for me, anyway. Jasmine doesn't seem to be all that tired. Skate all Saturday morning, then go to theater class to practice "Woodstock", then to Girl Scout Campfire. Get home really late, then go to Zoo Class and one hour of swimming today! In between, do major homework packet, research the Revolutionary War from the British point of view (you've got to be kidding me!) practice piano, take care of guinea pigs and dog, clean leaves out of back yard (which will have to happen several times over then next couple of months), probably other stuff I cannot even think of since I am so tired.. oh yes, have a couple of clients on Saturday, too.
So,- Girl Scout Campfire was really fun. About 200 Girl Scouts and Brownies were there. Each person had to bring a stocking- either homemade or not. Ours was definitely not homemade. Apparently, Girl Scouts all over the country are doing this. Then, Wells Fargo, American Express and Hallmark are stuffing the stockings and distributing them to Alzheimer's nursing home patients. Jasmine mentioned that she wanted to take one to her grandfather's grave:(, which is really nice of her. We will do that in spirit only. So, for several hours, we sang songs, did skits, had smores.. all that stuff you do around a bonfire. Some homeless people joined in, too!
The bonfire was held at Desert Breeze Park in Chandler which is a huge city park. The bonfire area is surrounded by trees, so it is kind of like you are camping. However, lots of cars went by on the busy street to remind us we are "city Girl Scouts". The Girl Scout head leader (don't know her name) apparently works in management at Hallmark. She brought a bunch of things for a raffle. Jazzy WON!! Her number was the first one called:) She won a little cat diary. Then.... 3 number later, MY number was called. I received a coffee cup that said "Girlfriends" on it:)) That was kind of funny since there were about 20 raffle prizes..10 adult and 10 for kids, and as I mentioned, about 200 people there. Then, another little girl in our Troop 846 won a little pencil holder:) It was a fun weekend, and now we're getting ready to go back to school tomorrow morning!
In front of a few of the stockings that were donated- making a silly face. This must be "goofy face weekend" since in about every photo, there seemed to be a goofy face!
Emily Trammel and Jasmine. I could not get Emily to smile at all! Emily's mom, Jaime, is the Troop Leader. Hard to believe that she and Jazzy are the same age and are both in the same 2nd grade class:)
From now on, I am not going to attempt to use my cell phone as a camera for night photos:( Here they are singing from their song books.
At the zoo today for "Endangered Species" class. I couldn't get a straight answer on what they did or what they saw.
Another goofy toothless face!
Just got home from swimming. Showing off the cat diary she won:)
Getting ready to run!
Roll call!
After the hula hoop contest:)
Relay race with a football between Emily and Jasmine:)
Tug of war- The girls beat the boys every time!
Just now Jasmine said to me "Boys are so gross. They don't even say excuse me when they burp, and they are so lazy":))) I told her that it wasn't necessarily true of all boys, and sometimes girls are like that too, but secretly I was thinking.. very true!
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At the orphanage. 
The hungry cat after her performance.
The medals. One little boy was not in the photo because he was crying. He got last place:((
For a couple of years, I have asked both Jaime and Rozaline how the Artistic and Dramatic catagories are judged. They always say, "Your guess is as good as mine"! No one seems to know. They are judged by theater people who are not skaters. There were times where I thought Jazzy did kind of a bad job when she was Nancy Sinatra, but she almost always got first place. This year, she is skating much better, but they (the judges) don't seem to like "Marie" the cat from "The Aristocats" quite as much. Another challenge is Jasmines small size compared to the other kids her age and in the same skill category. The bigger/average sized kids just have more power, move faster over the ice, bigger arm movements- and that is what they are looking for- artistic and dramatic interpretation of the music. Some day there will be a major payback when all of those kids are big and tall... and Jazzy will still be small and will be a much better jumper and spinner:))
Here we are at Cheesecake Factory afterwards- at the Peoria Sports Complex. That cheesecake was so delicious, but there was no way we could finish it after our meal!
Emily Trammel and Jasmine. I could not get Emily to smile at all! Emily's mom, Jaime, is the Troop Leader. Hard to believe that she and Jazzy are the same age and are both in the same 2nd grade class:)
From now on, I am not going to attempt to use my cell phone as a camera for night photos:( Here they are singing from their song books.
At the zoo today for "Endangered Species" class. I couldn't get a straight answer on what they did or what they saw.
Another goofy toothless face!
Just got home from swimming. Showing off the cat diary she won:)
