Merry Christmas! :) Elf your Daisy family and send it to me...I'll post it here! :)

You probably have to go to the blog www.daisytroop1866.blogspot.com to see this, but I swear it is worth it! Show us your elf family! :)

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

December Outing! :)

Hellooooooooooooo Daisies! :)
What a great job you all did making ornaments at our last meeting! A proper post is to come, but let me just say these girls are FAST!! Now it's time to hand them out to those "Grandmas and Grandpas" we were talking about! I originally thought we could go to the new home over by Lowes, but it turns out that they only have 14 residents and we have 48 ornaments!

Fortunately, the folks over at Village Oaks in Chandler are SO excited that we are coming to visit! Here are the details:

Village Oaks at Chandler
1919 W. Carla Vista Dr.
Chandler, AZ 85224

Thursday, December 11th @ 6pm...just inside the entrance.

Please RSVP so that we know to wait for you or not. You can do so by commenting on the blog or replying to the email. Thanks! :)

Don't forget to wear your vest, a big smile, and have some Christmas carols practiced! :)
We will sing in the living room first...they will have just finished dinner.
If we have ornaments left over, we will break into smaller groups and visit the residents that are in their rooms. (Their policy is an open door means that we are welcome.)

Here are some carols to practice. If you don't see them, click here to go to the blog. It would be SO great for them to learn the hulahoop one...then instead of Alvin, we could call "Daisies!" And they could pretend to hula hoop every time the word is said. :)

That's it for now, email me if you have any questions. :) I have to go...it took me three hours to put this together with TONS of distractions! :) Have a great night all!

Gilbert Days Parade November 15th

The day finally came...it was time for Troop 1866 to be in its very first parade! The girls looked so cute and were so excited. It was bright and early and they were real troopers when it came to waiting for the parade to start too!

Here is the float all set up and ready to go. Thank you to all the parents that helped out! The float was decorated, the troop sign reassembled a few times (lol), and lots of tape, scissors, and glue bought!

And guess what? Our troop sign won SECOND place!! How cool is that?! The girls did a great job covering the soda bottles and a big thank you to Amy and Lindsey for finishing them up for us! By the way...see that pretty flower? Miss Jeri made two of them for the girls to hold...it got passed around so everyone had a turn...thank you! :)
The flowers looked great! You all did such a great job! My house smelled like paint for a while, but it was definitely worth it! Thank you to all the parents and Daisies for the wonderful float flowers too! :)
We shared the float with two other troops and sang songs with them too! We learned the second verse to "Make New Friends."

And you can't forget, "I'm a little Daisy!"

The girls really got into "We are the Girl Scouts, the mighty mighty Girl Scouts" song.

When those got old, we sang "Lemonade, Crunchy Ice." Ask your Daisy to sing it for you!

And then there was the water bottle that got ran over by the trailer and exploded in the parent's faces! We screamed, people on the sides screamed, and then everyone laughed! It was shocking at first, but then very refreshing! lol
Here are Constance and Kaycie rockin' it out in the van while they were waiting to get picked up. Nothing like a little Radio Disney after a long ride down Gilbert Road! :)

Here's a little video of the sing along the girls participated in. Lillian is STILL singing this song...it does get stuck in your head, that is for sure. I tried to find the exact lyrics that we sang, but there are so many versions. Here is one.



Thanks again to all who helped and participated...the girls had a great time! :)

-Mere