I should probably explain a couple of things....

You will notice as the week goes on beads begin appearing in various quantities on the totems and in some pictures some of the kids have things stuck to their shirts. You'll see day-glo cups in all the pics and will begin to notice a pirate theme emerging.

Beads - Each day the kids earn beads for various things. Each program they go to awards a certain number of beads, if they do something good they can get extra beads (or if they are bad they can lose beads). To get them to drink water they get a bead for each water break they take. If you are a hot, tired and frustrated mom who is tired of little boys not going potty you can get a bead for each spider you kill and flush in the bathrooms in the hopes they will finally pee.

Stickers - The stickers represent the characteristics of a good scout. If someone notices a cub going over and above they can award the child a sticker. If a leader is being a smart-ass she can award the Positive Attitude sticker to another leader who doesn't understand why parents don't send quarters for the Trading Post with their kid making the broke leader feel bad and rather like a change machine passing out quarters that she has "borrowed" from her own kid.

Cups - Each scout/staff receives a cup to ensure that we are drinking water. These cups are also a dirty trick that can cause a leader that may have certain artistic skills and be stationed in say, oh, Crafts for example to somehow end up decorating all the other leader's cups before they will let her come out and play again.

Wagons - In addition to their purely utilitarian function, wagons have many exciting additional features! Boys being rowdy?? Have some push while others pull the heavy wagon through the soft Florida sand.... they tame down pretty quickly. Have a bossy kid? Let them "lead" the group whilst pulling said wagon. They will begin to remember there is no I in team in record time. Have a tired leader? Well, we had four tired leaders and no one would let us ride in the wagon and the boys said they wouldn't pull us so we didn't test that feature.

Pirates - I have been in this Pack almost a year and I have no idea what the deal with pirates is. I know that we all love it and there is nothing cuter than a bunch of wee pirates running around... the dads look cool too. I do know that this year I will be getting myself a way cool pirate outfit too - or at least a hat!