The Month of Jared

This post makes it look like all our energies are focused on Jared! He just happens to have a lot going on this month. This Court of Honor was actually in May. Jared received his Tenderfoot and Second Class along with four merit badges. He is moving right along! He is enjoying scouts and wants to earn his Eagle by 14. I am all for that!


Jared also had a piano recital. It's all we can do to get him to practice, but I get the feeling he enjoys performing for an audience. He is a ham like his daddy. He managed to do quite well even though he wasn't able to get to his master class since he was in the middle of playoffs for baseball. Never a dull moment!


Jared also talked us into signing him up for Junior Lifeguards this summer. I always thought he would end up hating it because it is 3 1/2 hours EVERY DAY during the summer. We will see how that goes. The selling point is that he can earn 7 merit badges during the summer. He also has something to do for at least part of the day. The afternoons he still is running like wild with his friends. I don't know where he gets his engergy.


In Jared's GATE class this year, they did what the teacher calls a "Great Brain Project". They had certain topics to pick from and did a HUGE report including pictures and a project. She had it spread out over a few months so it was painless. Jared has always been good about getting his work done ahead of time. His project was the Roman Coliseum. He wanted to make a sculpture, but I talked him into painting since drawing and artwork are his thing. He had never painted before, but I think he did an amazing job! His teacher asked to keep the painting to show future classes. He thought that was pretty cool and quite an honor, however, we didn't have any pictures of it, so we went to his class room to take pictures.