Well, Adam has officially joined the high-adventure Boy Scout troop that I raved about a while back, and boy does he love it! Tim and I had a couple of brief periods where we thought he might say “Screw it, I can’t do this!” and want to quit, but what we’re actually hearing are comments like “That was really hard! I can’t wait to go back and do it again next week!” (That particular comment came early in the series of 7+ canoe outings.) He didn’t even waver for more than an evening when one of his best friends decided to drop out. (He’d given it a honest go, but it just wasn’t for him.)
So far, since April, they’ve had seven canoe outings (including two overnights), three parkour outings, five swim nights, four campouts, and one enormous game of capture the flag. He’s keeping busy and learning a lot!
Book Mama 
First of all, thank you for posting these! I’ve needed a Book Boy fix! And secondly, oh my God! Look at him! I esp. like the second to the last pic, w/the green oar. You and Tim deserve a lot of credit for letting him spread his wings like this.
So proud of this kid for sticking with it!! That’s some pretty serious activities going on there!
Gal, Tim and I have had no problem letting Adam fully participate with his Boy Scout troop. We see it as you phrased it – “spreading his wings” – and it’s doing him a world of good already.
btwinny – would you believe that he also went canoeing with Dad four times in the past two weeks, plus on a four-mile hike yesterday?