VA-ROOOOM!!!!

It's Blue and Gold time again, and our fabulous scout leaders pulled out all the stops as usual.

The theme this year was Route 66, which I thought was so fun. The boys were supposed to decorate a Route 66 cake to bring, so this is what we spent the morning making:

John did just about everything, from helping with the batter to putting on the frosting. But he did let his little brothers help put on the candies.

And here's what everyone else brought:

I love the one with the road on it. We almost did something like that, but I couldn't resist the lure of cupcakes. Cakes intimidate me, but cupcakes are easy!

The tables were decorated with Route 66 placemats, and these cool centerpieces. Chris W. made them of course. :)

They had plenty for the kids to do, including this bean bag toss. There was candy in each bucket and if you got a ball in, you got to take out a piece of candy. The furthest bucket had full-sized candy bars in it! Ben did pretty good at this - I think he walked away with three prizes.

There were also plasma car races:

Fun!

This Blue and Gold was special because both of John's Grandmas were able to come. Kathy had to leave before I could get her picture taken (I know she's just heartbroken about that) but I got one of the boys with my mom:

But the true highlight of the day (no offense Mom) was this:

No, not the hauler, what's inside the hauler.

Oh yeah...

Oh baby...

See all the grown-ups hanging around the car? That's what it was like the whole time. I just don't think the kids appreciated it the way we did. Although they did "ooooooh" appreciatively when Bro. Foster told them how much the car was worth (a half a million dollars, in case you're wondering). Anyway, my kids looked at it and were gone so fast, I didn't even see them. I had to bring them back to get pictures of them inside:

Then it was MY turn:

Man I wish I could've taken it for a spin!

Take a look at the engine on this thing:

I was going to make a crack about there not being much room for groceries, but I'm not sure these guys would've thought that was funny.

After awhile, the crew turned it on, warmed it up, and revved the engine. (Turn your sound up to get the full effect.)

It was totally awesome.

After I'd had my fill of the car, I gathered the lady folks for a couple of races:

Apparently I thought leaning forward would make me go faster...

It didn't work. What you need to go faster is...

A push.

My mom gave me a push at the end and I was so glad! My arms were getting tired!!


The photographer of the day must've thought I'd like this for some reason:

Dear hubby's foot! :)

Oh yeah, I guess the whole reason for this is to present awards to the boys. John was able to earn his rank advancement in time for the Blue and Gold (just barely!). It's kind of a neat pack meeting to get that kind of award.

This picture cracks me up because John looks mad, but it was just the timing of the camera. I think he's just thinking. :)

Nylene, being the awesome cub committee chair that she is, arranged for the boys to give their parents a thank you note, along with a flashlight for the dads (for lighting the way through scouts) and a flower for the moms (for helping to plant their cub scouts seeds, even though everyone knows it's really because moms love to get flowers for any reason).

It was another great cub scout activity. And just for fun, here's a little Ferrari tribute, courtesy of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: