Panda Academy: Where Teacher is Spelled M-O-M-M-Y

• Jun. 6, 2008 - Panda Scouts

Here are some pics. of our Panda Scout troupe (ie. K and myself) preparing for our mother-son camping trip that's coming up soon. If you look a couple of entries down, you'll see a close-up of the T-shirt design. Since we're the Panda Academy, it only made sense that we be the Panda Scouts. I'll explain the pics as I post them. ~Heidi Panda Scout K. poses for a picture in his official scout T-shirt. Here we are earning our Camp Stove Cooking badge. Also known as "testing out the new propane stove, non-stick mess kit, and homemade pancake mix so we don't have a repeat of our one camping trip with Daddy where God would not let our family have the ability to make a fire of ANY sort, including one on our tossed-in-frustration duel-fuel stove." How's that for a run-on sentence fellow homeschoolers? The Panda Scouts see if mom & son can set up their new, smaller, tent. (It also had to be seam sealed.) Step one - remove all the twigs from your site. Step 2 - lay out your tent Step 3 - hammer in those stakes, baby! Step 4 - put together and insert fiberglass (?) support rods Step 5 - wake your husband up from a nap so he can help you with those bleeping rods that you swore were going to break because they were too long for the bleeping tent when you bleeping tried to get them in the bleeping grommet holes near the tent stakes. Step 5b - reassure husband that you and son really can set up this tent all by yourselves. Step 6 - success at last...if you don't count two minor inside tears. (I knew those bleeping poles were too long for the tent!) Step 7 - get a lesson in how wind loves to blow away lightweight rain covers. It's called...something to do with aerofoiles and wings and lifts and such... Step 8 - Success at last! The Panda Scouts have earned their Tent Setting Up badge.

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