A picture of me, tee, hee! "Chopping" a tree!

[Mmathis]

I know! The time goes WAY too fast!!!!! Congrats on being an Eagle Mom. Even with the scout doing all the work, it takes a lot of support from the family!

I really miss him at scout & OA events..... (I'm still an active Scouter).

 

[bagsmom]

That's wonderful! It's a really weird and difficult thing -- here, they push, push, push the kids so hard at school. If you aren't well on your way to Eagle before high school, it is really hard to find the time to do all you need to do. School here is out of hand. It's good (I guess) -- but all-consuming. Not at all like when I was a kid. I find it frustrating, because so much of what goes into getting to Eagle is designed ideally for mature young men. Not middle school boys. I think when they progress so far so early, they miss out on part of the experience. But if they hold off, then they are very stressed and just "checking off boxes" rather than really enjoying that journey fully. But anyway, that has nothing to do with ponds!!!!! Sorry!
Today, I might get out and move some plants away from what I've determined will be my pond site.
There -- now my post mentions ponds. At least a little!

 

[snoozer]

Balancing the journey to Eagle with school, family, job and all of the other things that are going on teaches time management skills. The lessons learned in scouts will be remembered for a lifetime. My Eagle is 29 and just got married.