I Am A Tiger Cub Leader....

Yes, I got roped...er....um.....chosen to be the leader of Zachy's cub scout den. (is it just me or does he look an awful lot like Tony the Tiger?)

First of all, i really thought this was something for men only. WRONG! Second of all, I don't know a darn thing about the scouts! We had our first pack meeting last week and it was chaos! This week we had our first den meeting (apparently there is a difference). It, too, was chaos. Let's put it this way...nine 6 year olds in a small room with paint. You get it now....CHAOS! The parents have to stay with their child when they are a tiger but some of them had the mentality that their children were not their responsibility while at the meeting. So they sat back and watched as their children ran around the room screaming, flung paint at their den mates, stood in their chairs etc. I am used to having 9 children....but not all of them are 6!

So anyway, I have to figure out what we are going to do at each of our weekly, hour long den meetings. Oh...and of course it has to be boy scout related. Did I mention I have not a clue about the scouts?!

Apparently, there is a book and the pack leader will be giving this to me tonight at a leader training class. (I thought this was supposed to be only one hour per week). Don't get me wrong, I love having the opportunity to be with Zachy through his experience with the boy scouts, I just had no idea I would be leading it too. I am sure we will have a great time once we figure it all out. It is the figuring out part that scares me!

So...my name is Jyll and I am a den leader! Anyone have any ideas or information they can share? I would greatly appreciate it. For now, I am off to memorize the pack law!