back on all the things we have done with our little den this year. It is amazing how unsure I was about this calling when I was called to it and yet now how much I love it and have learned.

The boys getting ready to do the flag ceremony. Hunter was very excited because it was his turn to lead the group at the front of the room and call out the directions.

Then the boys all went up front and did the scout promise for the group.

They then had the boys come up by dens and introduce themselves and then receive each of their individual awards. Hunter earned three belt loops this month. A nutrition, collecting, and video game belt loop. He was particularly excited about that last one, I didn't even know they had a belt loop for this but it was one he could finish in a day and he was excited to get it. He is always so cute to watch when he goes up to get his awards, he gets all shy and quiet and yet it grinning ear to ear. He LOVES scouts and is having so much fun with the activities and I think it is nice for him to have that time with other boys.

The boys had fun making sandwiches on a stick and learning about food groups for the nutrition belt loop and had a chance to bring their favorite collections from home and share with the group one den meeting. You'd better believe it was LEGO's and more LEGO's. After all the awards we had a nice dinner and visited.

They ended the night with a hula hoop contest and the limbo and then of course some cake....

A cute shot of Miss E giving daddy a smooch....

I am really enjoying scouts and loving the time every week for that hour just Hunter and I. I am so grateful to have been called to be his leader and get to have fun doing scouting stuff with him. Before we left that night they handed out everyone's pinewood derby cars. It is not until March but Hunter is already scheming up ideas for an awesome car and trying to figure out design ideas and paint styles. It's gonna be fun.