Cubscouts Field Trip

Today we took a field trip with the Tiger Cubs. Thanks to Melody who is a fabulous Den Leader and her hubby who is a NOPD they set us up with this wonderful field trip to the Special Units Department. One week we talked about community helpers so a field trip was to go to a police station or fire station. Anyway this worked out perfectly. Since Austin was off today we were all able to go as a family which was a ton of fun!
The tour started at 11 and went about an hour. I think Lindsay got a little bored but thankfully austin was there to help with her. Colby, Nijel, and Mackyrin had a blast though! They got to go in the big vehicles that the police use to stake out a situation. They were able to see their special workout area. We saw their boats, and cars, and motorcycles. A traffic cop was there and also gave the boys a big talk about being safe and wearing seatbelts. He also talked to them about the importance of always obeying law enforcement. In light of recent events I was glad he did that. They even let the boys climb up on the motorcycles and get pictures. So fun! We made our way around to the Armor vehicles. They have these bulletproof trucks that the kids got to climb in. They also got to hold the police shields. It was a boy's dream! I feel like the boys learned a lot and also had a great time! I am thankful for the decision to put him in Cubscouts. Since he isn't huge on playing sports and I am also not HUGE on the big time committment it would take this is perfect. He gets such a variety of topics and experiences. He has completed 3 of his 5 field trips now: basketball game, library, and police station. We have a news station and hike left. After the tour we went to Mahoney's for lunch. I love going to local nola places. It was just a fun family day. I know I say that every single time but I just love outtings just the 4 of us. Now with the kids in school I really try to soak up when we are all together.