Parents, a princess and a pirate

First Daisy Outing


So Kylie is in Daisies, which is the precursor to Brownies. It's a two years long and the girls earn petals instead of patches. I don't think she's really understood what it is, she's been thinking its just a big playdate. We had her first camping experience though on Friday night. It was so fun!! For both of us.

We were at Camp Dellwood, which happens to be about 10 minutes from our house, super convenient. I was impressed by how large the camp seemed, certainly didn't seem like we were pretty much in the middle of the Westside. Long, narrow gravel road and everything. We were camping in cabin complete with kitchen and indoor bathroom. There were 5 girls and their moms. We slept on mattresses in our sleeping bags (I borrowed mine from a friend).

We started off the night with having the girls make their own pizzas. So we had pizza and salad for dinner. Then we took a hike, ended up getting a little lost on the trails so it turned into a "flashlight" hike since we were gone longer then we planned. Pretty sure we heard bats! Once we got back to our cabin, the girls had a fun craft - making daisies out of pipe cleaners and foam balls. After that, it was late so we put them all to bed where they just talked and giggled until we joined them. I think it was about 11:15 before everyone settled down. I didn't sleep too bad, it was nice and cool.

Kylie and I were both up about 7am. I heard her rolling around so took her to the bathroom. I asked her if she was having fun and she said "Oh yes, I'm having so much fun!". We had bagels, muffins and donut holes for breakfast. One girl wasn't able to spend the night so she and her mother came in the morning. The mother was kind enough to stop at Starbucks beforehand so I had my nice yummy latte to help start my morning! Then we made another craft, the girls made a "sit-upon" which is a piece of carpet padding covered with a plastic table cloth and decorated with duct tape with a string on one end for them to carry. It's meant to give them something to sit-upon when they are outside camping so they don't get wet clothes.

Next we took another hike, without getting lost. The girls collected lots of acorns and leaves on our hike. We stopped at the pioneer cemetery on the grounds and the girls were very interested in how old the stones were, we found some from the mid 1800's. We might do some rubbings of the stones on our next trip there. After our hike, it was time to clean up the cabin and head home.

Kylie and I had a fun time and are really looking forward to more fun with Daisies!