Girl Scouts: Meeting Recap, and any other Nut Orders? Wednesday night is the last night for me to enter them!

Hi everyone!

We're moving now.  Two things in the email for tonight--a quick recap of the meeting, and a reminder that tonight's the last night to email me nut orders if you have them.  (I only see orders from Teagan, Katie, Liliana, Portia, Lauren, Evie, Sophia, Ellen, Kahlen.  Who am I missing?)

And now, a quick recap from the meeting today.  

First we got our thinking energy with our first snack (that's right, it was double snack day!)  We decorated some Day of the Dead cookies, which the girls enjoyed.  While we were eating the cookies, we split into groups and started planning our year.  The girls brainstormed ideas for different kinds of projects for the year--service, Girl Scout Community, and troop-fun events.  After coming up with many great ideas, the girls narrowed them down into a short list of things we should do in the next few months.  

As the girls get older, they get more Girl Scout responsibilities, and one of those responsibilities is to start leading the planning of activities we do.  Soon I'll get a sign up genius list out with the various activities the girls came up with, and the girls can sign up to lead the organization/planning/research for each activity.  The goal of Girl Scouts is to create independent leaders, capable of doing anything and believing in their own ability to do anything.  This is a big step on that journey.   And watching these girls, they're well on their way already.  They really are confident, courageous, and capable beyond what anyone would ever expect! 

Finally, we had a little fun with a second snack and a bit of a fun activity.  They made bite-sized dreamsicle cheesecakes using animal crackers, cuties, and a cream cheese/cheesecake mix.  (Delicious!) Then, we used poly clay to make poly clay swirled lea necklaces for fall.  The girls used leaves they collected outside to shape poly clay into leaf pendants to wear.  NOTE:  They'll need parent supervision to use the oven to bake their necklaces.  Instructions:  

Bake at 275 °F (130 °C) for 15 minutes per 1/4 in (6 mm) thickness.

DO NOT MICROWAVE.

DO NOT EXCEED THE ABOVE TEMPERATURE OR RECOMMENDED BAKING TIME.

That's all for now--Happy scouting!

Aleks