Corwin’s moment of ignition
This evening was the annual Blue and Gold banquet This was Corwin’s last, and he is officially a Boy Scout now. Through some concentrated effort in the late summer and early fall, Corwin managed to complete all of his Webelos requirements and got his “Arrow of Light”, which he can carry over to Boy Scouts.
Corwin also demonstrated his knack for getting short changed in public activities. Each boy who got his Arrow of Light also got a physical arrow as a token of the award. I had to remind the presenters that Corwin was supposed to get one as well. That may not have been the best thing to do, as each arrow had a piece of flash paper attached to it. The scout is supposed to pass the arrow through a candle flame and have the paper flare without burning up the arrow, to demonstrate the righteousness of the scout. Corwin, however, held his arrow in the flame so that the paper flared and then the arrow caught on fire (due to the flammable paint on it). Corwin thought this was cool, and everyone else had to convince him to put it out before his reputation was completely ruined.
P.S. Charles moved on from Tiger Cubs to Cub Scouts (Tiger being kind of a pre-Scouting level). This mean he had his face painted, which he endured very well for being Charles, so he also survived with his good name intact.