Day 1 of Girl Scout Camp was a success! WOOT WOOT!
We packed up the car and off to Messenger Woods we went! I signed up to be a volunteer for the week
and am a Unit Leader along with my neighbor and we are responsible for 20
girls. Giselle is a “Pixie”, so she is
in with another group of little ones that are ages 3-5. My group has girls that are ages 7-16 and
lucky for me, Isabella is in my group.
What did we do for the entire day in the woods you ask? For starters, we had an opening ceremony with
the flags. Then, we had business to take
care of! Our group visited the health
supervisor to learn about first aid and then the business manager to learn
about well, business of camp. After we
took care of business, the day was OURS!
We went on a 5-mile hike in the woods singing songs and
identifying plants and animals.
Decorated our troop flag that hangs on the front of our post. Our theme is TANGLED – you know the movie…right? So each little girl got to decorate a block
on the flag with their names. We played
drip drip DRIBBLE…..It’s kind of like DUCK DUCK goose, ONLY the girls sit
around in a circle and one walks around and drips water from a cup on each
girls head and then the last girl chosen receives an entire cup of water over
her head. Those little girls think it’s
funny to pour an entire cup of water over their unit leaders head! I think I had 6 cups of water poured on
me! I didn’t mind at all because it was
rather warm out today!
After the heat, it poured rain out for about 45
minutes. We did what all big and little
girls do in the rain. We laughed, sang, ran
around, chased each other and played tag.
We also had craft time where everyone got to decorate their t-shirts
with paint and stamps.
All in all, the first day of camp was super busy and
chaotic, yet rewarding all at the same time.
I felt like the day flew by at lightning speed. Time flies when you’re having fun!! I had a
sampling of what it would feel like to have 20 children all of my own, all at
the same time. Miss Sandy, can you. Miss Sandy, would you. Miss Sandy, have you seen my stuff? Miss Sandy, I have to go to the bathroom. Miss Sandy, when is lunch? Miss Sandy, what
are we going to do next? And the
questions kept rolling all day long. You
get the idea. I am a big kid at heart,
am good at changing the subject to distract any and all meltdowns and really
enjoyed being outdoors today with all of these beautiful little girls. The BIG SMILES. THE GIGGLES.
The LEARNING EXPERIENCES. The
MAKING FRIENDS.
Giselle’s favorite part of the day: EATING LUNCH (doesn’t surprise me, the girl
LOVES to eat when she wants to!)
Isabella’s favorite part of the day:
going on a 5-mile hike (atta girl, you take after my own heart!)
How lucky am I today?
Let’s just say “my cup runnuth over” which means I have more than enough
for my needs and my heart is filled. Let’s see what tomorrow
has in store for Isabella, Giselle and myself…….Meanwhile, if you are looking for Miss Sandy, she will be resting up for more Miss Sandy's tomorrow...wink wink...
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