Friday, April 18, 2008

(a + b) + c = x

a = Aaron

b = Scouts

c = Pocket Knife

Solve for x.

You guessed it, he cut himself.

Last night for scouts they were going to learn about knife safety, and so the den leader asked the scouts to bring a pocket knife for their Bear Den Meeting.

Since Aaron didn't have a pocket knife, I stopped on the way home from work and bought him a standard 2-blade Buck Knife ($15 from Wal*Mart). All the while, I thought he was going to cut himself. I knew that he would cut himself.

Anyways, when Min came back from Scouts with him, Aaron had his finger in a BandAid (leaders were prepared). I seems that they were carving "soap boats" when Aaron's knife slipped and hit the tip of his index finger on his left hand. He was being so careful... but hey, these things happen.

Once he saw that he had drew blood he called for a leader, stayed calm, then looked at his finger again and passed out. Well, he didn't pass out... he just got really light-headed and had to sit down.

So that was his first experience with a pocket knife.

Oh the joys of Cub Scouting!

3 comments:

amy k said...

Maybe I'm glad that I only have one boy.

So what are his thoughts afterward?

My fav is when Isaac got his pocketknife, but I'll let her tell the joys.

Michelle said...

Maybe doctoring isn't going to be a career for him, if he got light headed at the sight of blood.

I am glad that he is okay. Boys are boys, you can't prevent them from getting hurt right?

How did his soap boat turn out? Is he going to be an artist like his father?

N8ster said...

Isaac got a pocketknife for Christmas. He cut himself 3 times in about 20 minues, but kept insisting that he hadn't cut himself, and that he already had those wounds from something else (he couldn't remember what), so that he could keep using the knife.