Sit-Upons and other stuff

We had a great meeting on Monday night.  I had a BIG craft planned, and the girls sailed through it.  I seriously thought it would take us two weeks to get through, but the girls sewed up the sides like champs.  I was very impressed!  Thank you so much to Ms. Joan, Ms. Margie, Ms. Debbie B. and Mr. Matt for helping with the re-threading and re-threading of needles.  You guys ROCK!  I think the girls favorite part was seeing how many bags they could stuff into the sit-upons.  I will also have to keep an eye on the "pillow" fights.  I'll lay out a few boundaries next time and the girls will be fine.  We reviewed the fact that THEY are responsible for bringing their sit-upons to each meeting.  Actually, I pretty much pounded that into their heads.  We will see how many girls actually remember.  I know that it will be difficult for them, but they have to start learning somewhere right.  

This summer we went to a day camp and I had the girls carry their own water bottles.  It was hot and we did lose a few water bottles, but overall they did good.  There were 3 adults to 9 girls and if the adults would have carried all of that water in our backpacks with everyones lunch, the kids would have been fine, the adults however would not have made it.  Not to mention how often we would have had to stop, dig through bags to find the right water bottle, etc. 

A big thanks to Debbie W. and Abby for bringing the snack.  The girls enjoyed the pumpkin cookies and some leftover pretzels from the week before.  They really thought they were getting a treat.  I heard someone say "We get 2 snacks?!" 

I am of planning a short-medium outdoor hike for the girls.  I am looking at the first weekend in November.  The girls were given several options.  They said they wanted to do a LONG hike on dirt, and definitely not a sidewalk.  I am sure that the long hike they have in their minds is what I would consider a short hike.  Anyway, I am totally open to suggestions of nearby places where we could take them hiking.  

Finally, I changed the comments setting on the blog so that anyone can comment.  Sorry I didn't realize what was going on there. Thanks Joan for mentioning it.  I am going to the GSEM Neighborhood Meeting and Fall Product Sales Training tomorrow evening, so I will update after that.