I had to get a couple of more pics from the Friday Night Pizza Party. Above Julia is artfully sculpting Adam's head and below the girls, Camille and Morgan, are admiring her handy work.
CROSSING OVER FIERCELYAdam crossed over last night. Really, he did. That's what they call the transition from Cub Scout to Boy Scout. He earned his Arrow of Light patch. This is the only insignia that is both part of the Cub Scout and Boy Scout uniform. There's a piece of trivia for you. Martha and I are proud because, as unscout like as either of us are, Adam has really stuck with it. Even when he changed schools this year he wanted to continue. He is now a Boy Scout.
It was actually a dramatic sight. Adam, in his mohawk, and his other scout buddies standing by the bonfire as the Scout Master changed their amulets from dark blue to red and gave them their Arrow of Light patches. I've never been accused of too much patriotism, but that did get to me. And Adam did that while feeling pretty bad. His stomach hurts, his mood is a little down and to top it off he had gotten into some kind of stick throwing battle with a scout group from another troop and had sustained a small but gnarly gash on the side of his head.
We had also brought one of Bear and Juju's flags to retire. Adam and his scout buddies Jack and Robbie solemnly placed the flag into the fire as Mr. Thompson read aloud about the history of the flag. It was truly a reverent occasion.
His hair is really falling out now. It's just about gone. Getting the shaved head with mohawk was fun; but there is just no way I can take away from Adm the pain of losing something so basic as your hair.....at age 10. And it happened so suddenly. I thought his hair would thin over time. He came home Friday saying his hair was falling out. By tomorrow it will be basically gone. I shaved his mohawk today because it too had gotten so splotchy.
It was actually a dramatic sight. Adam, in his mohawk, and his other scout buddies standing by the bonfire as the Scout Master changed their amulets from dark blue to red and gave them their Arrow of Light patches. I've never been accused of too much patriotism, but that did get to me. And Adam did that while feeling pretty bad. His stomach hurts, his mood is a little down and to top it off he had gotten into some kind of stick throwing battle with a scout group from another troop and had sustained a small but gnarly gash on the side of his head.
We had also brought one of Bear and Juju's flags to retire. Adam and his scout buddies Jack and Robbie solemnly placed the flag into the fire as Mr. Thompson read aloud about the history of the flag. It was truly a reverent occasion.
His hair is really falling out now. It's just about gone. Getting the shaved head with mohawk was fun; but there is just no way I can take away from Adm the pain of losing something so basic as your hair.....at age 10. And it happened so suddenly. I thought his hair would thin over time. He came home Friday saying his hair was falling out. By tomorrow it will be basically gone. I shaved his mohawk today because it too had gotten so splotchy.
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