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:(( I'm so sad! No more cubs!

Closing ceremonies was not what I had imagined though. They had invited the parents so I thought the parents got to participate but they didn't. Anyway, we had the usual warm up and grand howl stuff, and then Bageera, which is our Scout Supervisor, took over and split the boys into three groups. Then he gave each group a compass and some instructions and they were suppose to use the compass to find their way. It became clear after about five minutes that if this had been the woods, the boys would have been totally lost. The compass and instructions were SUPPOSED to take them across the gym, down the hall and into the cub room. He had to help them along.

Once we got to the cub room, we had the ceremonial lighting of the campfire, I say ceremonial because our camp is inside so.. not a real fire. Boo hoo. With the lights off though it looked okay. So then he led them in some songs, they got to do their skits, and then he read stories. And then we finished with the traditional KumBaYah.

And of course there was food.

Tonight the cubs had to present the program themselves. They did fairly well with everything except for the lesson part. Naturally many many of them didn't bother to do their assignments. Akela made them contribute SOMETHING to the lesson anyway, so at least they didn't get an easy out.

Then we ate gummy worms and sang songs. As follows...

*sung to the tune of Clementine*

In a castle, on a mountain
Near the dark and murky Rhine
Dwelt a doctor, the concoctor
Of the monster, Frankenstein.

In a graveyard near the castle
Where the moon refused to shine
He dug for noses and for toeses
For his monster, Frankenstein.

AND

*sung to the tune of Frere Jacques*

Worms and spiders, worms and spiders
Creep and crawl, creep and crawl
Put them in my pocket, put them in my pocket

*spoken, which for boys means yelled very loud* - OOOPS!

Squashed them all! Squashed them all!

EDIT

*sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne*

Should old worn sneakers be thrown out
Or stink upon a shelf?
Should holey, moldy, gym socks walk
To the washer by themselves?

My smelly shoes, so torn and rank
How comf'table to me!
My gym socks match them perfectly
Let's my piggies wiggle free!

Boo hoo. I had to skip cubs tonight because the tax deadline is looming. Spent the time I would have been at cubs punching numbers. Not nearly as much fun. And I was really looking forward to Knots Part 2.

Today we had a face off. Younger boys against the older boys. The older boys are naturally bigger, but the younger boys outnumber them, so really they were pretty evenly matched with that handicap.

First, we had a tug of war. Twelve Cubs on one side and four Scouts on the other. It was back and forth for several minutes and probably would have continued on like that if Akela hadn't added a further handicap by lending his arm to the Cub side for a few tugs. It was amusing.

Then we had a skip off. One giant skipping rope and all Cubs skipping. Whoever tripped the rope was out until we were down to th last Cub. And then we did the same for the Scouts. The two that were left got to skip against each other. The youngest Scout won that one.

Then we had relay races. Akela handicapped the Scouts by making them start ten seconds later than the Cubs. It was tie. I think that was because even though the Scouts were starting later, the Cubs had more boys to run through.

All in all, it was a good night I'd say.

So in honour of Scout Week the cubs had an easy night tonight. They did games, the favourite being Wolf Tails and sang songs, including the Quarter Master Store and most importantly... THEY ATE TACOS!

Oh my gosh! I've never seen such small people stuff themselves so much. One boy ate three tacos, three cup cakes and three cream soda floats. Fun was had by all but I kinda shudder to think what their parents will be dealing with when they got the kids home.

*salutes*

So, today I had cubs for the second time. I have to say it's much more fun this time around since I'm not in charge. I can actually enjoy the activities instead of having to supervise them. I suspect that will change a bit in the next weeks as my duties are formulated. I'm sure I'll be called to present at least part of the program which is fine since last time I was pretty much doing the whole thing by myself anyway.

The hard part will be remembering the boys' names. There are many many more than when I was in the program before. My name, however, will be easy to remember. I'm Louie :D