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French Language Resources

I really believe it is in a boy’s best interest to learn to speak more than one language. Here are some links to some of my favorite websites with free language resources. The BBC Ma France – Improve or brush…

Squirrel Eradication

Throw this in to the dad’s job category.  We had a family of squirrels decide to come live with us, but they overstayed their welcome and the weather was nice this weekend, so the fascia came off and the nest…

Add this to the rules…

The Scott family blog has a post I love with a picture of their “rules that might not be obvious.” Among these are:  No writing on countertops, even with pencil, No pants on the kitchen floor… We need to add…

Hunter Education Online

Free hunter education training is available from beasafehunter.org. The purpose of hunter education is to develop knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to become safe, responsible hunters. Typically, students meet these needs by attending a traditional, instructor led course including classroom…

Lizzagator Swamp Race

Here’s a pretty fun event we did at the Chickasaw Council Centennial Expo.  Called the lizzagator swamp race, it is pretty simple and the scouts really had fun with it.  Two teams of 4 to 6 boys compete to get…

Fox Grape Jam

While we were at football practice last year, I found several muscadine vines that were easy to get to and looked promising.    When harvest time came around, however,  there was only enough to make a pint or two of jam…