Merit Badge Day

Good morning!

It's going to be another hot one out there!  It looks like that's the theme across the

country too!  Wow!

Another layout for today.  Not a very dramatic layout either.

Our Boy Scout meetings are quite busy, with a variety of different things going on 

all the time.  With boys advancing, others learning and working on merit badges, sometimes

the latter falls by the wayside.

There were several go-getters in our Troop at the time, who wanted to get the

last of their merit badge requirements finished!  And, since they were having a hard time

getting my undivided attention at the meetings, they all got together and decided

to have a "Merit Badge Day at Polly's House!"

I was skeptical at first, but then went with it, as Andrew needed to complete these

same merit badges too, so he could finally get on with his Eagle Project!

It was their Christmas vacation week and they chose the day.  I just had to be ready to teach!

ALL DAY, we studied, we learned, I taught, and we also squeezed in lots of laughs!!

I ordered pizza for lunch.  By suppertime, we were all on our last bit of energy, totally 

exhausted from brain over-usage!

But, together, we completed the merit badges they needed!  They were now ready to move

on to the next phase of their journey.

I managed to snap these two photos while they were sitting at the dining room table, eating and working.

It was just way too busy to get photos when I was teaching and listening!

We began in the living room, because of what the beginning requirements were, then to the

dining room to work on the computer, then eat and laugh, and we ended up back into the 

living room to finish up!

I'm happy to say that our son, Andrew and one other boy received their Eagle Scout.

One boy remains.  It's a bit more difficult for him as he moved shortly after our 

Merit Badge Day.  But, through other Scouters and word-of-mouth, he was able

to figure out what project he wanted to work on.  We don't always remember to

touch base with him and see how he's progressing.  He has a bit more time, but not much, as it's now

getting "crunch" time, so we shall see.

Supplies used:

Paper (unknown)

Twine

Sharpie Marker

Sketch (unknown)

Obviously, I just pulled various papers and worked on this layout without even

paying attention to what brand of paper it was!  Oh well.

Definitely not the best banner I've done.  I'm really not a fan of these, but I gave

it a whirl!  I think I did much better the second time around.  :)

Have a wonderful day!

Polly  :)