Showing posts with label girl scouts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label girl scouts. Show all posts

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Girl Scout Camporee

This weekend was the Girl Scout Camporee. We had heard about how fun it was so we signed up as a family, even though nobody else from my Daisy Troop was interested. They are a little young. Anyway, things were crazy this week and Anneli wasn't feeling well. Stupid Lyme Disease! We decided not to sleep out on Friday night, but we would get there Saturday morning and hang out for the day.
That is just what we did. We got there at about 8:30am and went on a hike with our 5th Grade Junior Friends. They happen to have a son that Christopher knows from Cub Scouts too! It was fun.

Next up was stations where the kids did a bunch of different arts and craft projects. They were fun too!

The best part of the day was when they opened the waterfront! It was SUPER hot! We all had a blast using the kayaks and paddle boats! Super fun!







The kids also fished with our neighbors. Thanks Rosa and Tal! :)



The kids, especially Anneli, was exhausted after that! So we piled in the car and took a quick ride to Massachusetts to check out the Tornado devastation in central Massachusetts. It was terrible! It has hard to believe that as you drove through the streets of Sturbridge, Brimfield, Monson and Springfield that you were in Massachusetts. These types of disasters happen in the midwest, not here in our backyard....

Monday, May 30, 2011

Memorial Day Parade!

As usual, we stuck around this weekend so we could march in our local Memorial Day Parade. Anneli was excited, because it was her first time marching with Girl Scouts! She didn't have to march with Cub Scouts! We woke up Monday morning to rain. A few hours later, just when the parade was supposed to begin, a thunder and lightning storm went through. Many towns around us canceled their parades, but not good old Plainville, they just postponed it for an hour.

When we stepped off an hour later, the weather was okay---a little rainy, but so much better than an hour before. By the time we came to the end of the parade, the sun was shining and it was sooooooo hot and humid!

Here are a few pictures of the parade...











Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Daisy Girl Scout Spring Hike!

Today was our Daisy Girl Scout Spring Hike a Tomasso Nature park...