Chrissa

It was great to see everyone last night -I feel like I have been out of the loop for quite a while!

Last night the girls from Troop 9052 introduced Chrissa as our next book club selection. We talked about bullying, took a survey to see if we have any bullying tendencies, and made book marks.

if you do not already have your book, then you can pick it up at Hastings. Remember to tell them that you are on a list (under my name) to receive the book at my educator's discount price.

Now it's time to start reading :)

Here are more pictures from last night's meeting.

Jewish Heritage Patch

Tonight we earned our Jewish Heritage patch and celebrated Tu B'shvat -the New Year for the trees. We had a fruit seder, learned a little about Israel, listened to music, and closed with poetry by Shel Silverstein. Did I mention that we ate fruit?

The Upshaws of County Line - Photo Exhibit

We earned our African American Heritage patch tonight and had an incredible opportunity to meet and talk with Mr. Richard Orton (photographer) and Mr. Marion Upshaw about the photo exhibit the Upshaws of County Line.

Our questions?

Did you have running water?

Did you have to help out your brothers and sisters?

...video to come :)

We owe a big thanks to SFA's East Texas Research Center for organizing this wonderful event for us and the Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House for making us welcome :)

More pictures

First Brownie Quest Key - Ceremony

We completed the search for our first Brownie Quest Key -the Discover Key :)

Next...the quest for the second key of course.

What can we pledge?

MySpace Celebrity and Katalyst present The Presidential Pledge


I pledge to mentor girls and give them opportunities I never knew were open to me. I pledge to find creative ways to use my professional resources to help the community. I pledge to use canvas bags and not plastic. I pledge to nurture the dreams of my family, friends, and co-workers. I pledge to show my renewed pride in being American through my actions toward others. -Rachel

It's Go TIme

It's Spring, that wonderful time in the girl scout year when I ask parents to step up and help plan meetings, earn try-its.

I plan to help us complete our first Brownie key, our Native American, African American, Latin American, and maybe Jewish heritage patches. Breier will also be rescheduling a time for us to earn our Love, Hug, and groom patch out at her barn -Oaklawn. There is a try-it we can probably earn at the same time -Horsin' Around Texas.

The three primary try-its that I would like parents to volunteer to plan are:

• Working it Out
• Caring and Sharing
  
• Friends are Fun

The friendship book we have has great ideas for games and activities that should be applicable to to earning these try-its.

If you are wondering about what we have already (or are in the process of completing), you can book mark this blog entry. We will recieve most of our try-its at our award ceremony at the end of the year. We will have a special key ceremony when after we complete our first key.

It's Cookie Time!

Good Luck with your new goals!