I Want to be a Scout

Now that Juliette is a kindergartener she has the opportunity to participate in school-related activities and scouts is something she has wanted to do for a long, long time. My husband used to teach boy scouts at our church and one day after church Juliette and I attended one of their Court of Honor award ceremonies. Juliette was amazed by their uniforms and colorful patches and immediately announced that she was going to be a boy scout too. Unfortunately, girls can't be boy scouts and that was heartbreaking news for her.

During Welcome Back Night at Juliette's school she tried a second time to join the boy scouts. There was an information table with two young boy scouts handing out leaf-lets and as hard as she tried to talk them into letting her join, it turned out to be another disappointment. In the mean time I had investigated the girl scouts program. The closest located was more than 45 minutes from us.

Then one day a white piece of paper posted outside of the kindergarten classroom caught my attention. It announced that a brandnew girl scout daisy troop had just been established and they needed new members to join! So here she is, officially a girl scout!

Flashback to Fall Harvest Party

This party was a blast and Juliette's school did such a great job keeping the kiddos entertained! They had music, games, crafts, a pumpkin display, and a haunted house! It was so good for Juliette to see her friends outside of the classroom too!

Musical chairs, anyone? Juliette grasped the concept of musical chairs quite quickly. She came in third, even with all those big kids!

One of the crafts were ghost pumpkins. We used a toostie pop and put filter paper over it and tied it with yarn. What a cute idea!

This was one of Juliette's favorite games. It was a race to see who could assemble the skeleton first. The parents could race their children, but they used one that was a lot harder. Needless to say, Juliette beat me and I was trying to win!

Juliette loved getting to pick out her own prizes...see what she got?

Juliette was getting tired playing all those games. Here she is taking a break.

A New Friend

Juliette met my grandmother's new kitten. He's very cute. His name is Nuisance and it's very fitting.