Here is Em with of the Troop Leaders and some of her fellow Daisies!
A few years ago, my oldest decided she wanted to do Girl Scouts. Unfortunately there not enough people willing to be troop leaders in the area, so she ended up joining a group with almost 20 girls. The Troop Leaders tried their best, but no bonds were made (on our end, at least) and she soon decided that Girls Scouts was not a good fit for her ( I agreed, happily) and that ended our families ties with the Girls Scouts of America. Or so I thought...
Emma brought home a flyer from Kindergarten that announced some of the Mom's were going to take the initiative and start a troop of Kindergarten Daisies. I saw the flyer and thought "been there, done that" and happily tossed it in the recycling bin.
The next week, Em's carpool buddy began talking about GS and how utterly excited she was to start! She could not wait, and seemed to already know all the details. They would be singing, painting, camping, and selling cookies together..."Didn't Em want to do it too?", she asked.
Well, how could Em turn that down? Of course she wanted to do it! Soooooo, I signed her up.
She has now attended a handful of meetings and anticipates the day until the next one. They sing, paint, talk about the environment, and best of all she is bonding with a sweet group of girls. Some of whom are her best friends.
This round of Girl Scouts is turning out to be a great decision and wonderful experience for us all, especially Em!
The theme.
Her class represented Africa & Hawaii (her music teacher sewed the costume).
They did a traditional African dance. (Yes she really is that much smaller than most of her classmates!) 
With cousin Luc and another friend from class.
With BFF. (Grandma gave her flowers!)
Cousin Luc as one of the Narrator's. 
Honestly, I am such the "kid in the candy shop" when it has anything to do with Twilight!
Her fav was the Scooby-Doo movies (the ones that are with real people, not cartoons). Can you believe she didn't have them yet?
She wanted to have a Birthday Brunch. So Daddy made waffles, grandma made bacon and sausage, Uncle Van made potatoes, and Auntie Robin made eggs. (Thanks for helping everyone! It was super yummy!)
She had a brownie and......
Root Beer Floats 
Yes, we let her have two!
Here is the fam and friends getting ready for Kaylin to open presents. I Don't know why the pic is so dark =(
Soon to be "Uncle Rob" brought some of his Yo-Yo collection.
He tried to teach the kids some tricks. They were very impressed with his skills! (Thanks Rob!)
The G6 had Girl Scouts cookie sales in the morning so they came as soon as they were done! Dev stayed upstairs playing in Pay's room the entire time!
The Birthday girl needed some down time after her party, so she played her new Club Penguin game for the DS and just chilled on the couch.
Pay and Dev shared Vip/snack day for the Valentine's party. On Vip day the kids get to bring in show-n-tell. Pay brought her fav Build-A-Bear, Bubble's and Dev brought a Star Wars Lego toy. 
The kids ate apples with Marshmallow fruit dip, and Cupid Clusters.
The each brought home one of these cute bags full of Valentine's Day goodies.
For Kaylin's party, my friend gave me the idea to make bookmarks using ribbon and foam stickers. The kids each got to make two of them. It was a super easy, low stress craft for the 48 kids in her class. (Here she is with her bestest friend, Bridget)
I just had to take a pic of this adorable bag that Kaylin made for her Valentine's. She was very proud of her original design.
Em and Her buddy Kira, hung out in Kaylin's class while I worked the party. They were super good, and I was so happy....Until I found out that they had eaten over half their candy loot while waiting for me!
Here is her class, patiently waiting for their turn...
(They were pretending to play the flute)
The now classic "Rainbow Rock" song. 
Grandma R brought flowers for the star of the show
Goo Goo Xuan brought a lay for her big night. Em couldn't believe that she had a necklace made of real flowers! (Thanks Goo Goo Xuan!)
