Christmas Holidays

We will meet again for scouts on January 7.

Have a Merry Christmas

&

A Happy New Year!

Gingerbread Houses Activity 12/17

This will be another E9a.

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A great opportunity for you to be creative!

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Enjoy the Spirit of Christmas!

PLEASE BRING SOMETHING TO SHARE TO HELP DECORATE THE HOUSES!

Extra Special Arrow of Light Ceremony 12/10

This is a pack meeting you don't want to miss. It is an extra special Arrow of Light Ceremony put on by the district. And since this is what all our cub scouts are working on recieving this will be good for them to attend.

We will be meeting at 6:45 in the Gym.

Please come dressed in your uniforms

And bring your best Cub Scout Spirit.

What's Cooking Activity 12/3

The bears will be working on
Achievement 9a (making cookies),
A9d (discussing junk food),
Elective 9a (surprise)
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Homework : Achievement 5e is due (Name one animal that has become extinct in the last 100 years. Tell why animals become extinct. Name one animal that is on the endangered species list.)

Ryan Williams has the snacks for this night.

Thank you so much!

Happy Thanksgiving!

There will be no cub scouts this week. (11/26)

We hope you have a great ThanksGiving!

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We are so thankful for all of your cub scouts!

Bowling Pictures!

Zach, Christian, Grant, Matthew, David & Thomas

Sis. Schmidt, Antonio, Thomas, Bryce, Zach

Christian & Ryan eatng sour skittles

I'm not quite sure why they are looking soo mad at the photographer

MacKenzie, Christian, Ryan, David, Bryce & Zach MacKenzie & Ryan hanging out, waiting patiently for their turn. Cub Scouts in action. Antonio David
Ryan Bryce & Ryan Zach Grant
Thomas & MacKenzie
MacKenzie
Cool Grant

Brazos Bend Activity Pictures, Anyone?

I wasn't able to attend this great activity.
So if anyone took pictures please send them to me.
I would love to post them.
Thanks,
Melissa

CHANGE OF PLANS - BOWLING!!!

There was a little bit of confusin on my part and we are not going to be able to go rollerskating. BUT we are going to go bowling instead. Sorry if this causes any problems.

Please meet us at Timesquare at 6pm.
We will have one hour of bowling, so be on time.

Geology Night

Thank you Brother McClain for a great night!

Brazos Bend Cub Scout Activity

NO SCOUTS THIS WEDNESDAY 11/12

Our Cubmaster's email:

Folks –

I wanted to send around some more details about the cub scout activity we have planned for Saturday, November 15th at Brazos Bend State Park (here’s a web link to read more about beautiful Brazos Bend: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/brazos_bend/)

This event has become an annual tradition for us and its always one of the highlights of the year…we run several activity stations where the boys can pass of advancements, we take a nature walk around a 40 acre alligator pond, and we have a great hotdog lunch. Families and siblings are more than welcome to attend and enjoy the park while we work on our cub scout activities.

So here’s the game plan…we’ll meet at the Katy Stake Center at 7:45 am on Saturday, Nov 15th. Please be on time because we will be leaving at 8:00am sharp and we’d hate to leave anyone behind.

From there, we will drive about an hour south – past Sugarland – to the Brazos Bend State Park. The physical address is 21901 FM 762Needville TX 77461 in case you’d like to pull up a map on your GPS or Google maps. Also, the phone number to the park’s headquarters is (979) 553-5102.

We will hold our activities on several picnic tables located next to the 40-acre park (here is a park map showing the location of the 40-acre park: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/media/park_maps/pwd_mp_p4504_110l.pdf) …basically, you pass the park headquarters and turn left into the first parking lot you come to.

Our activities at the park will kick-off around 9:00 and will include lunch. We will pack up around 1:00 to drive back to Katy. Please plan on picking up your son at 2:00 at the Katy Stake Center…remember, the scout leaders will have spent a long day herding scouts, so please make every effort to arrive promptly to pick up your son.

OK – here’s what we need from you…

RSVP – Please respond to this email to let me know if your scout plans on attending this event so that we can track an accurate headcount and ensure we have enough drivers. Also, if you and your family plans on attending, please send me those details as well so we can ensure we have enough hotdogs for lunch.

Permission Slip - we need each scout’s parent or guardian to complete and submit the attached Permission Slip. My preference would be for you to bring the completed form with you to this week’s den meetings (I will collect them from the Den Leaders)…but worst case scenario, we will need you to bring the completed form with you when you drop off your scout on the morning of the event. Please be aware that church and scouting rules will prevent any scout from attending this event if we don’t have a completed Permission Slip.

Attire – please dress your son appropriately based on the weather forecast for the day of the event. We would like the scouts to be in uniform…but you might consider sending along a jacket, long-sleeved undershirt, hat, etc. based on the expected temperature. Please ensure your son wears comfortable tennis shoes (or similar) – no flip-flops or sandals. If you would like to apply sun screen or insect repellent, please do so before you drop your son off.

Drivers – we need to enlist some adult drivers to help us shuttle the boys to and from the event. If you are able to help out as a driver, please respond to this email and let me know. I will also need to know now many boys your car can carry…let me rephrase that – I will need to know how many seat belt are available for boys in your vehicle (otherwise we’d just throw everyone in the back of my pickup).

Weather – perhaps most importantly, we need someone to step-up and ensure we have good weather for the event…I’m thinking sunny, clear skies with temperatures around 78 degrees. I’d also settle for 3 inches of snow – but that’s probably too ambitious for Texas in November.

Pursuant to my last point above, we do have a game plan in case of inclement weather. If it looks like there is a high probability of rain, we will hold the event under the pavilion at the Katy Stake Center. We will try to complete all of the same activities, but we will push back the start time to 9:00 and accelerate the end time to 1:00 (since we won’t need time to drive back and forth). I’ll send out an email on Friday, Nov 14th if it looks like the weather won’t cooperate…in the meantime, let’s hope for clear skies.

OK – that’s about it. I’m sure there are some things that I didn’t think of. If you have any questions, just shoot me an email. For the record, we haven’t lost a scout to the alligators yet.

Again – please pay particular attention to the items in blue above…I need your help to ensure this is a completely successful event.


York Richards

Popcorn Sales

Sunday, November 23 - all completed popcorn order forms and payments due to either York Richards or your den leader .

Wednesday, December 17th – popcorn products will be distributed to each scout at our Den Meeting (if you cannot make that week’s den meeting, we can make other arrangements)

Our night with a real Geologist! 11/5

Brother McClain, from Katy 2nd and a geologist for bp, will be visiting with the boys on Wednesday, November 5 and helping them get their Geology Belt Loop & Pin.

If you have a rock collection, you can bring them. A collection of any kind mounted and labeled will complete E22b.

Christian Hubbard has snacks for this night. Thanks so much.

Our Ride Right Night

Bear Scout Den Leaders: Melissa Spendlove, Michelle Schmidt & Robyn Branning
Good Times! We welcomed a new boy into our troop tonight, Bryce Loux from Katy 3rd. He is the one being pulled from the pole. I think he will fit in just fine.

Group Picture

Bike Riding Time

Grant checking for a hole.
David feeling for air from the hole on his lips.
Brandon checking the intertube for a hole.
Fun Boys!
Giving Brother Spendlove all their attention.

Ride Right A14 Activity for 10/29

The boys will need to BRING THEIR BIKES to this activity. Brother Spendlove, will be there to train the boys well. With the weather cooperating we should have a great evening in the church parking lot.

MacKenzie Allsop has the snacks for this activity. Thanks so much!

Games Games Games!!!

We had fun playing dodge ball, bubble fanning game, PIG with the Basketball and Kick Ball. All games we could have played outside had it not been raining, except Basketball which we had to substitute because of the rain.

Music Loop Activity

We had a great time making music this past week. Here are some pictures.

Ryan
Alex
The whole troop

They completed the 3 requirements for the Music Loop and most of the requirements for the pin. Here is what they did and a list of what they can do. They need to have 5 of the following completed. Please let the Bear Leaders know when they finish this and we can get them both awards at the next pack meeting.

_x_1. Make a musical instrument and play it for your family, den, or pack.
__2. Teach your den a song.
__3. Play a song by yourself or in a group, in unison or in harmony.
Ryan & Alex did this already
__4. Create an original melody and/or original words for a song.
__5. Using a tape recorder, capture natural sounds of the environment or record songs you create, and use your recording as a soundtrack for a short skit or as background for a movement activity.
__6. Attend a live musical performance or concert.
_x_7. Demonstrate conducting patterns for two songs using two different meters (two-, three-, or four- beat meter) while your adult partner or den members sing or play the songs you have selected.
__8. Take voice or dance lessons or lessons to learn to play an instrument.
__9. Create movements to a piece of music without words to demonstrate the moods of the music: happy, sad, calm, excited, playful, inspired.
_x_10. Learn about a composer of some music that you enjoy.

10/22 Activity Games Games Games!!!

This week we will be completing A15.
We will be meeting at the pavilion.

This is a change in the original schedule. We are swapping places with the activity that was scheduled for October 29.

AND Zach Moore has Snacks this week.

Thank you!

Happy Birthday Daniel Boyer, Nathan Fairwell & Alexander Burkhardt

We hope you had a great birthday Daniel & Nathan.
We are going to miss you bunches.
But we wish you the best in Webelos!!!





Happy Birthday & Welcome Alex!
We look forward to working with you in Bears.