Girl Scout Daddy

We had a Girl Scout meeting this past Tuesday. There is only one more meeting - our Bridging Ceremony - a camp trip - and then we are done for the summer. Since we are so close to the end we are working on finishing up the Try-It's (badges to you non-GS type). Apparently it is Try-It's for Brownies and Badges for Jr. Girl Scouts and up. One of the badges we are finishing is a Sports Try-It. SuperStar and the other girls have to complete 4 tasks for each badge. The sports badge included Octopus Tag, Hiking, random games we played to get their bodies moving - and a Mini Basketball Clinic that BigGuy designed and took the girls through - with the aid of my co-leaders hubby.

They are our Girl Scout Daddy's. And, seriously, they are registered Girl Scouts. At the end of the evening, sitting in our circle, singing Day Is Done, Gone the Sun, we also turned to thank BigGuy and Mr.B. - the girls did the "Thank You" and then I added "Thank you for being part of our troop" - to which a girl quickly replied, "Well they aren't really part of our troop". "They sure are! They filled out the paperwork and paid the $10 to be a troop assistant" (okay I filled out BigGuys, but he knew I was doing it).

Now - I kid you not - this brought about jeering, teasing, belly laughing and pointing from our girls!! They taunted BigGuy and Mr.B. for a few moments - until we distracted them by telling them it isn't polite, boys can be Girl Scouts too and then changing the subject. I also noted - next year we are going to work on equal rights for boys with our girls.