i pledge allegiance

 

 

one tiny part of scott’s master plan for our new (very old) house was achieved today.  scott may not be passionate about a long list of things, but his country is one of them.  he has wanted to hang a flag in our front yard for many years.  i intended to surprise him for his birthday this year, but he asked while we were in home depot the other day and who was i to say no?  scott’s man cave is the laundry room, he watches dora and diego instead of sports and doesn’t know what it’s like to sleep past six am so if he’s a good boy in the store and wants a flag, a flag he shall have.  scott had many volunteers willing climb up the ladder and hang his new flag.

 

 

after attempts by all it became apparent that gavin was the only one coordinated and brave enough to climb all the way up.  note that scott is wearing his official target bag gloves designed to protect his precious flag.  you see, scott had just finished painting some new adirondack chairs for me and he tends to get a good deal of paint on himself while doing these projects.  we wouldn’t want yellow paint all over our new flag and i am far too frugal to pay for real rubber gloves.

 

 

gavin stretched into the air to attach the final clip as the little boys gazed up in amazement.  at scouts the boys are practicing flag ceremonies and the expectations regarding respect of our flag.  we discussed this again and it was a learning opportunity for all. 

 

 

and so they gathered and said the pledge… fifteen times.  pete even rode over to join in.  this year we’ve had to memorize so many thing; the cub scout promise, the glory be, multiplication facts specifically the 11’s, the hail mary, the law of the pack and the apostles creed.  somewhere along the lines things must have blended together a little because i saw more than a few of them finish the pledge of allegiance with the sign of the cross.

 

 

so tonight our front yard is adorned with our reverent new flag and scott’s facebook page is adorned with this reverent new photo.