Crossed over, but almost crossed off!

There are those moments as parents that make you so proud, then there are those that make you want to slip out the back door, praying you go unnoticed. Saturday night was just such a night.

The annual cub scout Blue & Gold banquet was Saturday and it was the last one for Cooper. As an 11-year-old scout, he is no longer a cub. Our pack goes to great lengths to make the cross over ceremony special for the boys (crossing over from cub to boy scouts). Many people spent all day preparing for the banquet and his Webelos leaders have been wonderful this last year helping him get everything done. Despite all this, it has been a bit of a struggle to get him excited about scouting. He would rather be shooting hoops, playing catch or watching ESPN.

So, there we were on Saturday night watching Cooper get award after award and feeling proud that we all survived to get to this point. He and four other boys were about to go through the cross over ceremony when the Scout Master decided to give each boy an opportunity to reflect on their time as cub scouts. The microphone was placed in front of Cooper after being asked, "What was your favorite part of cub scouts, Cooper?" His reply with a straight face in front of 150 people . . . . . "Uh, the days we didn't have it."

The look on his face told us he was a little shocked it actually slipped out of his mouth. After a sincere apology to his leaders, we are able to laugh about it. Sort of. <