Girl Scout Aid Try-it

Also talked to her Leader about this one.  The troop that Seasan is in is a little different than most.  It is a mix of Daisys, Brownies, and Juniors.  (Orig Brownies at differrent levels..then added Daisys at diff levels..you get the picture.)  They are helping with bridging this year, so this try it falls right in line with all the activities they do together.  One more that will be earned soon!

Sales Woman Try-it

Talked with Seasan's troop leader about this one and doing it with cookie sales.  Score!  They have done the requirements and she is going to order them for the troop!  Perfect try-it to do with sales or even in conjunction with the regular sales try-it from the brownie book.

San Antonio Missions Tour

This is not a try-it, but a patch offered by the Southwest Girl Scout Council of Texas.  We went out to Texas for Christmas this year and did a tour of the Missions in San Antonio to complete the "physical location" items.  Now Seasan just needs to complete the other requirements to finish it.

1. She needs to draw a pic of an Indian Home and decide where everyone would sleep.  Talk about what it would be like to live there.

2. Finish the cross word puzzle.

3. Use a method to cook outdoors.  What situation would that be handy.

We are going to try to wrap this up this week so we can order it.

Maple Syrup Try-it Earned!

Here are the pisc of the try-it. We did itens #1-#5. (Only had to do 4 items, but did 5 just because it was fun.)

Maple Syrup Try-it

So we are headed to Michigan for a very short trip. (Leave today, stay there tomorrow, and come back on Thursday.)  Maple Syrup sap is flowing, so Papa is going to help Seasan earn her Maple Syrup Try-it.  You can follow the link on this post to the requirements for the try-it.  Seasan is looking forward to the taste test part... :)

7 Try-its in a day!

My daughter is signing up for a weekend try-it program that will take them through 7 badges in two days!  As soon as I hear back from them on the classes she got in on, I will post what ones they are!

Cookie Wars

So I have never been much of a competitive person.  I always played sports because I liked them, and not to win.  This Friday was cookie truck day in our council.  We were on the schedule to sell at our local Lowe's at 5:30PM. 

My daughter and I showed up at 5:15PM (figuring we can help unload) and Lowe and behold (pun intended) there was a Junior troop there.  I asked them if they were selling there and they replied yes.  Assuming I messed up the location, I call our Leader to check.  She told me "nope...I even have the paperwork in front of me with a signed form from Lowe's".  So as I wait around, this Junior troop of 3 girls is staring me down.  I figure it is not my place to discuss the particulars, so I wait for our Leader. 

Upon her arrival, her and the other blond lady from the Junior troop march into Lowe's to get a Manager..and would you believe it...the manager in charge of sales is out.   So our Leader shows her paperwork and the blond lady says "well I have paperwork to...but not with me, you could always take the exit".  So our Leader reluctantly agrees.  In the mean time, I am standing inside the entrance to Lowe's with about 10 Brownie/Daisy's who are all talking at once.  One of the Junior girls yells "be quiet, we are trying to sell our cookies and they can't hear us".  (Can we say rude...did they forget manners that include the word "please".)  So I round them up with one or two mom's and we herd them outside to the bitter windy night.

Our Leader looks around on where to set up.  The exit to Lowe's is to small to be inside and not block part of it, so we set up just outside the exit. (Need I remind you we have Brownies and Daisy's and it is windy and cold..entrance to Lowe's would have been nice.) 

All of a sudden, Blond Lady comes outside and sees us setting up..and whips out her cell.  Spends the next 45 minutes on her cell.  (This is where it gets really devious).  She comes over and chats with one of our Brownies and goes "oh your in troop XXXX..okay" and proceeds to relay that to whoever is on the phone.  So our Leader gets a call from the council, and she explains what is going on.  Needless to say, the council told our Leader what she did was okay (being that she was the only one with paperwork) and told the Blond lady that she didn't have a leg to stand on without proof that they were also supposed to be there.  So 10 minutes later..her comes Blond lady with her 3 girls out into the bitter cold with their table and cookies to be outside the entrance.

Ahhh..the fun of Girl Scout Cookie Wars.   (Seriously people, it is cookies!)