F.A.L.L. Leaders weekend

Last weekend 4 of my new Girl Scout co-leaders and I traveled to Camp Laughing Waters for some Girl Scout Trainings. They had to take a bunch of required courses while I got to enjoy some fun and some not so fun courses. Overall it was a great weekend and I believe that we all had a great time. We even have a few pictures :)

Group Photo :)

One of our classes was a Flash Mob class where we learned the Flash Mob dance that will be presented at Rock the Mall in Washington D.C. in June.  This is our attempt at a flash mob during the flag ceremony on the last day.  I am of course in the purple long sleeve shirt & Dawn is in the grey hoody to my right. 

Clearly we needed more practice LOL

Twist Me Turn Me Show me the Elf :)

Last night my Girl Scout troop officially moved into Brownies.  We have our Sash's with all the basic patches, we have our pins, and we have our new brownie handbooks.  We started our meeting with a rededication ceremony.  The ceremony is one that Girl Scouts have used for years.  It was simple to recreate.

We started with the The Brownie Story found in the girls new book.  Then we went into our imaginary forest and took the path to the pond(which consisted of brown construction paper for stepping stones, my leftover fake flowers & greenery from the wedding, & the floorlength mirror that hangs in my bathroom).  Each girl then chanted Twist Me, Turn Me, Show Me the Elf, I looked into the pond and saw myself (also found in the brownie book).  Once she looked into the mirror they followed the assembly line of leaders they did the girl scout handshake, recited the promise from memory, & received their new brownie pin.  We then sung the Brownie Smile Song.  The girls had a great time.  I just wish I would have remembered my camera :/  After our ceremony we sat down and discussed the differences in Daisies & Brownies and talked about all the fun things we wanted to do this year.  I think we are going to have a great Brownie year. 

We will hopefully be going apple picking this Sunday.