Hey, Missy: here's a picture that might make you happy

ohwhynot

staceytaylor0704

I'm not Missy, but cute! Is he totally excited?

tidetravel

Is that a Boy Scout uniform that I see?

ohwhynot

Yes, yes, Tide it is.  He's totally excited and has been to a few den meetings and a pack meeting.  He got his pinewood derby kit yesterday. 

betrothed123

He looks really excited, OWN.  Are you feeling more comfortable about him joining?

zippityb

He is going to whittle so many awesome things out of wood and soap.

Are you going to be a den mother?

tidetravel

Awww.  I bet he's excited!  I remember the BSA dilemma from this summer.

marriedfilingjointly

Awwww!

tidetravel

DH is really excited that we're having a son, so that he can do the Boy Scout thing with him.  Girl scouts isn't really the same (if anything, we'd probably have the girls joib 4H, if they wanted to)

sarah0725

Aww, I remember reading the dilemma thread - I think it was a dead thread by the time I go to it.

I'm going to be going through the same thing a few years down the line, and it will be complicated by the fact that FI was a boy scout.

ohwhynot

I've come around, obviously.  I maintain my objections to BSA policy, but (close your eyes, Missy) I kind of see it as us getting the good stuff out of BSA while just ignoring the stuff we hate. 

Our local dens have at least one gay den mother and there is at least one boy with 2 dads in our pack.  So I can take the BSA as filtered through the cultural bubble of Madison, WI.  And my son loves it.  It's good for him. 

betrothed123

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_hey-missy-heres-picture-might-happy?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:17Discussion:e51838a6-a85e-4f00-8bef-1abe8b622f6aPost:64cb3b2f-0391-40f1-9291-d56a94f69ffc">Re: Hey, Missy: here's a picture that might make you happy</a>:
[QUOTE]I've come around, obviously.  I maintain my objections to BSA policy, but (close your eyes, Missy)<strong> I kind of see it as us getting the good stuff out of BSA while just ignoring the stuff we hate.</strong>  Our local dens have at least one gay den mother and there is at least one boy with 2 dads in our pack.  So I can take the BSA as filtered through the cultural bubble of Madison, WI.  And my son loves it.  It's good for him. 
Posted by ohwhynot[/QUOTE]
That's a good way too look at it.  I'm glad he's enjoying it.

SCBojangles1138

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[QUOTE]DH is really excited that we're having a son, so that he can do the Boy Scout thing with him.  <strong>Girl scouts isn't really the same</strong> (if anything, we'd probably have the girls joib 4H, if they wanted to)
Posted by tidetravel[/QUOTE]

Amen to that one! I wanted to be a boyscout so bad because they actually got to do something other than arts and crafts. 4-H is definitely a good idea. If you're in a good county they'll have all sorts of stuff from farm related to to sewing to bottle rockets. :)

SarahPLiz

That's awesome, OWN! And he looks so happy! I hope this really does something for the friend issues he was having. 

sarah0725

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_hey-missy-heres-picture-might-happy?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:17Discussion:e51838a6-a85e-4f00-8bef-1abe8b622f6aPost:64cb3b2f-0391-40f1-9291-d56a94f69ffc">Re: Hey, Missy: here's a picture that might make you happy</a>:
[QUOTE]I've come around, obviously.  I maintain my objections to BSA policy, but (close your eyes, Missy) I kind of see it as us getting the good stuff out of BSA while just ignoring the stuff we hate.  Our local dens have at least one gay den mother and there is at least one boy with 2 dads in our pack.  So I can take the BSA as filtered through the cultural bubble of Madison, WI.  And my son loves it.  It's good for him. 
Posted by ohwhynot[/QUOTE]

We've joked that if and when the time comes, we'll start our own troop and call them the Anarcho Scouts. Black neckerchiefs instead of red, and all that.

And then we started joking around about how Anarcho Scouts would earn their merit badges, and well, that went in a direction that could get me in trouble. ;)

raynes

Yay for Scouts!  Life was so much more awesome when changed from Girl Guides to Scouts (mind you, I was a lot older).  I hope he has an awesome time!

jasmineh7777

Aww.:) I know you put a lot of thought into this. Even with your concerns, this definitely shows him that you can acknowledge another point of view without adopting it.
 I think this will be a great way for him to make friends!

missy68

Well, he looks awful cute and happy in his uniform and neckerchief, and I know he'll enjoy working on the Pinewood Derby car.

I had to make one in when I was in training to work for them; realized there was no way I should use a pocketknife, so I just used markers to make it like the Partridge Family bus.