Cub Scout Day Camp

Jonathan was able to attend a cub scout day camp at Grimes Farm.  It was two days so Greg used this as an opportunity to take Jonathan on his annual camping trip as well.  He was able to make a casting of crows feet by making an impression in sand and filling it in with plaster.

 He made a buzzer and really enjoys making noise with it.

 Archery was a hit with him.  He had never used a bow before and had fun doing it at camp.

 Here they are making their group flag.  They were the Ants.

 Working on physical fitness.  Okay so his push ups are not his strong point, but boy can he crab walk.

 Making little critters.  Jonathan loves working on "free art" type things.

 They also made bug catchers.

 They camped at Riverside Park in Marshalltown. 

 They arrived at Grimes Farm early the next day and went hiking before camp started.  Greg went to the top of a look out tower and took Jonathan's picture as he stood on the ground.

 Jonathan with his group flag.  Go Ants.

 Probably his favorite part of camp was getting to shoot BB guns.  They learned the safety first and then got to shoot.  He was able to hit a pringles can with a picture of R2D2 on it, which to him was a bulls-eye.  He talks a lot about shooting at camp.  It really made an impression on him.

 They also dissected owl pellets.  He was able to find bones of rodents in his pellet.  They had a sheet to match the bones to.

 Another very enjoyable part of camp was shooting off water rockets.  They had a launcher and shot pop bottles full of water off the launchers.

 Jonathan built a bat house as one of his projects he was able to do.  He really enjoys building things so this was great for him.

 It was rather warm during camp so a great activity was having a water fight.  What boy wouldn't like that?  A great way to cool off.  Jonathan looks like he is really having fun.

Jonathan came home with tons of stories to share.  He can't wait to go again next year even if it means Andrew will get to go too.