an invitation

we have been invited to participate in a Memorial Day parade here in Mercer on Saturday May 22nd. line up by the bank at 9:30, the parade starts at 10 a.m. dinner & program to follow. I know that Katie & Mackenzie will be performing at Worlds of Fun Festival of Dance that morning...Can anyone be in the parade? I'd like to let them know...would need a couple of moms, too...

Troop 8044 2010 Awards Ceremony

Girl Scout Awards Ceremony May 2 2010
Mercer city Park Butterfly Garden
2p.m.

attending: Morgan & Kris Eastin, Lindsay & Shelley Wyatt, Patty Puffer, Kay Wyatt, Jazmine, Breanna, & Tracy Main, Morrisa, Shelby, & Brandon Henley,
Kylie, Kayla, & Jill Gannon, Cortney & Deb Goodman, Dottie Roberts, Katie, Deb, & Kevin Dailey

1. Girl Scout Promise
On my honor I will try
To serve God & My country
To help people at all times
And to live by the GS law

Girl Scout Law while making bracelet:
I will do my best to be:
*honest & fair (light blue bead)
*friendly & helpful (yellow bead)
*considerate & caring (light green bead)
*courageous & strong (red bead)
*responsible for what I say and do:(orange)
*and to respect myself & others (purple bead)
*respect authority (magenta)
*use resources wisely (green)
*make the world a better place (rose)
*and to be sister to every Girl Scout(violet)

2. The Spelling of Girl Scouting.
give each girl a sign to hold up, they read the back
{Kayla & Katie each ended up with 2}
G is for giving
I is for ideas
R is for respect
L is for loyalty
S is for sincerity
C is for consideration
O is for obligation
U is for YOU!
T is for teamwork
I is for integrity
N is for nice
G is for Girl Scouts!

3.present badges
Girl Scouts earn official patches & fun patches.
present Earned & Journey badges
"the Junior Journey badges are backordered...will give
them out as soon as they arrive.
present fun patches...we performed at Mercer Homecoming,
had a float in the parade, went Christmas Caroling around
the square, went to church, ate pizza, & went swimming
for Girl Scout Sunday, & had an Easter Egg Hunt.
Our girls are involved in lots of activities...we have
basketball players, dancers, band members, 4-Hers...
and of course the girls have siblings & family members
who also have busy schedules, so we try to have meetings
at different times to give everyone a chance to come!


PRESENT SPECIAL AWARDS...
Our Troop Sold 1036 boxes of Cookies!
Top Seller Cookies Mackenzie...220 boxes!---present patch
Lindsay was 2nd with 167 boxes
Cortney was 3rd with 162 boxes
present cookie sales prizes
Top Seller Nuts & Candy Lindsay present patch & prize
Cortney was 2nd present prize
Breanna was 3rd present prize
present nuts & candy sales prizes
Most Brownie Badges (10!) Jazmine
Most Junior Badges (14!) Katie

I have some special patches for girls who volunteered:
Helped at Baby Show
Katie
Mackenzie
Cortney
Morgan
Jazmine
Breanna
Lindsay
Kylie
Kayla
Morrisa
Dominique

Delivered Kid Kits to Leon Hospital
Katie
Lindsay
Mackenzie
Morgan
Morrisa

4.girls give thank you cards to parents
5.bridging ceremony...
"Morrisa, Cortney,Morgan please come forward
You brought happy brownie smiles to our troop
you learned through trying many things
now you are ready for new adventures,
as Juniors, your ideas can take wings."
present each girl with their wings
6.Moriah bridge to Seniors
{she wasn't there}
7.group picture
8. refreshments....giant chocolate chip & sugar cookies & water....

turned out to be a beautiful ceremony, a little bit hot & breezy...

another idea...

the t-shirt thing wasn't going so well, so came up with this....a flower garden picture instead of the flowerpots. (katie's Junior badges on garden, all Lindsays Junior & fun patches in pot). katie likes the cup idea...so will put the fun patches in a cup. that makes it look like everyone got more badges...win, win!

and Ms. Deb changes her mind...

I dont' like the way my version of the flowerpots looked...I tried adding Easter grass...different heights on the pipe cleaners...just doesn't look right. so after mulling it over for awhile, walked around Show-Me Bargains looking for ideas...and then to Dollar General where I bought posterboard & spray glue & decided I'd try making posterboard shirts to put the badges on...will see how this goes. hey, no rush, awards is just NEXT Sunday. plenty of time...

all nuts & candy are out of my house!

picked up candy sale prizes from Carrie, emailed Sara to see if she has our cookie prizes. my GS leader sweater came, & Kylie's daisy petals. just waiting on backordered jr. journey patches, & the brownie & cadette bridging & 2 top badge earner badges to arrive. ordered mackenzie a vest...checkbook shows I ordered her one last year...Marcey says they don't have it. so I must've forgotten to send it in or something? hopefully will get here in time!

candy update

all candy is picked up but Kayla, Kylie, & Mackenzie...thanks parents!

supposed to get the candy prizes (& cookie prizes) this week! so can hand them out next weekend at awards ceremony.

I am working on my bouquet of badges in a flowerpot...couldn't find cheap flowerpots, so using big plastic cups...will put in potting soil & a package of flowers (which I still need to buy since I just thought of it...will need more pipe cleaners, too...I thought I would cut them in half but changed my mind on that, too....)

plan on making several giant cookies & decorating them a bit for our awards refreshments. and I made it early enough that Katie's dad can come, too!

the candy is disappearing...

got all moms contacted by phone or message today...Shelley picked up Lindsays, & Breanna & Jazmine's family picked up theirs!