Brownie Camp

Last weekend I took my brownie troop to camp for the day. We have been planning it for a while and the girls were so excited. It was a girl scout camp site in Stafford. I have been there for a training I had been to back in April, so I was familiar.

After tons of prep, including practicing making fire with food, we met at the church in the morning and were welcomed with pouring rain. Yay. It rained the whole way down to the camp and for about an hour when we got there, but then it was great weather for the duration of the day.

When we found the campsite, the girls were so excited. They ran into the cabins and started claiming the cots. Then during the day they kept seeing writing in the cabins and thought they were haunted. At one point the put a stick in the door to see if it would be there when we got back to the camp site. It was funny.

Here we are when we started our day.


The first thing we did was the flag raising, then games. The girls had fun, but it is tricky to get 12 to keep quiet for long!

They played a game called "ride that pony" where you run around and dance with people singing a song about riding a pony. It was funny. The girls got a kick out of it when I did it.

After the games, we went on a hike down to the river. One of the dads who came taught the girls about what food they can throw in the woods, and also about how trees grow-the rings and all. There was a huge tree that had fallen across the path so we looked at the rings.

Jordan and her friend Addis when we were on our hike.

All the girls by the water. They are so loving to each other. I love how girls can hug on command! And half the time, they just hug each other because they love being around each other!
I don't want to forget the two dad who came and helped out. They made a fire and were so helpful!

In the afternoon, the girls went to 3 rotations. They learned about knots and knife safety, trail marking and letterboxing. They really enjoyed all the classes and had a ton of fun!

Jordan making a comment during the knots part.


Here is Jordan making her stamp for her letterbox. They went to find the hidden letter boxes and really loved it.
The dads did a fire for hte girls.
The most hysterical part of the day was the preparation for the skit. We went through about 4 different themes before they actually settled on one Story. It was a dance, then a story about fire safety. They were ecstatic to perform.

They all got out their bandanas and made costumes with them.

Jordan in her "costume" for our skit. We have quite few performers in our troop. They LOVED practicing and performing the skit. First they did a dance, then a skit. So incredibly adorable.


Here's Jordan with her best friend Karly. She is such a cutie!!


Well, the day ended the same way it started-rain. Pouring down rain. It started during the campfire. By the time we got up to the car, it was a massive downpour. The girls were all whining that they wanted to go home. We had to wait for another mom to come so we decided to drive to the end of the road to camp and wait at the main entrance.

Holy long, dark, windey, scarry road!! I could barely see where I was going times, and I had Lizzie crying in the back that she wanted her daddy. Megan finally got there so we headed for home. It was a white knuckle drive home. I did lots of praying! We made it safe and when we got back tot he church, the girls were hyper. I finally got home after the parents came, and I was wound up, too. I cleaned up the cooler, dirty dishes, etc and was finally ready for bed.

Darin let me sleep until almost 9:00 Sunday morning so that was so nice!!