The Newest Cub Scout!

Well Gabe doesn't turn 8 for about another month, but since the Cubs at our church (which I am no longer involved in because they moved me to the Activity Days girl!! :( were having their annual Blue and Gold Banquet, they decided to let Gabe join in the fun a little early! We went out and bought him his little cub scout shirt (well actually, it's pretty BIG right now, but it's supposed to last until he's 11 so we went a little big!) and his first little patches for the troop number and his yellow "neckercheif. He looked very official. ;)

But the real excitement was when he WON the competition of the evening! The theme was "Mad Scientist" and so each boy was supposed to bring a "Mad Scientist" cake. I made the mistake of looking at Pinterest when Gabe was sitting right by me (bad idea… then they think YOU can do all of those fabulous things!) and he saw this cake that looked like a brain. That cake was actually attached to ANOTHER cake with strings of licorice which looked like a machine of some sort with candle knobs and buttons - like it was electrocuting this test brain. Well that was just going to be too much work and seemed like a lot of wasted cake. So instead, we made cupcakes and did the "brain" frosting on top of them (pink and squiggly basically). Then we just got three glass vases that looked like "test tubes" and put a little water and food coloring in them, and added some dry ice (always a crowd-pleaser) add i made some labels that said "Formula 1, 2, and 3". Then we called the whole thing "Dr. Gabe's Evil Brain Experiment." It was pretty fun and really didn't even take that long.

So as they were calling off all the awards, Gabe was the only one that hadn't been called yet, and they announced "First Place goes to Gabe Rhodes!" He even got a little trophy. He was so excited about that. He came home and said "Best Cub Scout Night Ever!!!" So hopefully that enthusiasm continues until he's 16…. haha. I can just remember my parents and the old, "No drivers license till you have your Eagle" threat…. Aaron had his license first I'm pretty sure. ;)

Here are some pictures of our first time with a boy in scouts!!