Arrow of Light

Taylor was asked to be the Cub Master for our neighborhood 4 years ago.  The boys spend a year doing wolves, then another doing bears, and finally a year and a half completing their Webelos.  So the first group of boys Taylor started with and has helped the whole time is graduating to Boy Scouts and moving on.  

So even though every Advancement pack meeting is special, this one was a little extra special for Taylor.  He decided to use a Lord of the Rings theme.

They split up in groups and had to overcome 2 tests in order to advance.  Oh yeah, that's Taylor over their in the Gandalf costume.  He went a little overboard because his aunt had a full costume and it was just that fun.  First trial:  make it through the giant spider's web without touching the webs and waking up the spider.  The second one was a game where the kid's all stood around a round table with their backs to each other and the parents got to throw balls at them.  They had to defend each other's backs.  And all the parents agreed that being able to pelt all the boys with balls was very therapeutic.

Then it was on to the arrow of light and Webelos ceremony.  There's Mount Doom in the background which the boys had to climb up on and throw their cub scout shirts in and magically their boy scout shirts came out.  Very cheesy but the boys loved it.

Taylor's so proud of these 2 cuties.  And his gandalf accent was the highlight of the night.