Ethan received his bear rank and his religious square knot tonight. The pack actually hasn’t passed out any awards for awhile, so in addition to the bear and square knot he also received his bicycling, fishing, art, map and compass and ultimate belt loops. He also received one gold and two silver arrows. So he had a pile of things to bring home for me to put on his uniform.
After the meeting, one of his leaders congratulated me and said “Yay! You’re all finished. You got him through.” What she doesn’t realize is that I don’t see us as all finished with scouting. We are just beginning. And the way I see it, Ethan still has LOTS of things to earn as a bear. He can earn more arrows, more belt loops, pins, the outdoor activity award, the leave no trace award and the world conservation award. So we will just have to keep working hard and see how far he can go. 🙂