Girl Scout Cookies

It's Girl Scout cookie season here and OMG! I really thought I was prepared for this year but I was wrong. See that U-Haul there? That's a 17' truck and it's getting loaded with all types of Girl Scout cookies. My Girl Scout Troop worked so hard selling cookies this year.

In this picture, you will see 5,134 cookies! All these cookies need to go back to my house and be unloaded... UGH! That is going to take forever... and ever.

Now let's fast forward 2 weeks...

That is what's left of those cookie boxes! 

POOF!

I actually had to pick up more cookies several times already. We have 2 weeks left of cookie season and I need even more cookies. The rate these girls are selling cookies, we may very well break 10,000 cookies sold. 

What's your favorite kind of Girl Scout cookies?

Comment below!

Girl Scouts Brownie Badges & Fun Patches - #Oobleck

There are so many things my daughter loves about Girl Scouts but her absolute favorite part is earning badges and patches. What's the difference you ask? Fun patches go on the back of her uniform. These acknowledge things she has done with the group or on her own that was a fun learning experience. She has one for going to the Memphis Zoo, losing her tooth, going to a rodeo when she was in Texas visiting her Nana, each state she visits we find a patch for the state, taking a tour of City Hall and the Police Station... The list goes on. There's a patch for everything! 

Brownie Badges (they are triangle) go on the front. She must complete 5 steps on a certain topic to earn a Brownie Badge. One of her favorite Brownie Badges she's earned so far would be the Home Scientist Badge. She learned out to make salt & pepper dance (without touching it), blow up a balloon without using her mouth, make raisins dance (without touching them), make ice cream and dinosaur snot. Yes, I said dinosaur snot! You might know it by it's other name, Oobleck. 

Oobleck is a classic science experiment that's perfect for entertaining both kids and adults. I'll admit, I had fun playing with it! Oobleck acts like a liquid when being poured, but like a solid when a force is acting on it. You can grab it and then it will ooze out of your hands. 

All you need is corn starch and food coloring (optional).

Recipe:

1 cup water

1.5-2 cups corn starch

a few drops of food coloring

Start with the water in your bowl and then add the corn starch to it. You can use a spoon to start with but then you'll find yourself finishing with your hands. When you get close to adding about 1.5 cups of the corn starch, start adding it more slowly and mixing it with your hands. You can trying to go for a consistency where the Oobleck reaches a state that is liquid and yet a solid. Now that your Oobleck is just right, add a few drops of food coloring. Make sure it is all mixed together and then have fun with it. 

Have fun and make sure to wash it all off in the end. 

SCORE!!!

Girl Scouts - Prizes

I just love being a Girl Scouts Troop Leader! I started my own Troop in April of 2016 for my daughter so she could have her friends join and be together. This was one of the best things I ever did! The Troop that we have formed is amazing! They are so eager to learn something new, earn fun patches and go out and explore our city!

Our very first fundraiser was the Mag/Nut sales. This is also called Fall Product Sales. This was a great first fundraiser for us. It helped the girls not only boost their confidence but also test our their selling skills to get ready for cookie season!!

Our Troop was the highest seller in our Unit! I can't tell you how proud I am of these girls (and their parents) for all their hard work! These are the prizes above that they received. They earned so many patches and that koala is sooooo soft!!!

Help Support Our Troops - Give Them Girl Scout Cookies #SupportOurTroops

I bet by now you have heard it's Girl Scout Cookie Season!! One of the patches my daughter is trying to earn is the Troop to Troops patch. In order for her to earn this patch, she needs to find 6 people who would like to donate a box of cookies ($4) to our amazing Military Troops! 

All you do is click on my daughters personal selling link!

http://bit.ly/EmilysCookies

Scroll to the bottom of the cookie list and you see where it says "Donate Cookies"

Enter the quantity that you would like to donate and hit Start Checkout.

The Girl Scouts will take care of the rest. They will send all donated boxes to different branches of the military overseas.

Are you able to donate one box of Girl Scout Cookies?

THANK YOU!

Girl Scout Cookie Season Shirts

It is now Girl Scout Cookie Season and I could not wait to make these shirts! I thought this would be the perfect way to advertise these cookies and making several different shirts help promote each favorite type.

 I absolutely love these shirts! 

Would you like shirts like these, too?  I can make them for you! 

Youth sizes are $10 each

Adult are $15 each

Shipping $6 priority 

(Must have a Paypal account)

Send me an email and let me know which ones you would like. 

It's Girl Scout Cookie Time

Hey y'all! Guess what time it is? Oh yeah, it's the best time of the year. It's time for you to get some of these amazing #GirlScoutCookies from Emily! When you order online using this link http://bit.ly/EmilysCookies you can get them in about 5 days!

--> Did you know you could also donate a box of these delicious cookies to our Troops overseas? Help show your support and donate a box to men and women in the military.

The money that Troop 13922 earns from selling cookies will help cover the costs of their Brownie Badges, Fun Patches (we are a very active troop) and hopefully a trip to Discovery Park of America!!

So what do you say? Can you help Emily reach her goal? How many would you like?

Mid-South Corn Maze - #Memphis

There's just something about a corn maze that makes getting lost.... FUN! We headed to the Mid-South Maze to try out their Corn Maze (October). As we got there, my daughter was SO excited that as soon as the car parked, she was ready to hop out. We reached the beginning and bought our tickets. We told her that she could lead us all the way through. Here's the maze we had to get through...

You can almost see the building on the bottom right. That's where we started. It was fun watching my daughter think very carefully as to where she wanted to turn. We did find ourselves walking in circles quite a few times.  There even was a time she tried following another family, thinking they knew how to get out of the circle we were in. Sadly, they were no walking in circles with us. We just couldn't figure it out. 

After a few, "Mom, I think we are really lost!" and several "Are they going to leave us in here all night?" we were able to put our thinking caps on and figure out which path to take (process of elimination). 

When we finally reached the end, the picture on top was the "jump for joy" pose she made.  Also, she was happy that she earned her Corm Maze patch for Girl Scouts!!! We just love Girl Scouts. 

What's your favorite Corn Maze to go through?

Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia

At Girl Scout summer camp, the adventure is high and the fun is big! Spend your summer trying new things, exploring the great outdoors, making incredible memories with awesome new friends, and SO much more. Come ready to play, explore, discover, and have the time of your life. It's going to be EPIC. You don't have to already be a Girl Scout to join the adventure. All girls are welcome! Get more info now at www.gshg.org! 

All of Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia's summer camps foster cooperation, self-reliance, and an appreciation of nature and the outdoor environment. Through carefully designed and chosen activities, girls thrive and grow in the Outdoor Girl Scout Leadership Experience. The wide variety of camp programs offered allows a girl to do more of the things she enjoys and also try something completely new. All programs are open to girls in K-12 grades without regard to race, color, ethnicity, creed, national origin, ability, Girl Scout affiliation, religion, or economic background, as set forth by Girl Scouts of the USA, Inc.