The Leaning Teepees: An Early Holiday Gathering

Our December tribe meeting took us to the home of our gracious hosts Surfing Tiger and Running Tiger. The house was festively decorated for the holiday season, and the braves had a high energy level. While routine business was conducted early on, How-How's abounded when Little Falcon earned the first red feather in the group by being able to recite each dad and brave's real and Indian name. Then, to the the delight of the braves, Big Falcon had to earn his feather as well. Thanks to a timely assist by Curious Moon, Big Falcon was equally as successful. Two white feathers were earned by Whispering Frog and Rumbling Thunder by attending church for 4 weeks with their dad's, and even a purple community service feather was earned by Rumbling Thunder who described his experience at the Fish and Loaves Food Drive at St. Matthew's Catholic Church the weekend before. All in all, it was a productive few weeks since our last meeting.

Surfing and Running Tiger had lined up a holiday craft project for the dads and braves to do together. Don't want to spoil any holiday gift surprises, so we will let the "pictures" tell the story - lots of paint, some creative coloring, some holiday scenes, and a moment in front of the Christmas Tree posing for the camera as "Tiger Mom" (and unofficial member of the Leaning Teepees for the evening) snapped off some great shots.

We were also joined for the evening by an Indian Princess (Dancing Tiger), who also took part in the painting activity. At the end of evening, a soft cookie followed by a game of chase on the front lawn kept the braves occupied while the dad's talked business - deciding what our next upcoming events will be. More good ideas in store for after the new year!