girl scout cookies

Perhaps this is late in coming, but this was my first year selling girl scout cookies. We wondered and worried at how well our girls would do, and made it our goal to sell 2000 boxes as a troop. Pallets and pallets of cookie boxes later we ended up selling over 7500 boxes as a troop. It was amazing! We worked like crazy and I am so proud of how well Kate did. She really grew so much from that experience and challenge. Our goal was to hit 750 boxes to make it to the free mom and daughter Cali girl trip. We stopped selling after the first two weeks, there are over six weeks in all, and she sold over 900 boxes. What was the most amazing was the confidence that grew in her as she spoke to people, as she knocked on doors, and how she wouldn't quit when she would visualize her goal. Now this Saturday is our big Cali girl day and we can't wait! I can't wait to spend the whole day with her and I am so glad I became a leader so we have these moments to share. Of course, you should ask me about that again next cookie season...

I had a really good night with my kids! Cameron has been working a second job on occasion and therefore leaves me alone with the kids some nights. It can be quite a job to go it alone some nights, but I wanted to not make this night a nightmare. So, while we enjoyed a gourmet dinner of chicken nuggets I asked the kids what they would like to do tonight. So cute... they each raised their hands declaring their ideas. Cookies, scavenger hunt, hide-and-go seek, and uhh Jane just spoke a string of jibberish. So I said, "Alright! Let's do it all!" (Except for Jane's idea, hopefully we managed okay.) We made chocolate chip cookies, then I hid them along with scavenger hunt clues all around the house. Main rule... MUST WORK AS A TEAM! Everyone has to help find and read the clues. It worked pretty well, and they found our delicious cookies! Then we spent another 30 minutes playing hide-and-go seek. Jane is really catching on how to play! So much fun. We finished the night with toothpaste, scriptures, and the kids reading books to each other. This was a good night! Figure I better write it down before I forget amidst the pandemonium that will inevitably appear again. Tonight... I was a good mom!