Photo credit: https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-mathematics-of-juggling-20170524/ I didn't realize how dependent I am on my planner until I was without the first two+ weeks of the year. The one I ordered finally came yesterday after a shipping snafu. I had a small paper January calendar where I could keep track of big things like appointments, but the daily [...]
Tag: Scouts
Throwback Thursday–Prior Post 3/28/13–Scout Cake Auction
Recently we had a spaghetti dinner fundraiser for our boy scout troop. It included a cake auction and the boys were asked to donate a cake they had made. Some of the boys made desserts, but clearly some of the parents helped out as well. Pretty sure this guy's mom helped him out juuuuuust a [...]
Misunderstanding and Discriminatory Labels
Our Boy Scout Troop recently returned from their annual weeklong campout. Things did not go well. Some background: A couple of years ago Lawboy and a friend's son who also has autism (we'll call him Goodfriend) went to the backwoods program offered by our council. They get along well and balance each other out. Knowing [...]
Cub Scout Crafting
I spent the last week volunteering at Cub Scout Day Camp. Acroboy is in his last year of Cub Scouts as a Webelo. The crafts weren't too hard for the most part, but when you are trying to teach several groups of boys of varying abilities and ages, it can become tricky. The first [...]