Assitant Beaver Leader

As a father of three it seems I barely have any free time these days and as such my list of DIY jobs around the house just seems to get larger and larger. When I am not chauffeuring the kids around or helping them with homework etc I try and keep on top of my own training. I am already a part time karate instructor to the boys, I coach and manage their football teams and now I seem to have been promoted from a parent helper to an Assistant Beaver Leader at Brandon's Beaver Group. So I guess that little bit of spare time that I did have has just been eaten into and that list of outstanding DIY jobs is destined to grow! To be honest I wouldn't have it any other way though as it gives me quality time with the kids and I am learning and developing my own skills all the time as well. Also I think Scouts/Beavers was something I always wanted to do as a kid but was never given the opportunity, so now I can re-live my youth!!!!

 

Of course I started getting involved in Brandon's Beavers to sort of balance out the fact that I coach Joshua's football team. However with recent events it now looks like next season I will step aside from Joshua's team and take over running Brandon's football team instead. By some miracle I still have Wednesday evening free with no kids clubs to attend, however the boys are now saying this should be our golf night! Maybe I should keep Wednesday night free for when Holly starts going to her clubs. Who knows, maybe next I will get roped in to helping her out as an assistant ballet teacher or gymnastics teacher!!!!!

 

Me wearing my new Assistant Beaver Leader T-shirt with Brandon.

Photo bombed by Holly.

 

So I now need to embark upon something like 26 modules of Beaver Leader training and then in the coming weeks I have to go through the Investiture just like the two boys in order to get my scarf and woggle. The boys are so going to give me some stick when I get invested!