Twilight Camp for scouts

So we didn't really want to rest very long.  So Monday we spent with two different friends and had fun bowling and having lunch with friends.  Then on Tuesday Twilight camp started for the boys.  With Michael's group because of their age and adult had to stay with them for the full 8 hours.  It ran from noon - 8pm.  So awesome I was able to be with him, but I couldn't be with AJ much since they are in two different groups.  The theme of this years camp was Knights.  They did a wonderful job with it!!  They had king, queen, ladies and knights.

 

AJ checking in for his first day, he was very excited!!!

 

Michael meeting his helper.  He started talking his ear off right away.  :-)

 

All the kids had to wear these shirts to make sure who was in the camp and who wasn't since it was at a public park.  There were a lot of kids there!!!

 

Michael's first session was with the BB guns.  He has never fired one before and he had one bullseye and three others in the black!!  He did awesome!!!

 

For getting a bullseye they were awarded a troll's tooth!

 

The next one was archery.  They were checking out her bow and feel the string that felt like a crayon, waxy. 

 

He did ok the first day but by the end of the week he got a bullseye!  Both boys were doing really well by the end of the week!!  AJ shot bullseye also in both BB guns and archery.

 

They even had a sword in the stone for the boys to try and pull out.

 

I was able to catch up with AJ while he was making "bombs"  They are balloons filled with sand.  They were actually really cool!!

 

Michael and his dragon mask he made in art!

 

AJ hanging with his group getting ready to head to the next station.

 

We headed for the sports field where a knight met us. 

 

The queen came over with a really cool looking caterpillar!!

 

Lunch break - since Michael's group only had four people in it, we went to find AJ to have lunch with him.

 

There was a science station as well.  Here they were putting yeast, a little water and hydrogen peroxide in it and boom it over flows.  They did quite a few fun experiments during the week.  One was a rocket that they shot up in the air.

 

Michael was the last group to go, so they were able to demolish the castles and boy did the have so much fun throwing their "bombs" at it!

 

As a Bear scout you can earn a whittling badge which means you can bring a pocket knife to camping trips.  AJ was one of the boys that earned it while he was there.  I am so proud of him!  Here he is taking the oath about being safe with the knife.

 

They also did cooking each day.  The first day they did hamburger, fritos and cheese in the frito bag.  They kids thought it was great!!! 

 

During lunch AJ's group played a little ultimate Frisbee.  It was so nice that the leaders kept them busy through out the day.

 

During the closing ceremonies they always did fun songs and dances.  The boys started to get into it!

 

Here we did some foil cooking over the campfire and they made one of Michael's favorite foods.....

 

wonderful chicken drumsticks!!!

 

They brought in somebody from the militaries CSI type people and they let the boys mess around with fingerprints and seeing them come right before their eyes.

 

We had quite a bit extra time that day,  so of course where is Michael?!?  Up a tree.  There was benefits to having small groups, they were able to shoot a lot of BBs and arrows, but then some of the stations didn't have enough to keep them busy the whole time.  But that was ok because there were parks around.  :-)

 

Michael was the Tiger that was asked to come up and lead the pledge and scout promise.  He did a great job!

 

The last day Michael was very excited because they cooked bacon!!!!  He said it was yummy!!!

 

 

David was able to show up at the end of the last day to watch Michael earn his first rank as a Tiger, the bobcat rank!

 

Here he is getting his bobcat rank.  We are so proud of him and earning his first rank in four days!!!  It was great!!!

 

And they were also knighted by the king while they were up there!!!

 

Each group did a song and a skit.  Here  AJ is doing his song with his group.  He did such a great job!!!!!

 

Michael's group was so small we hooked up with the next age group up and did the skit with them!!  It was a really great four days, but it was long to go 8 hours each day, but the kids did great!!  They also earned so many belt loops and pine and completed lots of other achievements that they need to get down throughout this next year.