Facebook

Facebook has taken over the blog ;)

Parent Meeting and updates for the year

The parent meeting will be September 17th at Pita Jungle at 6:30pm. Please RSVP so we can save enough seats. Please bring your check made to troop 1460 to *pay for the year. :) *If you need assistance or to split the payment, please let us know.
With the sash and items to go on the sash, the Junior cost for uniform is $26. The dues will be $48, and registration is $15, so the total cost this year is $89. If they want their own Junior folders, the cost will be $106. (Room $320 for year, book $7, bridging kit/patches $15, and journey patches $5 are all covered by the troop). We have a total of $977.47 in our troop account.

We will be choosing a Troop crest this year. See the choices here.
We are excited for the family camp day on December 1st. Please use this link to sign up. :) It is $5 per person. Feb. 15th-16th there is a camp in Prescott for Juniors as well. It is $35 per person and I will have information on that at the parent meeting.

Tisha has made a new Kaper chart with fun jobs and responsibilities. :)

Overall, we are excited for a new year and to include the Daisies!

Welcome back!

It is almost that time of year again! Our first meeting will be on September 11th. The parent meeting can be at the end of August if you want to meet at Pita Jungle or we can do via email since this is not our first year at this. I will email a date tomorrow. :)
We are excited to begin this journey as Juniors and including our little Daisies! So many fun things this year.
I will have a total for costs before our parent meeting.

Thank you!

Junior Updates

Here is a link to see the new Junior vest or sash. We will take a vote on which the girls prefer.

I estimate the new uniform to cost about $40 per girl.
We will still be asking for $3 per meeting (About $54-$57) for supplies and $20 per meeting for the room fee will be covered by the troop this year.

Thank you to everyone who has RSVP'd for the bridging ceremony and Sea World trip. I am excited for both!

We are losing two of our Girl Scouts that are moving on to new things and activities. I am happy for both of them and hope they know they will always be a part of Troop 1460!

The last meeting of the year is May 15th...please RSVP if you are joining us so we have plenty of food and drinks.

Hope to see you all soon!

Books are Done!

Today we finished up the books that will be shipped away to be published. If your child did not finish today, please help them at home get it done ASAP. All the papers are in the box with a pre-paid envelope to use. We hope to have them all mailed by Friday so we get them back in time to see at our last meeting. The girls did a great job!

We have two meetings left! The last one will be a party. Snack helpers left are: Madison C.-5/1
Temi and Savannah-5/15 (Party day!)

Erin will give Brownie bear to Kayla Howard this week and Alexis will give Miss Mayberry to Gwenz. Let me know if you need help doing that.

Please remember that we have a parent meeting at Pita Jungle on April 23rd at 7pm to discuss SeaWorld. RSVP on evite sent out. :)

 

Sea World trip is on June 29th.

 

Please let us know if your girl is continuing on so we can order the supplies for next year.

I cannot believe how fast the year flew by!

Go troop 1460!

March Meeting

Our only meeting in March will be on the 20th since there are P/T conferences this week. :)
The girls will be writing their stories, so please have them start their rough drafts and bring them.
Thank you!

World Thinking Day!

We had so much fun today!
Thank you for all the information boards, food and swaps sent in. The girls really enjoyed it all!

 

Our next meeting is not until March 20th due to conferences. Please have the girls write their rough draft of the their book so we can do the final copy that day and bring to the meeting. They have to be mailed in March to get the final copies in time to share with the class. This year has flown by!

Here is a video from today. Sorry it is so shaky...I am not used to my camera as a video yet and manual focus is weird too.  Turn song off on blog to hear it better ;)

 

Thanks again!

World Thinking Day!

Hello!
World Thinking Day is coming up and on February 27th, we would like to celebrate in our meeting by having girls bring in something to tell about where their ancestors are from or a fun food to share.
Please see evite for details and note in comments if you can send or bring something that day. :)

Do not forget the Dance on Feb. 8th or World Thinking Day on the 9th. I will be bringing the girls' swaps to the event.

This year is coming to a fast ending! We will be talking soon about the Sea World Trip! :)
Look for evite to meet with just the parents to discuss those details after cookie sales are over. (Late March) We need to see how many cookies we sell before we can say how much money we will have.

So much fun coming up!

Pajama Jam!

The girls did a great job getting ready for cookies sales! Thank you to everyone who helped out...it was a wonderful meeting. :)
If you have not gotten your sales sheet, please contact Alyssa to make arrangements to get that taken care of.
The girls wanted to save money for a big trip..Sea World! There are a few pricing options and we will talk about that soon.

Thank you again to everyone...we have an amazing troop!

Too fast!

Time is really going too fast. I cannot believe our girls will be Juniors next year!!
Look how much they have grown! We had a great day today...they answered what their favorite cookie is and what that says about them, played BINGO about cookie selling safety, answered questions about what they care about and told what a couple good things were that happened this week. :) Such sweet girls. I am excited for cookie sales and to have the girls make swaps next time as well as getting started on their books so they can be published! Go troop 1460!
*Please see email with dates and deadlines. RSVP to the evites...thank you!!

Cookie Booths!

Alyssa will be getting you all the cookie sales information, but the first booth will be Feb. 16th from 4pm to 8pm at Safeway located at 3655 W Anthem Way, Anthem, AZ 85086.
Look for the evite to pick a time. No more than 4-5 girls at a time please.

There will be a sign up for times soon. I will be out of town that day, but Alyssa will be there to set it up. Thank you Alyssa!

Next booth will not be chosen until 1/12. We hope for Safeway at 39th and Happy Valley on 2/22.

We will let you know soon!

Shannon

Welcome back!

Winter break is over and it is back to Girl Scout and school fun! Cookie sales start this Sat. January 12th! To kick off the sales, we are having our own cookie jam! Evite will be sent tomorrow with details. The council cookie jam was already full. We will be handing out forms to sign to get your girl ready for cookie sales at this party.
With our large troop size, we need to RSVP and pay by the deadline given or your girl will not be registered for any activities going forward. It is a lot of work to keep track of 17 families and if they have paid or not. If you will not be seeing me by the deadline, please mail a check made out to Troop 1460. If you do not have my address, I can email it to you. You can also just direct deposit to Wells Fargo if that is easier as well. Thank you for your understanding!

The He/She dance money is due January 9th. It is $5 per person. Please do not send cash. :) Send a check in a marked envelope so there is no confusion on who has paid. If you do not pay by this date, your girl will not be registered for the dance. (If there is a reason you need to wait to pay or cannot pay, please talk with me privately to arrange this and we will work it out.) Should be lots of fun!

Last, thank you to Alyssa for taking on being our cookie mom once again. She has our first booth set for Feb. 16th. Next date is TBD after we see what is available on 1/12. I really appreciate that she is able to be our Cookie Mom!!

Party!

The party was a success! Thank you Madison H. for the snowmen snack, veggies and water! We also had cocoa, pizza from the troop and more snacks from Kalyn. It was a great food day. Hope they liked the Brownie shirts. They are from Old Navy if they do not fit and need an exhange. The girls enjoyed opening presents from each other and singing lots of songs. Thank you for helping make the party so fun! Our next meeting is 1/9. We will be creating some swaps for World Thinking Day in February. Payment has been made and we are all set for that. I am sorry if you missed signing up. The neighborhood events are strict on when money is due.
The He and She Dance will be in February as well (The 8th). We will be making masquerade masks for that too. Should be fun! An evite will be coming soon!

Thank you for a great 2012....see you all next year! :)

Gift Wrapping

The girls did great with gift wrapping! Thanks to all that donated and helped. We have tons of paper left. I can put it out or take a photo of it and you can let me know what was yours. I cannot remember who gave me what. haha :) I thought it would be lots busier, but the girls still had fun!

Last meeting was great! Thank you Megan for snack! We had fun doing skits and planning the holiday party this Wed. Karoke is the theme they chose. They also wanted to do a gift exchange instead of books. It can be up to $1 in cost or homemade. I emailed out the secret sister list. I do not want to post here since I know lots of girl scouts says they check this blog. (Hi girls!)

Excited for the party!

Enjoy your Holidays!! I am glad each girl is a part of this troop. They all bring something so special and I love that!

Updates

Our meeting went great this week. Thank you to Claire for the yummy snack! The girls made passports and have started to think about what their story will be about. I cannot wait to see all the published books.

We talked about what SWAPS they want to make, what to do with the money from gift wrapping and more. These girls are so great!

Some updates:

Please RSVP for the paper wrapping event on Dec. 9th at Anthem Outlets. There are still spots open. If you are donating wrapping paper, tape, ribbons, bows, etc. please have them to me or Tisha by December 8th. We will need a lot of supplies if we are going to make any tips ;) Thank you to all that have already volunteered and signed up!

World Thinking Day Feb. 9th. It is at Anthem Park and is $5 per girl. I need to know how many are going and pay by Dec. 12th.

Some things to note:
The He/She dance will be on Feb 8th. It is $5/girl and a Masquerade Theme. Should be fun! Evite will be coming soon!
Donations: Troop 2692 is trying to earn an award and they're collecting new DVDs for Phoenix Children's Hospital. The kids are 0-Teenagers so even PG13 is acceptable. Let me know if you want to donate any movies so I can take them to the leader meeting Dec. 12th.

Next meetings are: 12-5 and 12-12

 

Lots of fun coming up!

RSVP

Please RSVP to the evite for the wrapping gift day and the WTD on Feb 9th. :)
We have lots of fun coming soon!

Hello!

It has been awhile! Our last meeting went great! Thank you to Erin and her mom for a delicious, healthy snack. Thank you to Madison C. and her family for the extra bonus food as well! The girls were happy since they all love to eat! haha
The girls can fill out page 39 and 40 in their books if they want. We talked about folklores and their own style. We are getting close to writing those books! They had model magic to create anything they want out of. It will air dry if left to sit out 24 hours.
Next meeting we will be making a passport to use at World Thinking Day. The neighborhood will be hosting one and we will do a smaller scale one at a meeting in February.
If you would like to have your girl attend, please let me know. It is $5 per girl.
Some things to note:
The He/She dance will be on Feb 8th. It is $5/girl and a Masquerade Theme. Should be fun!
Donations: Troop 2692 is trying to earn an award and they're collecting new DVDs for Phoenix Children's Hospital. The kids are 0-Teenagers so even PG13 is acceptable. Let me know if you want to donate any movies! :)

Jan. 12th the neighborhood is having a "Cookie Kick-Off Pajama Party". More details soon!
Alyssa is our cookie mom again...thank you!! :)

Please sign up for a time to wrap at the outlets if you want to participate in that. We will be using the donations to buy toys for kids in need.

Go Troop 1460!!

Letters to our Troops

Today the girls had a very busy day! Thank you to Elliot and her mom for snack!! They read from their books, answered questions, got a journal to bring to each meeting, and last wrote letters to our troops so Michael's craft store can send them off before Christmas. :) They also got their Cookies for Kids Cancer patches. Thank you Shana for planning that event and getting the patches for the girls!

Remember: If you would like to plan an event, we have some months open. You will need to find the contact info, price, date. Check the date with Tisha or myself to make sure it is not a conflict for one of us to be there and after that, just send the evite. Super easy! If we cannot be there, the event would just be an unofficial visit.  Let me know if you have any questions. :)

We have the zoo trip coming up in November. Please RSVP to the evite.

The girls will be writing a book soon....real authors in our troop because we are that awesome! haha

Go troop 1460!

PJs and Eggs

Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to PJs and Eggs and for all the jammies for AZ Children's Association! It was a great night! (Jadyn took most of the photos for us) :)

Meeting #3

Today was another great meeting! The girls talked about feelings and had lots to say. We had a butterfly snack bag (forgot to take a photo!) with carrots and hummus as well...thank you Gally for snack!. * Quick reminder about snack: We are a nut free troop. This means we cannot have any snacks brought in with nuts in it. The reason is if the girls that can have nuts eat them with their hands and then touch shared supplies with someone who cannot have them, they are passing the allergen on to their fellow scout who could get very sick. Thank you so much for understanding :)

Today we read pages 6-17 in our books. The girls can fill out page 17. It lists things they are good at and things their friends are good at as well. We focused on our talents and how others can offer help with things we may struggle at.

We made cute room signs today and book marks as well.

Last, each girl should have gotten 3 Pirate magnets they made last time. Tisha had to hot glue them and bring them back. Thank you Ms. Tisha for gluing all of them!

Next time we will be working in our books again, so please have the girls bring them. I keep Jadyn's vest and book in her backpack they made and it stays in her school backpack so we do not forget it.

Please RSVP for the PJ and Egg event on October 12th. This should be another great time to all see each other and help AZ Children's Association.

Last, please RSVP to the Prescott zoo evite for November. I am looking forward to seeing that zoo!

Field trips:
We have Dec., January, March (not during Spring Break), and April open for anyone who would like to plan an adventure out.

Thank you!!