November 6th Meeting

Did you know that Daisies love glue?! I didn't either! Just look at those smiles! Constance is besides herself...apparently glue is here to stay! The girls started out their meeting by working on their troop poster for the Gilbert Days Parade! There was a contest to make your poster completely out of trash. The girls covered the soda bottles in ripped pieces of magazines. A super big thank you goes out to Lindsey and Amy (Makayla's and Kira's mom) for finishing them off for us!! You'll hear more about them in the next post.
More glue happiness!

Katlind was our Daisy of the Meeting. She picked Sophie to lead our pledge. It's fitting, as Sophie was picked to be the next Daisy of the Meeting...not that she knew that at the time! lol
Morgan and Makayla led us in the Girl Scout Promise...great job girls!

We started our leadership journey that day by reading a story about three girl scouts who stumbled upon a garden and found an amazing daisy. The story is in their leadership activity book and they were asked to read Chapter 2 at home so we could read Chapter 3 next time. It's okay if you didn't...we will catch them up!

With all this talk about gardens, the girls decided to make their own community garden. Each girl took ownership in the project by deciding what kind of seed they wanted to plant. They put the dirt in, planted their seeds and watered them. Just wait girls until you see them tomorrow...they definitely don't look like this anymore!

See you tomorrow Daisies! :)

-Mere

October Outing- Corn Maze!

What a great time the girls and Lucas (Katlind's brother) had at the Corn Maze on October 30th! Get ready for a picture happy post!
Here are the girls all set to go in the maze...one look at the kiddie maze we had initially in mind and they said, "No way! Let's do the big one!" Ambitious girls!
Never mind that is was HUGE. Never mind that it was dark...Daisies can do anything!
Phew! We made it to the first stop! Except it was really the third! lol Did the girls lose heart? Did they shake in fear that they would never get out? Not Troop 1866!

With bright smiles and one determined yet adorable face...they marched on!
Thanks to Jennifer, sweet Kaycie's mom, we got out of there! Truly, without her navigation skills, we might still be in there! And we even had a map! lol
YeAh! You made it girls! Take a moment to celebrate! Time to ride some trikes!

And jump with glee! These girls can scream! Don't believe me? Watch this!

Speaking of videos, did anyone else like the guy singing the daisy song? I LOVE that! I know that you get emails when I post, but it unfortunately doesn't show the videos. You have to go on the blog to see that. :)

Til' next time!

-Mere

Gilbert Days Parade Information! :)

Hello Everyone! :) Here is the information for the parade from the higher ups of Girl Scouts...

Thank you everyone for registering for the Gilbert Days Parade! We're very excited to be part of this great Gilbert event.

ALL GIRLS MUST BE ON THEIR FLOAT, NO LATER THAN 8:00AM

NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC WILL BE CLOSED AT GILBERT ROAD AND GUADALUPE ROAD AT 7:00AM

GILBERT DAYS PARADE ENTRY ASSIGNMENT: DIVISION TWO (2) OUT OF FIVE DIVISIONS / NUMBER 25 OUT OF 30 ENTRIES

STAGING AREA ASSIGNMENT: TWO (2) – BIG LOTS SHOPPING CENTER – where we get on the trailers. I am planning on being there by 7:30 for those who are dropping off their Daisy. You must sign her in with me before you leave. :)

DE-STAGING AREA: SOUTH OF WARNER, WEST OF GILBERT ROAD IN THE PARKING LOTS BEHIND THE BANK AND RESTAURANTS – where we get off the trailers. We will walk the girls over to Bank of America...this is where you can pick up your Daisy...you must sign her out with me too. :)

Remember to wear your vest, a white shirt and jeans for a uniform look. :)

SHUTTLE BUSES START AT 6:00AM AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE OF US PARKING IN THE DE-STAGING AREAS AND WISHING TO GET TO STAGING.

PRE-PARADE DECORATING, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH 6-8PM

-Jeri and Constance will be coming to the party...please feel free to join them!
-If you are not able to join them, please have your flowers dropped off at my house by Thursday as Jeri is doing us the favor of taking them to the party for us. Thanks Jeri!

1) Arby's is offering GIRL SCOUTS and their families discounted meals. Just say you're with Girl Scouts to get the discount! From 5:00pm-7:30pm
2) Please bring 2-3 newspaper flowers per girl, at least 8" in diameter (w/pipe cleaners) We will attach the flowers to the trailers with the pipe cleaners.
3) Contest for troops that created their own trash art poster using only recyclable materials.

TROPHY:
A Trash Art trophy will be awarded to winning troop for the most creative trash art poster!

THINGS TO BRING THE DAY OF THE PARADE:
¨ Blankets to cover hay
¨ Bottle of water
¨ PICK UP PLAN for end of parade. We will walk the girls over to Bank of America...this is where you can pick up your little darling. :)

Chaperones/leaders park at the end of the parade over by Boston's and take the shuttle/bus back to the beginning of the parade by Big Lots.

¨ Scissors – to help cut off flowers! We'll throw the newspaper part in the recycle bin, but pipe cleaners need to go in a GARBAGE bag.
· We must PACK IT OUT! Please don't leave until all the trailers are cleaned off!

Thanks all! Please let me know if you have any questions! :) Hope you are all having fun making your flowers!

-Mere

Reminder :)

Hey all! If you have not done so already, I need your fall sale money today please! One check from you for the total of your sales. If you are still collecting money, that's okay...you can write me the check and then collect at your lesiure.

I'll be checking under my doormat regularly today...you can just leave it there. Send me an email if you are bringing it by today so that I know to expect it please. :)

In other news, I was notified that there will be a float decorating party on Friday night. Still trying to get the details of it, but they will want the flowers then to put on the float. I'm not able to come, but you all are welcome! They will be singing girl scout songs too...great chance to learn a new one!

If you plan on going, please let me know as we need someone to deliver the flowers of those who can't come. I was also given a tip for the parade...bring a blanket! :) Those haystacks get scratchy on those little legs! :)

I was told to expect an email with details...I will post it here when I get it! :)

Thanks everyone! Don't forget your fall sale money! :)

-Mere

P.S.

Please send in your fall sale money (as one check from you). You can send it in with your darling tomorrow, send it through the school folders (Lillian- Ms. Pachek's class), or leave it under my mat since you all know where I live now! :) I have to turn the money and paperwork in by the 12th, so by the 11th would be great! Thanks and goodnight all! :)

Mere

Bits and Pieces

Hi all :)
Just a few things...
1) Despite what the Islands newsletter said, the Gilbert Days Parade is on the 15th. We turned in all our paperwork on time...thank you so much for being so great about RSVPing! :) I really appreciate it and it makes things easier on this end for sure. :) We should be getting a confirmation soon.

2) For the parade, we will be making 2 things. One is a troop poster. There is a contest for most creative, so we will be making ours out of 2 liter soda bottles to go with their recycling theme. Tomorrow the girls will be covering a bottle in colorful paper to make their petal. Then we'll join them all together. So if you would please send them to school with an empty soda bottle and maybe an old magazine, that would be great. I realize it's late notice, so if you can't that's fine too...I will be bringing extras.

3) The second thing we will be making will be an at home project. The girls need to be holding flowers made of newspaper while they ride on the float to go with the recycling theme. Here are the directions. You may color them anyway you wish...they've asked for 2-3 from each girl. Should be fun! :)

4) As we get ready for holiday events, if anyone has any Michael's or Joann's coupons that they aren't using...we would very much appreciate them! :)

5) I also wanted to welcome our two new members! Morgan joined us at the last meeting...she is a friend of Lauren's and so sweet! Also, Kira will be joining our troop starting tomorrow! We know her from Kindergarten last year and she just had a birthday too! I know both girls will make great Daisies! Welcome girls! :)

Speaking of Daisies, check out this song! I tried to find something cute for the girls, but found this amazing voice instead! I never knew there were more words to the song either!

See you tomorrow! We will be starting our leadership journey! :)

- Mere

Investiture Ceremony!!! 10-23

Hello Daisies and Daisy Parents! Now that I finally have a somewhat decent internet connection, I can share the pictures from our Investiture Ceremony! The girls were very excited to become official Daisies! Due to parent/teacher conferences, we were put back in room 9, but tomorrow we will have our meeting in the ALP room. Now onto the meeting! Here are the girls getting each other's autographs in their activity book. See those cute sit-upons? They made those at the last meeting!
Bailee started us off with the pledge of allegiance...

Lillian's name was drawn last week to be Daisy of the Meeting. She shared the about me page in the activity book and helped lead the meeting in many ways...by telling the girls what was coming next, drawing names, etc. It's all part of the Girl Scout belief that the girls should have a hand in making the decisions and learn how to lead. Katlind's name was drawn to be the next Daisy of the Meeting.

Constance and Sophie lead us in our last chance to practice the Girl Scout Promise. Then the ceremony began! Here it is if you are interested! I'll put it in blue so you can skip it if you want. :) BUT definitely scroll down! There is video! :)

Each living thing begins as a small ray of light, of hope. A small seed in a vast patch of soil.

In Girl Scouts, the rays of hope are the girls of the world. The value of each young girl is recognized by parents, siblings, friends, neighbors, leaders, and community members. Our Daisies have been nurtured in their homes and in their community. We are here to greet the newest buds in the Girl Scout world for they are now ready to bloom!

Daisies, today is a very special day for you. It is the day when you receive your Daisy Girl Scout membership pin and officially become a Girl Scout. This is an experience that your mothers may have had, and that you may one day pass on to your own daughters.

To do this, we each make a Promise -- the same Promise that all Girl Scouts, everywhere, make. We hold up three fingers to remind us that our Promise has three parts: to serve God and our country, to be helpful to others, and to try to be the best people we can by following the Girl Scout Law.


This is the Girl Scout Law:
I will do my best to be honest and fair, friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, courageous and strong, and responsible for what I say and do,and to respect myself and others, respect authority, use resources wisely, make the world a better place, and be a sister to every Girl Scout.
It is now time for you to make your Girl Scout Promise.
Please raise your right hand and make the Girl Scout sign. Begin with on my honor:

On my honor, I will try: To serve God* and my country, To help people at all times, And to live by the Girl Scout Law.

When your name is called, please come up, place your Daisy in the vase, perform the Girl Scout Handshake, and receive your pin, certificate, and patches. Then you may return to your seat.

__________, would you come forward as a Daisy Girl Scout and receive your pin?

Now that you have made the Promise and received your pin, you are an official Girl Scout. Let’s think for a minute about our Daisy troop. "Daisy" was the nickname of the woman who founded Girl Scouting in the United States. She loved her country, the world, and wanted every girl to realize her dream, whatever that may be. Because of her faith in you, your leaders’ faith in you, and your parents’ faith in you, you are here today. Today, 11 sweet little girls stand together, but in the future, 11 strong and intelligent women you will someday be.

Please turn around and face your parents.

Daisy Troop # 1866 presents our newest flowers."

Here are the girls saying their promise to earn the center of their daisy patch. They did a GREAT job!

When the girls came up, they received their daisy pin, patch, journey background patch, and even an ice cream party patch!

We ended the ceremony with the friendship circle and showed our visitors how to do the friendship squeeze...ask them to try it on you at home! One girl starts by squeezing the hand of the girl next to her, and it goes all the way around. This is something I remember doing as a brownie a LONG time ago! :) We also sang "I'm a Little Daisy."

The second half of the meeting was our ice cream party! Thank you Jennifer (Kaycie's mom) for providing the ice cream! The girls got to choose their toppings and spend some time talking to each other too.

I couldn't be happier with the wonderful group of girls we have in our troop! They just couldn't be sweeter!

-Til next time!

Mere