SFA Planetarium & Library

We had a GREAT time at the SFA Planetarium learning all about stars and our solar system.  Good pictures are hard to take in the dark, so here's a shot of the girls eating snack after watching the show and before heading next door to the SFA library!














After riding up the elevators we all headed over to the 4th floor windows to get a cool view of the campus!

Then, it was off to the children's section of the library for some reading fun!

It seemed like no time at all before we had to round 'em up and move 'em out. 

But not before getting a group shot of all the girls who were able to attend both portions of the night's events. 

Thanks for braving the weather and we'll see you next time!

Respect yourself and others

As Daisy Girl Scouts, one of the petals we earn is the "Respect yourself and others" petal.  To earn this one, we invited Dr. Criss, a local pediatric dentist to speak with the girls about taking care of our teeth.  Having healthy teeth is one way to respect yourself!  Dr. Criss brought her big animals with giant toothbrushes so the girls could practice brushing teeth for two minutes! 

We also made some yummy snacks that looked like smiling mouths with teeth using apples slices and marshmallows.  :)

A good time was had by all and the girls each went home with a little goodie bag courtesy of Dr. Jennifer Criss. \

We talked just a bit about respecting others, too.  Contest information was passed out for an art and writing contest being held for no-name-calling week. 

Pajama Party

***more to come***

Make the world a better place!

We earned our rose colored petal at our last official December meeting.  The "Make the world a better place" petal was earned by discussing ways people can make the world a better place and then making pinecone birdfeeders.  A couple of our little cutie-patootiesworked on an oh-so-fabulous collage on the topic. 

After making our crafts and eating some scrumptious cupcakes and punch we read the beginning of our Flower Garden story about cookie sales and then earned patches were handed out. 

The Nutcracker

A Merry Christmas Eve to all the darling girls of the troop and their families! 

Many members of our troop were able to attend the Great Russian Ballet's performance of the Nutcracker at Stephen F. Austin State University's Turner Auditorium.  The dancers were simply amazing and the story a timeless classic. 

A wonderful time was had by all as we earned our beautiful Nutcracker fun patches!

SWAPs

We added a meeting this month (thanks, Moms, for being so flexible in the midst of this busy holiday season!) to make our troops 1st SWAPs (Special Whatchamacallits Affectionately Pinned Somewhere) in preparation for the upcoming pajama party.  We met at the  Mike Moses library and painted puzzle pieces gold and silver.  We also snacked on popcorn while we watched Barbie's Nutcracker movie, and colored pictures of a nutcracker (with scented markers, no less!) 

"Honest and Fair"

We met on December 3rd to earn our light blue "Honest and Fair" petal.  The girls made really cute Christmas doorhangers, wrote letters to Santa (which Santa is kind enough to help Macy's out and donate money to children with these particular letters!), and discussed what it means to be honest and fair.  The girls really understood "fair" when one of the girls was given a TON of cutsies to put on her doorhanger, while the others were given only one or two.  The other Daisy girls looked positively stricken, and one of them finally said..."well that's not fair!  She got practically all of them!"  YES!!!!  We divided them up fairly and a great time was had by all! 

our sweet friendship circle!