Project 365 ~ Day 58 (February 27, 2009)

Girl Scouting: We are a "scouting" family. My youngest, Hunter, was a cub scout in first grade. Had things gone more smoothly that year, I am sure that he would still be a boy scout! My daughters, Courtney and Peyton, were both in scouting (and Peyton still is). Courtney was in girl scouts in elementary school. Peyton started in scouts in fifth grade in Texas. I would have put her in a troop in Ohio, but there was not enough interest at her elementary school for a troop to be formed. The troop she is in here has been the same one, with the same leader and same girls (except for the addition of a couple and the leaving of a few girls), since she was in fifth grade. Peyton's leader's name is Kim and her "fellow" girl scouters are Sarah, Nikki, Caroline, Summer and Maddie. This is a great group of girls! No problems whatsoever. And they are now considered "senior" scouts! Peyton is working on her silver award now. One of the troop members has a very ill parent and the girls are going to cook a meal for that parent (and family) this week. This is also teaching them the christian principle of reaching out to others in need. And as Mother Theresa would say: "Even if they don't want help, you help them anyway".