Fun and Games

We had fun tonight learning and playing. Miss Carrie did a presentation/lesson about Juliette Low, the original founder of Girl Scouts. Did you know that Ms. Low was an amazing artist, was deaf, and founded Girl Scouts 100 years ago? Yep, it's true. Now when the girls attend the Juliette Low birthday party next week they'll have a few fast facts about her to share with the other girls.

The girls also played a few games, including this fun Headbanz game. They took turns asking questions about the object on the card on their head to try to guess the object. Super cute and fun. And thanks Lizzie for bringing in snack; those festive cookies were a hit!

The New Season Begins!

We had our first meeting of the season tonight and got right back into the groove of things. We welcomed two new girls to the group that, like Cami, are Brownies this year (so this year we are a combined Daisy/Brownie troop). For the activity this week the girls made Thank You cards for their teachers to thank them for all they do. As usual, we did our opening and closing ceremonies, and Carrie brought a special snack.

Build-A-Bear

We spent the last of the money that the troop raised selling cookies today at our field trip to Build-A-Bear at Fox Valley Mall. The girls had the time of their lives creating bears complete with personalized smocks that match their own Daisy smocks (they even have our troop number on them!).  This was our final meeting of the season. We'll regroup again when school starts in the fall.

Celebrating Parents

The girls prepared for Mother's Day and Father's Day today by making gifts for their parents. They personalized photo albums (complete with a recorded message to their mom) for their moms and decorated and filled car washing buckets for their dads. We hope you all enjoyed your gifts - the girls worked hard on them!

100 Year Celebration

Our troop participated in the worldwide celebration today at Louis Joliet Mall, celebrating the 100 year anniversary of Girl Scouts. At 7:12 p.m. or 19:12 military time, symbolizing the year the organization was founded on the same month and day of the event, the scouts crossed their arms right over left, joined hands and formed the “friendship circle.” Thousands of troops all over the world joined local circles of their own in their respective towns. 

The organization was formed March 12, 1912, in Savannah, Ga., with 18 girls and now has a membership of over 3 million girls.

Post Celebration Ice Cream

Tortilla Flatz

Today we went on a field trip to Tortilla Flatz in Plainfield. We took a tour of the kitchen, saw how they prepared some food, got a demonstration on making homemade tortillas, and feasted on delicious tacos. We really had a blast and learned a lot in the process!