Leah's a girl scout!

One of the first things Leah asked to do after she started kindergarten was to join the girl scouts. I had always thought it would be a good idea for all the girls, so we went down to the school on recruitment night and signed up. She joined a troop that meets twice a month. It's kind of neat how they have it set up. The girls range in age from kindergarten to early teenage years. They all meet together as one big group in the beginning of the meeting then break off into their smaller groups- daisy's, brownies, etc. And it is CHAOS!!! These girls get together and it is complete madness! But they have SO MUCH FUN! I just love watching how Leah smiles ear to ear the whole time she is there. We walk in the door and the bigger girls swoop up both of the girls and I don't see them the whole night. I just sit back and watch them enjoy themselves- it's great! Last night Leah had her investiture ceremony so she is now "official" and they had a party afterwards. I think the pictures speak for themselves as to the fun the girls had!

during the ceremony

An "official" daisy!

One of the little girls that takes over Amie while we're there

Amie dancing

a little blurry, but it captures her joy!

dance party!

the crazy crew

eventually, the just start running crazy

Amie joined the picture- she's an honorary girl scout

party!

It's really a lot of fun! I highly recommend it to anyone with young daughters. Also, we are now selling cookies until January 22. They are $4/box. Let me know if you are interested!


btw... 2 posts in 2 days! How about that?!

2013!

Wow, I am a really horrible blogger! I didn't do a single blog post in 2012. Part of the problem is I don't know how to easily post pictures onto the blog and I don't like to do a post without pictures. But I am really going to give it some effort this year- call it a New Year's resolution. I really enjoy reading other people's blogs, so I'm going to try to do at least one post a month on here. Baby steps, right? Here is a quick year-in-review from 2012. It has to be brief because I still haven't figured out the picture thing!

Leah STILL sucks her thumb and carries her blankie and string around.

Amie's still a goofy girl!

We went to the circus.

Leah turned 5!

We had a great Spring!

We spent a lot of time outside.

We had our annual Easter Egg hunt at Grandma's

Amie played soccer last spring...

but she spent more time sitting and pouting than she did playing.

Leah played soccer, too!

Buddy got his first haircut.

We spent a very cold weekend at the beach.

Amie finished her first year of preschool.

Leah GRADUATED from preschool!

She had her first sleepover with her BFF from preschool

Leah learned to swim!

My baby started kindergarten!

Amie started the 3's class at preschool.

Leah rode the bus for the 1st time.

Papa built the girls and tree house AND let them paint it!

AND he hung a tire swing!

We went to trunk-or-treat.

We celebrated Daddy's birthday.

Amie was in the Thanksgiving program at preschool.

Leah's GS troop was in the Christmas parade and we ALL got to ride on the float!

We saw Santa at Christmas VBS!

Amie turned 4!

She had a Princess and the Frog cake.

We had a Christmas party at Paw Paw Freddie's.

And had a nice, quiet Christmas at home.

Catie turned 15!

She partied all day for her birthday!

Ok, so it was more than a few pictures, but I think I finally got the hang of it! I just need to figure out how to move the pictures around now. Happy New Year everybody! Keep checking back for more updates!