April Meeting

Our flower garden looks fantastic! The girls did such a great job! We even planted some bulbs in the other flower bed at the park. I handed out water schedules, please keep these in a special place by your calendar, lets not let our beautiful flowers get weeded out! We also earned the Patience badge. Their homework is to set their favorite snack in front of them ready to eat, then set a timer and wait (PATIENTLY!) for 15 minutes before having it!

Our next meeting is May 7, and we will be going on a field trip to the geology/geography department at NWMSU. I do need an extra driver! Brylie and Kali are in charge of snacks for the trip. Please make it something that can be eaten on the road.

The Pampered Chef catalog party ends May 7th also. Please ask family and friends if they are interested. Also there is a way to place an online order through Laura's Pampered Chef consultant sight. This is a great outlet for family that is far, as orders can be shipped directly to them!

Our camping trip date has been set!! July 27-28th. We will be going to Indian Cave National Park in Nebraska. It is about 15 miles across the boarder on Highway 136. We will be camping in tents, hiking trails, seeing real cave drawings, a butterfly field, and there is also a museum to tour. I will post next month a detailed camping supply list that each family will need to supply. If you do not own a tent, please ask to borrow one from family/friends first, before buying. 

I will be sending out letters with homework assignments that need to be turned in by the Camping Trip. Remember, I already have the badges, jut turn in the paperwork, and it is yours!

April Frontier Girls Contest

The April Frontier Girls Contest:

Write a poem about something that you learned about in Frontier Girls. Include your name, level, troop number and e-mail to Kerry at frontier girls.

Nature Hike

We had such a great time on our Nature Hike last Saturday! We made a trail mix to share, and we learned the hard way not to include chocolate!

We went over hiking safety rules, and played three hiking games; an ABC hunt of items.. though not sure we ever found a z, there were no zebras roaming the forest! We also looked for habitats, we found lots of different homes, including ants, fish, birds, snakes, frogs, and rabbits; then we played a trail marking game. We split up into 2 groups. One group went and left "signs" along a trail with rocks, branches, leaves, litter; and the other team had to follow the clues to find the hiker. Then we switched and the other team got to leave clues. I am happy to report that all hikers were found! To earn the Hiking badge, Otters need to log 4 hours of hiking, and Dolphins 5 hours. We hiked 2 1/2 hours. You can either finish as a family, or we will be hiking again on our Camping Trip.

We also earned the Peace badge. We stopped at a gazebo for a peaceful break. We talked about conflict resolution and how we can only control what WE do in an argument. We also talked about how religion is the number one cause for war in the world, but that religions all have one thing in common.. The Golden Rule! We went over how Jews, Muslims, Hindu's and Christians all say their Golden Rule! Then we all sat quietly for a time to become peaceful and to listen to the world around us, then we worked together to write a poem about peace. 

We also all made it one mile without complaint! This was a big requirement for our Life Skills Award!

March 2012 Meeting

At the March meeting, we finished the Love and Paper Crafting badges. Be sure to look at your daughters books! We got 2 new Frontier Girls, Kali and Brylie, they are a wonderful new addition to the troop!

We handed out the Service Hearts that I found. They should probably be hot glued or super glued onto their vest, they go ON the ribbon. Otters earn one heart for every 5 hours, Dolphins earn a heart for every 10 hours. Hour ideas for April are to get outside and help. Pick up trash at a park or trail, help a neighbor clean up their yard or house to get ready for spring. 

We also have a troop stationed in Afghanistan to send a care package to. The Platoon leader has suggested summer items, including water balloons, games, balls, snack items (no chocolate), and small American flags. I will bring some flags to the April meeting, and we will fold these into triangles for them to carry in their pockets. They also would like a card and/or picture from us so they can get to know us. They also suggested writing materials so they can write us thank you notes. We will put this together at the April meeting, so please send your items with your daughter then. 

Also for our April meeting. We will be planting our flowers in the park in Conception, I will need help transporting girls, and pick up will be at the park at 5pm. I have the grant from the Community Betterment Committee for $30. I plan on buying a few perennials, and annuals, and maybe some mulch to help with week control this year. I will have a weeding and watering schedule then. Please bring a trowel or spoon or weeder to help us with the planting. 

Frontier Girl Challenge for March/April is to make a sandwich by yourself including cleanup.

Megan is in charge of snacks for the April meeting.

We are planning a Pampered Chef catalog party fundraiser for April 23-May 7th. Simply take orders from family and friends, no real door to door selling is needed! The girls will get a percentage of the total order sum. We need funds for the parades this summer, and for our camping trip in August.

Our May 7th meeting will be our annual field trip. We will be touring the Rock and Fossil museum, and labs at the Northwest Missouri State University Geology/Geography Department. I will need help with transportation. I plan on returning to the school by 5:30pm, no later then 6pm.