He's had everything done for a few weeks except for the one requirement that he couldn't complete until today-and that was to be in the troop for 6 months.
Originally the pack meeting was set for Nov 2nd, but since my parents were coming on the 8th and he needed to wait until the 9th to officially earn the award, we asked if it could be pushed back a week.
The ceremony was really neat. They had Simeon, Johann and myself come up to the cirlce of chairs. Then they had Cameron and his parents come up. Then they asked any men that had received their arrows to come join the circle. Brother Beardsley had Indian drum music playing, and a fire burning in a pit (artificial since we were inside). During the ceremony he had Simeon come up and hold an arrow. Then the others came up and circled around him and held onto the arrow too. Bro Beardsley read some things and they agreed to do them. Then they added the other arrows and talked about more things they agreed to do.
After the ceremony he had Simeon and us go up and he was presented with his Arrow Badge and pinned the mothers pin on me and gave us both hugs.
While Simeon was in the Arrow circle he was standing taller and straighter then I've seen him do before. He had a serious yet excited look on his face.
Both Simeon & Cameron earned thier Arrow of Light Awards tonight.
Later that night Simeon told me that he felt so different and good during the ceremony. Watching him I could tell he felt proud of his accomplishment of earning his Arrow Of Light Award.
In addition to his Arrow of Light badge he also earned his Outdoorsman and Scholar badges and Compass Point Emblem. Now he can work to earn points to go on the badge. Every 4 extra badges that he earns gets him another point. Right now he has 2 extras done towards his 1st point. Now his goal is to earn all the points on the emblem.
Corrine wasn't at the ceremony because she had an Etiquette dinner with Activity Day girls. We let her decide which she wanted to do and she choose her dinner. She had her friend Grace come over after Girls on the Run to get ready. They both painted their nails and did their hair. They both looked so beautiful and had such a great time getting pampered for the night!
We are so proud of Simeon and all the hard work he put into earning this award. Johann sat down at the beginning of the summer with Simeon and he decided what elective requirements he wanted to do in addition to the required items. Then he worked on them with our neighbor Joe, and the other kids to get them done. He put in alot of time to get this earned and we are so proud of him for all his effort!! Seeing him earn this award and seeing how excited he was, was absolutely priceless.
No comments:
Post a Comment