October 26
I went with Lilly to her Daisy meeting today where they did a really fun pumpkin project and where I was so delighted with the awesomeness of the leaders.
In 90 minutes the girls colored and had a snack, did circle time talking about pumpkin facts and favorite pies, went outside and tested the floatability of various sizes of pumpkins (yes! they all float!), then the parents there helped cut the pumpkins open and the girls Dug In, followed by a discussion of what to carve and a distribution of the pumpkins to make the carving.
There was a moment when more than half the girls had got into a pumpkin-piece throwing shriek-fest and one of the leaders pulled that group aside and then they did several minutes of calisthenics…problem over.
Then more coloring as a quiet time activity before leaving. Phewww!