Girl Scout Cookies anyone???

This afternoon Margaret and Caroline got their first chance to sell Girl Scout cookies at the store booth sales. They were SO excited, and had quite a great time setting up the table, perfecting their sales pitches, making change, and all the fun and adventure that goes along with being a salesperson. It was quite a successful outing, and we'll be out there again tomorrow afternoon at a different store. Wish them luck!

Season Finale

Caroline finished her first basketball season today with a fabulous "personal best" performance. She set a personal record of 6 rebounds (yeah!), and even got a basket to cap it off! After the game the team celebrated with an awards ceremony. Coach Shannon recognized Caroline for her incredible "heart" and "guts" -- the kind of internal mettle that you just can't teach she says... It was a fun season and we're so glad Caroline had such great coaches to introduce her to the game. We're looking forward to watching her grow in the sport.
Yeah Team Lightening!

Meeting the Bishop

Friday night the girls participated in a special service to prepare for their baptism at Easter. They got to meet Bishop Tyson at a Rite of Election held in Shelton. The Bishop was very friendly and accessible to the kids after the service. He wanted to know if Caroline was a hockey player with all her missing teeth. They chatted for quite some time with him about Inspector Clueseau (Pink Panther) and the German version of SpongeBob SquarePants. He's multilingual, and they were intrigued by his ability to speak other languages... Caroline is quite excited to have a picture with the Bishop to share with her class, although we had really hoped to be able to get a picture with him in his fancy hat and scepter.

Updates

Last weekend we got to visit with baby Logan who came to watch Caroline's basketball game, along with his brother Jameson, Mommy Jennie, and Grammy & Grampy.

Margaret getting an early start on the homemade Valentine's.

Caroline driving down the court...

Caroline on defense...

This weekend Margaret's troop had a field trip to a Veterinary clinic/hospital. They were having an open house which was very cool.

After the vet, the troop went downtown to the Ethnic Dance Celebration where they got to watch Irish dancers and one of their own girl scout troop members dance in a Vietnamese dance. They even got to hear Scottish bagpipers and ended with a Zimbabwe marimba band that was quite awesome. Here's Margaret with some of the goodies they got at the activity booths.