The Mighty B

We enjoyed another birthday at our meeting complete with brownies...the edible kind. Today's meeting was filled with celebrations and badge work for our nutrition Try-It. We got to taste yogurts flavored by honey, preserves and even peanut butter. The girls voted on what they liked and didn't like. The peanut butter didn't get many votes and honey was the clear winner. Our next meeting will have some Thanksgiving fun and hopefully collect all of the nut and magazine $$$.

The Other Fun Night Out

While everyone else was at the Valley Fair sleep over our other two Brownies also had a fun night out.

We started by going to Glazed Creations and glazed pottery. We had a great time. We can't wait to pick our pieces up. (Two moms, two Brownies, & two siblings)

After glazing our pottery pieces we had a pizza dinner, everyone got into PJs (even moms) and we watched a movie. The kids danced around and played until 10pm, then everyone went to sleep in their own comfy beds.

It was a wonderful afternoon and evening and the girls didn't feel like they missed out on all the fun.

Valley Fair vs. Troop 60538

What a crazy night! I didn't know they could do it...heck, I didn't think I could do it. Most of the girls from our troop and a few others from my bff's troop stayed up to past 4am. I crashed at around 4am so I missed a few bathroom trips chaparoned by another mom. We started our night with a dinner at the mall and then hauled our stuff to a nice cozy spot. It seemed fine at the time until we realized we were next to the coin operated candy dispensing machines and spot lights from CSI. It added a little flavor to our night. Many of us went to Build-A-Bear and ended up spending practically the whole evening there to our dismay. Somehow the staff at BAB didn't get the memo about 1,500 girls spending the night. They had a staff of 3. On the other hand Starbucks rocked with their 6 employees. By the time we were done with BAB it was time for the Midnight Pizza Party. Who knew they'd be hungry again. They sucked down every last piece and then it was off to the Dance Party. It was like everyone had a second wind. Shoes were flying off, girls were spinning and then they joined in on a conga line. The older girls were too cool to join in so they scoured the mall with cell phone in hand to keep me posted on their window shopping. We all had a bathroom break and then it was movie time.

They played the Bee Movie in another section of the mall. I couldn't believe they were still awake. I couldn't believe I was still awake. I thought they would pass out while watching the movie. Nope! Now my memory is becoming blurry. I think we went back to our camp site. I remember laying down and having to tie my daughters legging like a blindfold to block the interrigation lights from blinding me. I have no other memories until we were woken up around 7am. Cinnabon was the breakfast. Yum. Nothing like a huge shot of sugar when you first wake up.

I had enough energy to crawl to my bag and get dressed and roll up my sleeping bag. My daughter started crying that her feet hurt. Gee, I wonder why....were you up dancing for hours? All in all it was really fun for them. They will never forget this night. If I complain about anything, it's that I'm getting too old to stay up that late. The best part for me is that all I had to unpack at home was my jammies...No camping supplies! No cleaning up! I would trade a night of sleep anyday for that. All the moms were good sports and hopefully will do it again next year.

Guest Speaker

This week we had a guest speaker at our Brownie meeting. One of our wonderful Brownie Mom's took time out and talked to the girls about eating healthy. It is part of the Eat Right, Stay Healthy Try-It. The girls learned all about the food pyramid and even read a few food labels.

A great big Thank You to our Brownie Mom who took time out to teach us all about eating right!

Another Birthday & Learning a New Game

Sorry for the delay in this post. This meeting was actually two weeks ago.

We celebrated another Brownie birthday. I love our new tradition.

As part of the Brownie Girl Scouts Around The World Try-It the girls learned how to play Chinese Jump Rope. What fun. All the Brownies that attended got at least two turns. They didn't want to stop!

For those Brownies who missed this meeting, don't worry. We'll do it again so you can try it. It's too fun, not to bring it back.

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Second Meeting of the Year

We are well under way to our second year of Brownies. We have welcomed three new girls to our troop.

At our second meeting we started on the Math Fun Try-It. The girls enjoyed making posters all about their numbers.

We are adding something new and fun to our meetings this year. We will celebrate each of the girls birthdays. Nothing fancy. An extra special treat and a song. Our first birthday girl of the year is pictured.

Surprise! It's Breakfast Time!

Here we are at our first function of the new scouting year. Each of the girls were surprised when their leaders showed up at their door early Saturday morning. With no details we scooped them up and drove to Scramblez for breakfast. We had 12 girls all in their jammies giggling about their bed head and why we did it. Our waiters were very patient with us as we order breakfast or in some cases lunch! We had so much fun and all the girls got to take home a special patch to remember this day.

TeddyBear Picnic 2008

They all earned their "Manners Try-It" today. Everyone brought their teddy bears to join in on the fun. We had little sandwiches and lemonade "tea". All the girls got to take home a special china teacup to remember their special day.