Go Ahead and Laugh

So I have pushed the boundaries of Cub Scout activities, (hand print Santas as a "useful gift") until I can push no more. 

I have studied "Achievement 5" in the Wolf Handbook looking for a way to "Jan-it-up" until I might have made myself a little nauseous.

There's just no way around it.

Achievement 5, Tools for Building and Fixing, you got me.

Guess what the first requirement is?

 Tool naming.

They have 7 certain ones listed, and you should have seen me digging around Jason's tool box trying to find them! 

I literally had the book in one hand looking at the pictures.

(Yes, you may laugh at that visual.)

I was almost giddy when I thought I found an "awl" (apparently you use it to "punch holes"), only to discover I was actually holding a soldering iron.

This is killing me. 

The only tool I ever use is a hot glue gun...and it's not even on the list!

And no matter how many times I read Achievement 5, I know there's no way I'm going to be able to fake my way through teaching a pack of 7-year olds how to properly use a pair of slip-joint pliers.

But I have a plan.

This plan has served me well for almost 10 years and I think it's going to come in handy tonight:

You see, I'm not the best cook. 

And Jason?

Well, Jason's a great cook. 

So if I go in the kitchen and start banging lots of pots and pans around, he'll usually come and help me.  And, of course, 'help' means he just does it himself.

So if I get up there tonight and flail around, make some loud noises, and drop a couple of tools, I'm hoping some of the dads will come to my rescue. 

That, or I'm informing Jason he's teaching when he shows up.

Oh, and here I am getting ready for tonight. 

Take a good long look cause I'm not exactly sure what all I'm even holding.