A little while ago, the Girl Scout Troop went to camp Winona for a overnight trip. We earned an entire journey! The journey was called Get Moving! and it was all about energy. We did a lot of experiments having to do with saving energy, and we made little notebooks to record our data. (Made out of recycled newspaper!) We slept in a lodge, which had two fireplaces, two refrigerators, five rooms(I'm pretty sure), and a stove. We did most of the journey in the afternoon and evening, went stargazing and had a campfire at night, and finished the journey in the morning. It was a fun trip!

Junior's Detective Badge

As you know, there are five steps in each girl scout badge. The detective badge was no different.

For step one, we practiced the power of observation by noticing the changes in the church library. We also played Kim's Game, where we tried to remember as many objects as possible that were under a cloth.

To complete the second step, we wrote messages in lemon juice. When we dried them, (with moms hair dryer!) we could see what we wrote pretty clearly. (If we used enough lemon juice...) And that's not all we did! We also learned some basic codes.

The third step was pretty cool. We studied the different types of fingerprints. Then we took our own fingerprints and decided what type we had. The people that had fingerprints too blurry to see every time we decided were vampires.

For the fourth step, Try out detective science, we looked at different kinds of cloth under a microscope. It was crazy how different the the cloths looked! We also studied handwriting/signatures. Can you really tell a persons personality by looking at their writing?

Last but not least, we went on a scavenger hunt to finish off the badge. The first clue was in pig pen, one of the codes we learned. And the treasure at the end of the hunt was great! We also solved 4 minute mysteries that mommy found online.

We did 2 things for each step, so we really earned this badge!

--Malin

message from Laura for my troop

Dear Troop 6518,

Testing, Testing, 123. This is Laura.

For world thinking day we have voted on our country. It's GERMANY !

We made pretzels, the other week, to celebrate German pretzels. Now we're learning how to do the polka. The polka is a German dance. My cat is chewing on our TV as I write this. 

When is are next camping trip??? I know I am really looking forward to another camping trip!!!

Expect an e-mail from Ms. Julie to tell you when and where to pick up your cookies.

From what I know I think we are selling a lot of cookies overall.

I can't wait for booth sales. I hope you're as excited as I am for booth sales!!

This is Laura signing out.

Bye for now. 

Brownie Trip to Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian

The Brownies began work on their Painter badge last week. During the regular meeting time, they visited the American Indian Museum. It's great living so close to the National Mall!

And they're off to GS Fort Hunt Day Camp. They had a great time!

Brownie Healthy Snacks!

World of Girls Journey --

The girls decided to "change the story" of their peers eating unhealthy snacks. They made recipe cards of the healthy snacks they've made during Girl Scout meetings and passed them out at school. Here the Brownie taste tested and approved healthy snacks.

Thai Lettuce Wraps

Lettuce Leaves

Rice

Carrots

Celery

Hoison Sauce

Chop the celery. Grate the carrots. Cook rice. Spread one teaspoonful of hoison sauce around on a lettuce leaf. Add one large serving spoonful of rice on top of sauce. Sprinkle grated carrots and chopped celery on the rice. Wrap lettuce leaf around rice and vegetables.

Hummus

1 15 oz can chickpeas, rinsed and drained

1/3 cup tahini (sesame paste)

6 tablespoons lemon juice

2 cloves garlic, minced (1 teaspoon jarred garlic)

1 teaspoon salt

Puree all ingredients in a food processor until smooth. Add a little water if hummus is too thick.

Serve with pita chips and carrot sticks.

Black Bean Dip

One 15 ounce can black beans, rinsed and drained

6 tablespoons salsa

1 ½ tablespoons lime juice

1 clove garlic, minced

Puree all ingredients in a food processor until smooth.

Serve with tortilla chips.

Trail Mix

Dry cereal such as Rice Chex or Cheerios

Mini pretzels or pretzel sticks

Dried cranberries or raisins

M&Ms

Add 1 cup dry cereal, ½ cup pretzels, 1/3 cup dried fruit, and ¼ cup M&Ms to small plastic bag. Close top of bag and shake gently to mix.

Capitol Hill Litlle League Opening Day

A few of the girls were around to provide the color guard for the Little League Opening Day festivities. The led the parade of teams around the block and then stepped on to the mound while the Star Spangled Banner was sung.