Red White & Blue Gala

Last Saturday, Cub Scout Pack and Boy Scout Troop 256 participated in the Red, White & Blue Gala put on by the St. Thomas Episcopal Church of Eustis.
It was a neat time of history and patriotism. The scouts did a flag folding ceremony, each fold representing something. 
They practiced outside first:

 Then we all went inside for the program. (See George Washington??)

 After the Pledge of Allegiance and our National Anthem, the scouts did the flag folding ceremony while our Cubmaster read the script for each fold.

 We heard from many patriots! I forget who the woman below was supposed to be :)

 Ben Franklin:

 Some pioneer children!

 First African American Poet in America, Phyllis Wheatley:

 Martha Washington:

All in all, it was a great beginning to the week of celebration for Independence Day and our Cub Scouts did a fabulous job!

Cub Scouts! Handyman Activity Badge!~

My Webelos I scouts were needing some hands-on requirements met in order to complete their Handyman Activity badge. Ronnie set the race car up so that they could work on their achievements using it. So...Tuesday's Den meeting was held at our house. Ronnie ended up working late so Eddie came down to teach the boys...and was AWESOME at it!

Learning to adjust the seat on a bicycle:

 Learning to "grease up" a bike chain:

 Learning how to change a tire!!

TEAMWORK!

 Checking the oil!!

As strange as this sounds....in the midst of all these "vehicular" things...the next requirement was changing a light bulb in a lamp...LOL....so we did that too!

 And we only had ONE broken bulb! Yay!

Last, but not least, the boys learned how to replace a taillight.

 Then they all took a turn sitting in the race car :) They thought it was super cool!

We had a wonderful evening! The boys really learned a lot of "life skills" and Eddie did an excellent job teaching them!