Scout-O-Rama

Ok, so it was a very busy week - after Josiah's birthday, then birthday party, on Saturday, the 12th, we had Scout-O-Rama in St. James. This is where the District pinewood derby races were held this year. We had a blast on this day. Our friends from Church, Gary Wyatt and his wife Donna were there. Gary leads the Boy Scout troop in St. James and Donna happened to be there as well. So basically her and I hung out all morning long and into the afternoon. In order for your boys to race at the District level, each pack had to have a table set up of an activity to do. So our leaders chose knot tying and other packs had various activities. One pack had the activity that you see above where you sit on a big round tube of sorts and you try to knock the other person off with a pillow. Well, Isaac being the shy boy that he is didn't want to do it until Donna said that she would go with him. Donna is a riot and they had a blast being up there. Needless to say, Donna's feet could touch the ground so she ended up with an upper hand on Isaac, but it didn't matter. He got knocked off twice, and as you can see by the picture, he was laughing cuz he had such a great time! :) Josiah on the other hand, didn't have anyone to go with, so he went with another boy that was there. He knocked the other guy off and I think J got knocked off once too. Then it was time for the races.

The pictures didn't turn out too well. But Isaac and Daniel Coleman actually ended up racing against each other. For those of you who aren't sure who Daniel is - he's my cousin Shirley's son. Daniel and Isaac are both in 3rd grade and are Bears this year. Next year they will become Webelos and on goes the transition to Boys Scouts. Sorry to say that neither Daniel or Isaac's cars placed in the derby, but I think they both had fun just being there! We don't see Daniel too often, so it was nice to get to see him and have the boys play together!