It is not October 1st yet, so it is not our official start of our year, but it is our returning girls start. Last year we had a turbulent year. We lost a dad. A leader and child left. A girl came back. I am looking forward to the start of the new year to see where it will lead us.
This year, I said that I will take new girls. I said that I can take up to 10 girls in total. I have 4 coming back, so that would be 6 new girls. I don't think I will get a full troop. I am not even sure if I will get any new girls. 5th grade is a hard time to get girls interested. It seems like you have to hook them young. 5th grade is when they start to transition from girl to woman and numbers drop. I am hopeful but realistic.
Over the summer we did the "Not So Bummer Summer". I know that my own kid went crazy with it, and I am hoping the other girls did as well. I downloaded someone else's list and added a few that the girls wanted. We did a few at our end of the year party at the local amusement party, including riding the giant wheel and a silly string fight. The girls need 600 points to get the patch.
So what are we starting for the next year? I think we are going to start with the aMuse journey. I looked it over and I really like it. I think that I will be able to do the journey over a few months and also include the skill badges. We are going to start with role playing questions and either yarn dolls or paper dolls. Going to 5th grade I think I will do string dolls.
