Our First Bobcat

Last Thursday night Spencer was awarded his Bobcat award at our Blue & Gold banquet.

Shortly after he turned eight, I sat down with him to work on some of the things he needed to pass to achieve this award. It was a NIGHTMARE! He and I just clash sometimes and this day was one of them. After trying to get him to work with me- his constant 'I don't knows', and lack of participation I closed the book and said I was not touching it with him again. I feel as his mother I have lots of battles to fight with him that are important in life, ie: homework, reading, chores, personal grooming, but this I did not see as one of them. So I told Jamey that if Spencer was to get advancements and awards in scouting then it was going to be with him. My mother is a huge advocate for scouting and after telling her of experience she decided that she would help Spencer with the things that she could over the phone and whenever she saw him. It took three months, but with the help of my mom and Jamey, Spencer very proudly received his Bobcat award. As he was pinning the mother's pin on me I felt incompetent. There was almost nothing I did to help him. I am so grateful to mom and Jamey for their support to Spencer. I wish they could have been the ones recognized. I am proud of Spencer- I am watching him grow and mature. The last 3 months have been the most growth I have seen in him in his eight years. I am truly blessed to have his boy in my care.

First Field Trip

Last week a local group of home taught preschoolers were going on a field trip to the Fiske Planetarium at CU in Boulder. I got an email inviting Jamison and I to attend, so I changed an appointment I had, to make it work so we could be there. I have never had the chance to go to a planetarium, so I was just as excited as Jamison to see what one was all about. When we first got there we walked around a bit looking at all the displays, Jamison took a turn looking through the giant telescope before we watched Kids in Space. We walked into the doom shaped auditorium sat in our seats ready for the trip through space. I wish I could have gotten a picture of Jamison's face as the movie started- his mouth and eyes were so wide. He was hanging on the chair ready to blast off into space. The movie was made in the 70's, music and graphics, so I struggled a bit. However Jamison learned tons! Close to the end he was ready to be done and asked when we were going to get to go back to earth. We learned that on the moon since the gravity is much less than the earth Jamison only weights about 7 pounds and I only weight 34 pounds. I would love to have that be my real weight here! :) Jamison also decided that Neptune is his favorite planet because it is aquamarine, but he also very much liked Saturn and it's rings. Everett was also with us- but he was not a fan at all of being there. He did lots of screaming, I even broke the rules and gave him a fruit bar in the movie to try to keep him somewhat quiet. We had such a fun morning- I am thankful for friends who thought to invite us.