Meeting Recap 11/18

Our meeting on the 18th took place at the State Theater for opening night of Annie!  We attended the play as part of our Theater badge.  The play consisted of many Annie classic scenes and some additional ones to adapt to the theater.  Our group took up two whole rows and had a great time.  We were able to see Ally before the play singing Christmas Carols.  And both Emily and Sarah Otto were part of the cast.  The play was incredible.  Everyone did an amazing job.
Until next time remember..... You're never fully dressed without a SMILE!!!

Alexandria

Alex in First Grade

Horseback riding in 2008

Beaver Creek 2009 

Crazy Dress-up

Memorial Day parade 2010

Valleyfair end of third grade

Miss Alex
Number of years in Girl Scouts - 4
Favorite Color - Fushia Pink
Favorite Book - Rainbow Magic Series
Favorite Movie - Bolt
Favorite Song - Thriller by Michael Jackson
Favorite Class - Mrs. McCracken
Favorite Food - Spaghettios
Something you liked about today's activity - turning Maddy into a Mummy
Something you would like to do at a future meeting - Go to Florida
Favorite thing you've done in Girl Scouts so far - Going to Valleyfair

Meeting Recap 11/4

Today's meeting was a combination of two badges.  Since we will be going to Annie for our next meeting and having a presenter on 12/2, we combined Theater and Looking your Best.  For Theater, the girls became Mirror Mimics, did Character Charades and a Mix it up/Make it up which is pictured below.  They dressed up a member of their team using toilet paper.  Very creative they are!!  For Looking your Best, they experimented with which colors look best on them and how accessories can change their look.  I must say, they do make the cutest models in the land!!

Faith, Emily and Ana

Taylor, Abby and Allie

Brianna, Amber and Hannah

Ally, Katelyn, and Rebecca

Alex, Maddy and Paige

Alyssa, Ingrid and Selena

Making Strides Breast Cancer Awareness Walk

 Saturday, October 23rd, we had 13 girls, 11 adults and 2 children participate in the Breast Cancer Awareness 5k.  

Alyssa, Hannah, Ally, Amber, Faith, Maddy, Ana, Rebecca, Allie, Ingrid and Alex.  Not pictured were Abby and Selena.

Shake it, shake it!!

Ingrid, Selena, Allie and Ana

More umbrellas needed as the rain did not hold off and the sign did not fair very well.

Selena, Rebecca, Alex and Ingrid getting a much deserved snack after the walk.

Ingrid

Beaver Creek June 2009

Christmas Party 2008

At the Breast Cancer Walk October 2010

 Ingrid!!!!
Number of years in Girl Scouts - 2
Favorite Color - Purple
Favorite Book - The Encounter
Favorite Movie - Edward Scissorhands
Favorite Song - My Sharona
Favorite Class - Recess
Favorite Food - Cheesy Noodles
Something you liked about today's activity - Making the pom poms, visors and the sign.
Something you would like to do at a future meeting - Play Frogger
Favorite thing you've done in Girl Scouts so far - Seeing Friends

Meeting Recap 10/21

Thursday, October 21st, we had our meeting in the gym due to Parent-Teacher Conferences.  Our troop is now 18 strong and while the gym gave us more room to spread out for the projects, it's also much louder than Mr. Otto's room.  Our focus for the day was Breast Cancer Awareness.  As our first community service project of the year, we were walking at Making Strides on Saturday.  We had three projects for this meeting.  Making pink pom poms, decorating visors (pink of course) and making and signing our sign.  The sign said "Shakin' it for Breast Cancer".  In conjunction with the sign, there was a group discussion about what breast cancer is, who has been affected by it and other personal experiences. 
Making the pom poms took much longer than our alloted 20 minutes with each group.  Fortunately, several parents stayed to help the final tying. 
We also took our first group picture with EVERYONE there.  With 18 girls, our full group opportunities might be few and far between.  I also have a silly group picture that I will upload within the next couple of days.

Roller Skating 10/19

Tuesday, October 19th, the Girl Scout Council invited all girls for a free skating night at Hoffy's Skate America as one of their registration events.  Three area councils joined in for the night and estimates had 140 girls skating.
From our troop, there were 11 girls present and a handful of parents.  Several of them participated in the speed and sock races while others used scooters and watched a movie.
Unfortunately, I left my camera at home and have no pictures of the girls.  I will note they are skating much better than the first time we went as first graders.
It was a great evening and I'm sure they all slept well that night.  :)

Miss Taylor

Taylor in 1st Grade

Beaver Creek June 2009

Crazy Dress-up Day

Eau Claire Humane Society 2010

Bridging to Juniors

At Valleyfair June 2010


Taylor, Taylor, Taylor.............
Number of Years in Girl Scouts - 4
Favorite Color - Purple
Favorite Book - "A Dog's Life"
Favorite Movie - The Blind Side
Favorite Song - Travelin' Soldier by the Dixie Chicks
Favorite Class - Math or Geography
Favorite Food - Nachos
Something you liked about today's activity - "We got to pick out something to do in Girl Scouts this year"
Something you would like to do at a future meeting - "Make Finger Puppets"
Favorite think you've done in Girl Scouts so far - "Valleyfair - Having fun with friends and the leaders"

Meeting recap 10/7

Yesterday we working on the Girl Scouting in the USA Badge.  We talked about the Girl Scout Promise and Law.  The Girls learned the handshake and the new quiet sign.  Additionally, we picked out some ideas for our Kaper Chart.  One new thing for this year will be our Blog Helper.  Each meeting, I will have someone add things to the blog with me.  Look for that to be coming soon.......
We also worked on our plan for the year.  The girls worked in pairs to pick and plan a badge to work on this year.  They were to decided what things we would need for the badge and any possible field trips that would tie in.  I will be going through their ideas today and am quite curious to see what they picked.
We are looking forward to a great year, filled with many surprises!!!

The Search is On......

We are looking for a new name for the blog.
Any ideas?  Please share and we will vote on them as a troop!!!!

Valleyfair!!!!!!!!!!

At the beginning of 2010, we brainstormed what to do for our end of the year event. After 1st grade, we went horseback riding and after 2nd grade, we had an overnight at Beaver Creek Reserve. Some of the other ideas were Action City, Roller skating, Beaver Creek, Mall of America, Stay overnight in a Hotel, Minnesota Zoo and shopping. June 5th, we ventured to Valleyfair. The weather was cold and raining but we were hopeful it would turn into a beautiful, sunny day. The troop and fabulous parent volunteers met at the school parking lot to leave at 8am. We had planned a picnic lunch and had coolers and snacks for the ride up. The girls each wore their tie-dyed shirts and swimsuits in hopes of going on some water rides. Soon, we would find out they were all water rides as the rain didn't stop until 4:30ish. Due to a down pour, we had lunch in the cars. After lunch, we decided to go to the foam ball area for some more dry time. Around 3, we watched an IMAX showing of the Coral Reef. In part, it was just to get them out of the rain but it ended up being very interesting. After the show, we had dinner at Subway and then back to the foam ball area. It had now stopped raining. YEAH!!!!! I bet you can guess what they did when the rain stopped!! See below........

A very special thank you to the parents that drove and chaperoned! We had a great time and I can't wait to see what our next adventures will be!

Taylor, Ana, Allie and Brandi

Ally and Katelyn

Maddy, Amber, Ally, Katelyn, Alex, Alyssa, Allie, Emily, Brandi, Taylor and Ana

On the Scrambler

Bumper cars

Amber, Maddy, Ally, Katelyn, Frances, and Kelly

Alex, Maria and Alyssa

The foam ball area. Nice and dry!!

Maddy

Brandi

Taylor and Ana - Ana said she took a nap on this one.

Coming off of the Cork Screw. I think some went on it 7 or 8 times.

Taylor

When the sun came out, it became a beautiful evening at the park. And since so many people had left, we were able to go on whatever rides they wanted to and as many times in a row as they wanted.

So, yes, after the rain stopped, they went and got wet on this ride probably about 6 times. lol

Standing on the bridge because they didn't get wet enough on the ride.

At the end of the day, they were able to shop a little before heading for home.

Bridging to Juniors

Monday, May 31st, Brownie Troop 3354 became Junior Girl Scouts. For the ceremony, each girl made a stepping stone at our meeting on May 20th. Under their picture for bridging, I have included what their stone represented at our ceremony. The stones were used to create our "Bridge" since the actual bridge at Riverview park was too long to anyone to hear the ceremony. After the event, we had a very nice pot luck lunch with all the families.

Our stepping stone bridge to Juniors.

Alyssa - her stone represented Hard Work

Emily - her stone represented the new experiences we've had

Alex - her stone represented Brownies

Brandi - her stone represented the Riversmeet Counsil

Allie - her stone represented Girl Scouting

Ana - her stone represented the things we've learned

Taylor - her stone represented Troop 3354

Ally - her stone represented Friendship

Maddy - her stone represented all the fun we've had

Katelyn - her stone represented all of our Girl Scout Families