Girl Scouts: Tonight and Saturday

Hello everyone!

1)  Just a reminder that the Bay View Beach Cleanup for July is tonight.  We'll be meeting up at the beach at 6:30.  It's across the street from the Marian Center, just south of Oklahoma on Superior.  Classic Slice Pizza offers free pizza for cleaners afterwards, so no need to make dinner!  (If the whole family cleans, the whole family gets pizza too, so feel free to join us and bring brothers and sisters!)  If your scout wants to go, but needs a ride, we have a couple spots open in our van--meet up at our house at 6:00--but let me know  so I don't overbook seats!  Directions are here:  http://www.bayviewneighborhood.org/event-917159?CalendarViewType=1&SelectedDate=7/2/2014

2)  We'll be doing the Laura Ingalls Wilder Days at Old World Wisconsin on July 12th (a Saturday).  Scouts that want to go will meet up at our house at 9:00, and we'll carpool out there.  We will aim to be back between 3:30-3:45.  

I've only heard from a couple of you, but we'll be going no matter how few (or many!) scouts join us, so don't worry.  If you are going, make sure to pack a lunch, since we'll eat lunch picnic-style while we're out there.

Admission is: Adults $16; 

children (5-17) $9 (children under 5 are free); 

students and senior citizens (65 and over) $14;

or family (two adults and two or more dependent children 5-17) $43. 

If your scout (or you, if you want to come!) dress as a Little House character, you get an additional $2 off.  Fees include an all-day tram transportation pass.  

As always:  A)  There's room in carpools to send your scout if she needs a ride.  BUT, be sure to let me know if you need a ride so I don't overbook!  And B)  If you'd like the troop to cover your scout's admission, just let me know, and there'll be no questions asked or tales told.  

In addition to the various activities--churning butter, doing Laura-like chores, playing games--and the chance to get right inside houses, buildings, farms, and businesses from Laura's days, there'll be a historic baseball game at 1:30, featuring the rules of the game as they would have been in the 1860's.