The End of Another Brownie Year

We have had a wonderful Girl Scout Brownie year. The troop completed a total of 8 Try-Its. We went to the theater. We made new friends and kept the old.

Our last Brownie meeting was a swim party and our last field trip was at Coyote Point Museum, both this past weekend.

The girls all had a wonderful time. The field trip was very fun. I'm very proud of all our Brownies. They not only represented the Girl Scouts very well by being so well behaved, but they knew many answers to many questions at the talks from the staff. Good job girls!

We missed two of our Brownies who could not make these two last events. I highly recommend the Coyote Point Museum. It's a wonderful place with lots to do besides the museum.

There were just too many images to post here on the blog. Please go to the Brownie Pool Party & Field Trip web gallery for all the fun images from this weekend.


NOTE: If you have any images you would like to share with the troop, please get them to one of the leaders and we will be happy to post them.

Mother's Day Box Social

Two girls from our troop were able to attend the annual Mother's Day Box Social with their moms. The day is spent making a gift for mom, tissue paper flowers, and a picnic box or basket lunch, and other Girl Scout traditions. There was even a talent portion. It was a beautiful day to spend with mom.

Our Brownies Go To The Theater

From the sales of their nut money the girls earned a trip to the theater. They saw a fabulous musical, Disney's When You Wish. Here are a few pictures from one show. We had to split the troop up to go. It was a wonderful treat to meet the actors after the show.

Try-It Activities

We have done some fun Try-It activities this year. Here are a few we have done since March.

For the My Body Try-It the girls made a life size "paper doll" of themselves. Tracing the girls caused many giggles. They had a great time coloring them and making them look like their paper twin.

For the Math Try-It we made a minute timer. We timed it and everything. Another fun project.

For the Science in Action Try-It we did balloon blowing without using our own breath. I think this was one of the best. We had a lot of fun watching the balloons grow from the chemical reaction. Very fun!

For the Science in Action Try-It we made weird glop. It was funny to touch once we put it in a plate. Another fun science project.

Brownie Birthday

In March we celebrated another Brownie birthday. The only birthday girl to blow out a candle in a piece of corn bread. She loved it!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Sending Out Get Well Cards

As you may have heard, back in March there was a Girl Scout Brownie Troop in the Bay Area that was selling Girl Scout cookies and some of the Brownies and moms were hit by a car. They were injured and hospitalized. This could have easily been our troop. You never know when something like this will happen.

Our troop wanted to send Get Well cards to the other troop. It was a wonderful feeling to watch the girls make there cards.

The next day we packed them all up and mailed them off. I'm sure their sister Girl Scout Brownies enjoyed getting their well wishes.



We hope the other troop is doing well and everyone has recovered.

(I'm a little behind. We did do this back in March.)

Brownie Birthday

I first need to apologize. We celebrated this sweet wonderful Brownie's birthday way back in November. I have no idea why I didn't post it back then. I'm sorry Miss K. But, better late than never...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

COOKIES

We have sold cookies to friends, families, neighbors, and co-workers. Now it's Cookie Booth time!

This past weekend was our first Cookie Booth shift. The girls smiling faces and the famous Girl Scout Cookie sold many boxes of cookies. The girls did great.

Thinking Day

Thinking Day is an annual Girl Scout event, filled with tradition, culture and friendship.

Some troops set up a booth of a country of their choosing. At the booth they will have a food item from that country, a display, and small "swaps" they have made. "Tourists" will walk around from table to table trying the food, learning about the countries and collecting the "swaps." After traveling the world there are performances from the countries.

Here are some memories from our day as tourists at this years Thinking Day.

Valentine's Day Card Delivery

The day before Valentine's Day the troop took their annual field trip to Pacific Hills Manor and handed out cards. In one short hour they created many smiles and warm hearts to last days. It is such a special feeling to make someone happy.

Sleepover

In February we had a troop sleepover. What a fun night. The girls made personal pizzas for dinner. We finished up our Valentine's Day cards we made for our visit to Pacific Hills Manor. The girls played games and had a great time. I heard they even went to bed at a decent time.

Gg made a wonderful pancake and sausage breakfast in the morning.

Here are just a few of the girls wonderful memories.

December Birthday Girl

We are having so much fun celebrating all the girls birthday's.

Here is our December birthday girl.

Winterfest

Sorry for the delay. Here are some pictures from our December event. Most of the troop went to Winterfest. What a fun event. The girls made crafts all day. We stopped for lunch and went right back in to make more! We also got to go shopping. The older Girl Scouts were selling things they had made.

All the girls went home with a bag full of fun gifts. We all had a blast.

One of the highlights and Girl Scout traditions is this orange drink. You put a peppermint candy stick into an orange and drink.

All the girls from our troop who attended (with a few visitors)

Gotta do a silly picture

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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