Saturday, while the kids were playing on their swingset, I raked leaves into a big pile.  Emily had fun jumping in them but Anthony had more fun raking.  Carysa and Conner came over and jumped in them too. Cub Scouts has been going well.  Sunday was our pack meeting.  Anthony's den carried the flag for the flag ceremony and he received his bobcat badge and belt loops for archery, bb shooting and music.  Sunday after our meeting we sold popcorn to our neighbors and Grandma and Grandpa and their neighbors. Yesterday was the den meeting. We brought Carysa with us and the boys decorated their den flag.

Yesterday Daddy got the tent down out of the attic and we put it together.  All we have to do now is clean it out so we can sleepover at the next boy scout camping event.  Emily wants to go too.  She loved the tent

Today was Anthony's first Cub scout event.  We went to the Civil war reenactment in Corryton, TN.  Anthony and I woke up early and then picked up Aunt Kim. We didn't see our pack at first but we found Kaden and his mom Jamie. We met Kaden's dad, Darren and his little brother Coen.  Anthony got to shoot a bb gun, he got two bulls eyes when he shot a bow and arrow. Today he earned archery, bb gun, and his music loops for his belt. Then we got to see the Civil war reenactment.  That was so much fun.  After the first battle one of the confederate soldiers came over and I asked Anthony to pose for a picture with him.  Anthony told me no, until the soldier offered to let Anthony hold his gun.  Then he was a happy camper.  The second battle, they shot off cannons and attacked Fort Sanders.  After the reenactment, they let the kids go thru the trench.  We had such a great day.  On the way home, Anthony kept asking, "How much longer Papa Smurf?"  He kept changing 'Papa' to other adjectives so we played a game where we had to go thru the alphabet for different words to replace 'Papa'.  How much longer now adorable smurf?  How much longer now  Bossy smurf?  How much longer now crazy smurf? That kept him pretty busy and laughing the way home.  We dropped Aunt Kim off and went to Grandma's to pick up Anthony.  Grandma and Grandpa had company in from out of town and Emily took a liking to Grandma's Aunt Bashe.  They played catch with a ballon and where's Emme for hours.  Emily kept bringing her toys and I heard they shared oatmeal tickets.  Anthony did puzzles with Uncle Eric and neither of the kids wanted to leave.