daisy, daisy

I had the best afternoon. We took the Daisies to the new playground on the other side of town to earn the last petal of our year -- the one for being "courageous and strong."

We broke them into groups of three and set them loose to play on the equipment, encouraging them to try new things, help each other, and generally be strong.

Then they regrouped for what might be the one snack that you have to be courageous to taste: Dirt Cake, complete with gunny worms.

Finally, the best activity of the day -- in their same groups of three, with an adult, they went to the apparatus deisnged for use by smaller children. We blindfolded one of the three girls, and the other two walked her up a short ramp and helped her, still blindfolded, down a little slide. It was such a big hit that, when I asked them if anyone was feeling courageous enough to try trusting their sister scouts to help them up a long ramp and down a big slide, they jumped up and down, each clamoring to be first. It was so exciting to see them build trust in each other and really enjoy the activity.

The entire afternoon was capped by a visit to The Greatest Restaurant in the World.

Posted by volfie at April 14, 2003 10:17 PM