Cub Scouts
Well, you know how much I love summer. I've been verbose at times on how much I love having my own schedule, enjoy the beach and the pool, the joy of picnics and summer rain storms and dusk when it starts to cool off but isn't dark yet, and eating copious amounts of ice cream. One of my very favorite parts of summer is sleeping in.
We've been out of school for a week but because my son attended cub scout day camp this week, I had to actually set an alarm and get up earlier than on school days. Thankfully I had a friend close by who drove him each morning so I just had to get him to her house or I would have to get all the kids dressed and in the car to go sign him in every morning at 7:45 am. Does that sound early to you? It is very early for me. I don't like to start my day before 8 am and I do have to say I was shocked by how many people were out and about at 7:25 when I was driving him to our friend's house, eyes barely open.
This is how I have learned what a selfish parent I am. My good friend went every single day to scout camp, despite having two other kids at home to take care of and a husband out of town, and she participates actively in her son's troop. I can barely drag myself out of bed at 7am to tell him to get dressed and get himself some cereal. I've been trying to figure out all week why I'm such a slacker cub scout mom and what it comes down to I've decided is that I have a hard time inserting myself into new situations and I also don't really like any of the scout activities. So selfish, right? My son absolutely loves cub scouts and had a blast a day camp and yet it really is all I can do to get him where he needs to be, let alone be super involved in it.
So, how do you awesome parents do it? How does one get interested in an activity their kid enjoys but that is so not interesting for you? I'm so grateful my girls enjoy dancing because I loved dancing as a kid and find great joy in watching them have wonderful opportunities to learn and perform. I have done lots of soccer and though it is such a boring sport, I can get into the competition of it and may even have yelled my fair share of comments from the stands. Even baseball got a bit interesting when my son was running for home. But I just can't get behind BB gun shooting and whittling and camping and selling popcorn (too much fundraising in high school!) and even the arts and crafts. Today was family day and we went for the morning and somehow I got put in charge of a staple gun. Let's just say that when I was holding it backwards a few people there got pretty nervous.
Perhaps that is the real problem; these are things I am not good at and so it makes me really uncomfortable to do them and therefore I don't like doing them. What is the secret to getting over that to such a degree that I can support my cute cub scout who came in second for his entire rank on the obstacle course and who got a bulls eye in archery, sling shot and with a BB gun? You know, come to think if it, he is doing pretty well without me. Maybe he is succeeding more because I'm not there all of the time. Yeah, I like that idea. Great, now I can stay home and sleep without feeling guilty. Good talk!
We've been out of school for a week but because my son attended cub scout day camp this week, I had to actually set an alarm and get up earlier than on school days. Thankfully I had a friend close by who drove him each morning so I just had to get him to her house or I would have to get all the kids dressed and in the car to go sign him in every morning at 7:45 am. Does that sound early to you? It is very early for me. I don't like to start my day before 8 am and I do have to say I was shocked by how many people were out and about at 7:25 when I was driving him to our friend's house, eyes barely open.
This is how I have learned what a selfish parent I am. My good friend went every single day to scout camp, despite having two other kids at home to take care of and a husband out of town, and she participates actively in her son's troop. I can barely drag myself out of bed at 7am to tell him to get dressed and get himself some cereal. I've been trying to figure out all week why I'm such a slacker cub scout mom and what it comes down to I've decided is that I have a hard time inserting myself into new situations and I also don't really like any of the scout activities. So selfish, right? My son absolutely loves cub scouts and had a blast a day camp and yet it really is all I can do to get him where he needs to be, let alone be super involved in it.
So, how do you awesome parents do it? How does one get interested in an activity their kid enjoys but that is so not interesting for you? I'm so grateful my girls enjoy dancing because I loved dancing as a kid and find great joy in watching them have wonderful opportunities to learn and perform. I have done lots of soccer and though it is such a boring sport, I can get into the competition of it and may even have yelled my fair share of comments from the stands. Even baseball got a bit interesting when my son was running for home. But I just can't get behind BB gun shooting and whittling and camping and selling popcorn (too much fundraising in high school!) and even the arts and crafts. Today was family day and we went for the morning and somehow I got put in charge of a staple gun. Let's just say that when I was holding it backwards a few people there got pretty nervous.
Perhaps that is the real problem; these are things I am not good at and so it makes me really uncomfortable to do them and therefore I don't like doing them. What is the secret to getting over that to such a degree that I can support my cute cub scout who came in second for his entire rank on the obstacle course and who got a bulls eye in archery, sling shot and with a BB gun? You know, come to think if it, he is doing pretty well without me. Maybe he is succeeding more because I'm not there all of the time. Yeah, I like that idea. Great, now I can stay home and sleep without feeling guilty. Good talk!
Ha! I can completely get behind your conclusion!
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