Well here it goes the first of hopefully many blogs on this site. Well today was only about the second one this week that I have done nothing to do with Scouts.
Monday night was spent at the Scout hall (which luckily is only about 10 minutes from my house) at the Beavers due to lack of leaders. A problem which is affecting us all just now I'm sure. They are currently working on their Discovery Challenge badge (before it comes obsolete) so they have been finding out about other countries. Quite a moisy bunch they are just now.
Tuesday night - Scout hall again!!! This time to run my Cub Pack. We actually had 5 this week, 2 new from Beavers but we were missing 1 who had gone to see his fav footie team play way up North somewhere. Just as well the schools were off the next day. Started the Cyclist badge. Very fortunate that my assisstant is good at that kind of thing, I'm absolutely hopeless!! This comes after a good few weeks doing the Communicator badge with a load of good resources I got off the old internet. Couple more forms in for the sleepover we are having this Saturday coming, hope they sleep!!
Wednesday night - Trip down to Fordell Firs (local campsite & where SHQ is based, luckily that is 15 mins along the road) to partake in my new hobby - Archery. Good fun get to shoot with my very own bow and arrows, that cost a bit, as a good laugh at the same time. Oh also I came home from work to find a nice shiny purple envelope waiting for me. Sadly was not an early Valentines card but a sample badge pack from a company. We are making some special badges just for people in our group to earn. We have also named the Cub pack - 3rd Fife Lions. Came to this name as the animal in the emblem of the Royal British Legion is a lion, and my group is attached to the Royal British Legion. The only 1 in the country i think, please correct me if i'm wrong.
Thursday - A night off !!!! Thats the most important thing to say. Made sure all my records were up to date, and that bit of cleaning that I had been putting off got done to.
Friday night - Scout hall for Scouts, this time as the assisstant Leader. Boy i'm a busy bee. Good night, been working towards Fitness challenge and Communicator badge. Doing circuit training for the challenge, all the kids are improving well (at 11 kids at the minute). Was tough trying to explain to them that it was a challenge and not a competition to see who could get the highest score. The best thing was they all listened and took in what we were telling them about drugs and alcohol as well as the dangers online. Best thing we have agreed is seeing the kids leave with a smile on their face. They are all starting to come back, only had 4 before Christmas, so lets keep the trend going!!
Saturday - Records up to date again, chilled out.
Sunday - Went to shops for light bulbs for hall, and some dish cloths to. Sewed a couple of new badges on to my campfire blanket. Got loads of them. If my blanket every rips will be there for about a fortnight trying to sew all my badges on to another one. Started my new blog as you can very well see.
Well thats all for now, lets see what the next week brings!!