Blue and Gold

Tom is the Cubmaster.  He has no idea what he's doing and is still waiting to get trained, but fortunately he has some major Scouters who work with him.  They came and set up ...

and they made this awesome cake ...

and an awesome dinner as well.  At Round Table, they gave the leaders an example of something to do at the Blue and Gold Banquet (which celebrates Scouting's birthday), so Tom decided to use that activity as well.  Unfortunately, that meant that recyclables had to be placed all over the nicely decorated tables.  

Then we were ready to begin.  The boys did the normal flag ceremony, which was followed by awards and boys moving on up.  

Then Tom gave us the instructions ... with the help of the others at the table, create something with your recyclables and then make up a story to go along with it.  After fifteen minutes, we all had to share our creations and our stories.  

After discovering a website called LooLeDo a few years ago, my girls were thrilled to be able to create something.  The big girls decided to make an alligator and immediately went to work.  Payden, our artsy one, insisted on making her own creation, so she started creating a monster.  

We worked hard making the alligator, and then Taylor, who has always loved creating stories, came up with the story.  It was about an alligator who found out that someone was stealing all of the lily pads in the pond, so he quickly snapped at the man, who dropped all the lily pads, and the pond was saved.  She was a bit shy about telling the story, but after we insisted and Tom promised to go up with her, she agreed to share the story with everyone.  

Of course, Payden had to share hers as well, but she needed LOTS of encouragement.  Finally she quickly whispered what she had made with the help of Mom, of course.   

After the activity, we ate dinner and desseret, followed by cleanup.  It was a fun evening, and Tom did a great job.