Gentleman

Caden has been working really hard each week on earning merit badges for Scouts.  There happens to be a clinic each Saturday that allows him to go work on many different ones.  Sometimes he complains that he has to do it each Saturday, but for the most part, he's doing well.  He even got special recognition the last Court of Honor from many of his leaders showering him with praise for earning a badge that most earn closer to the end of their Scouts experience.  He was super proud!  I was even more so!!  His newest badge he working to earn is Service, where he has to give 8 hours of service to someone in the community.  He decided to help his school each morning for 30 minutes as a crossing guard at his school.  They call it "Safety Patrol."  Today was his first day.  He woke up all excited at 5:30AM (remember Christmas morning this year or that we're all trying to recover from Daylight Savings Time?) ready to leave by 7:00AM.  We got to the school the same time as the white car ahead of us, however, Caden bolted from our car as if he were on fire.  The girl ahead took her dear sweet time.  As I was pulling away around the white car, I turned around to take one last glance at my son.  With face almost plastered to the door, and back turned to the girl, he waited to hold the door open for her.  Remember, she took her dear sweet, so he was standing there for a little while.  Not ten minutes, but enough time that if he'd walked in without holding it for her it would have been just fine.  And just like that, my heart swelled to capacity:)