Little Josh

So we usually keep this sweet little kitten overnight on weekends now a days. Last Sunday, after she woke up and dressed we headed over to Papa Jim's house for a short visit on our way to pick the girls up from the cousin's sleepover birthday party. I call her Little Josh. Ignore the ponytail and dress and I would swear she is Josh. No mistaking whose baby this is.

COOKIES BE GONE

Oh when oh when will we be done??? In just a week. YAY!!

On a side note, I don't know why I am having so many problems downloading pics on blogger lately. But it is getting annoying to download pictures two and three times sometimes to get them to stick. Google, are you out there???

When Two Troops Collide

So my older girls are growing up AGAIN. They will be bridging over to Cadettes at the campout this spring. We met with a Cadette troop to learn how they run their troop. What is different, what is the same. We worked on the fashion badge together. Shared a snack. Played some Girl Scout games. I got to press the leaders for ideas on how to solve some of life's little Girl Scout problems that show up from time to time.

I came home exhasted so it must have been a successful activity.

Crafty Kids Day

Crafty Kids Day is where a bunch of home schoolers get together with their shared crafting stuff to make whatever they want. There are beads and ribbon, yarn, cardboard, paper, crayons, glue, markers, egg cartons, eyeballs, pompoms, popsicle sticks, and anything else you can think of.

Here are some puppets Brenda made.

The end of the Simple Machines Unit Study

Simple Machines day at Green Acres. So this is how we ended our study on Simple Machines. We headed over to the fabulous Green Acres to learn about the simple machines, the Green Acres way (hands on). We used screws, wheels, levers, wedges, saws. We learned about FLE 123 (Fulcrum, Leverage, and Energy. The kids lifted a horse pulled wagon. A blast of a hands on time for everyone.

Girl Scout Cookies

So you know far too many cookies have passed through my house when we are using them to cook. lol.

People have been telling us... I remember when they were $.50. And I remember when this and that. And I was a leader 35 years ago for my girls. I got a hold of an original 1920's cookie recipe from when the Girl Scouts actually baked the cookies they sold.

Time has changed since then. I remember loving Thin Mints when I was little. I don't know how much they costed at the time. They just showed up in the house I guess. Right? Anyway here is a recipe we used to make Thin Mint Chocolate Cheesecake.

Instant Cheesecake mix. I followed directions for making the crust. Instead of pressing the crust into a pie pan, I pressed it into cupcake cups. Then I made the cheesecake as directed except I used chocolate milk (since I had no white milk) and turned it into chocolate cheesecake. I topped it with crushed thin mint cookies. We all love it. Next time I will mix the cookies into the cheesecake instead of putting them on top. It will make it easier to eat.

Girl Scout day at the City Building

Every year they ask if my Girl Scouts will do Scout day, and every year I think they are too young. But finally I give it a try. Brenda's troop is 5th and 6th grade. They can read well enough to pull it off I think. And they do. They love it. Each girl gets a City Council member to be for the meeting. The city council members sit behind them and tell them what to say and when. One of our girls were missing so even Marley got to sit in as a city council member. She will tell you she got a patch for saying I (aye) twice. lol.