Tonight was a great meeting! We were so busy that I forgot to take pictures of the girls having fun. We had a special guest helper, Caitlyn, Kayleigh's older sister. She was a HUGE help and is welcome back anytime!
As the girls arrived, they decorated their cloth bags while waiting for the meetings to start. Please remember to have your Daisy use this bag for every meeting! It will make it easier for their little hands to carry everything home to you. At 6:10, we started the meeting with our flag ceremony. The girls are really understanding our rituals and behaving so well for this. During first circle, we talked about our upcoming field trip and learned about 911. We talked about why we would use 911, what an emergency would be and than we role played for a little bit with one girl lying on the floor hurt while another one pretended to call a 911 operator (Miss Heidi) and what to say to them. We encouraged the girls to review their home addresses with you in case they ever had to make that call. We discussed authority figures and who they are in their lives. Our girls had great answers, with my personal favorite being Parents! We then played a quick game of Who Am I?, one Daisy held up a picture of an authority figure (without looking at it) and the other girls had to give her clues so that she could guess who she was holding.
We had three activities going on tonight. With me, the girls worked on Thank You cards for the Clayton PD and City Hall for our field trip on Wednesday. With Caitlyn, the girls colored wooden daisies that are meant to go into their grass pots. **FYI - No one had any luck with their grass, Heidi and I figure we either had bunk seeds or bunk dirt. We are going to make another attempt at gardening. In your new bags, we sent home some Marigold seeds (to go along with our journal story). Directions on how to plant and care for them will be at the bottom of this post** And with Heidi, the girls made tissue covered pumpkins in honor of Halloween.
After a delicious snack, we had our ending circle and discussed the songs we should sing for our carolling adventure at Diamond Terrace. The girls decided on Jingle Bells, Rudolph, Deck The Halls, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, and Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.
Just a reminder, please meet outside of Clayton City Hall at 2:45 on Wednesday. This field trip is helping our girls earn the magenta petal (Respect Authority).
MARIGOLD PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS - Carefully take your marigold seeds and place them on the top of the soil in the pots. Marigold seeds are long and light like a tiny blade of dried grass so when you handle marigold seeds be careful that you do it in a place that is not breezy. Marigold seeds are very light and can blow away easily. Even your own breath can blow them away. After you have places the marigold seeds on the soil pat the top of the soil with the seed in it lightly so the seeds get covered with soil slightly. Then water the seeds carefully so the seeds don't wash away. A very light sprinkling works well with marigolds. Keep the seeds watered so the soil never dries out and you should soon have little plants growing in your pots. It is important to keep the plants in the sun after they have sprouted. A good window with sun shining through it will work well or a sun lamp that is on for about half the day is good.
FYI - You will see in your Daisy bag an invitation to a Halloween party from another troop here in town. This is not a mandatory meeting but those who do go will receive a sister troop patch from the other troop. Please do not feel obligated, it is just a kind gesture from that troop.
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