So much of our lives have been devoting to scouting this spring and all 3 of my children are officially moving up to a new level. K bridged from Brownies to Juniors. The weather didn't cooperate that day so they moved it to the art room at the last minute. It was like a giant party and learned some neat group games to play.
Half of my troop bridged from Daisies to Brownies at our home and at the local park. It was so lovely to have these girls and their families here and to enjoy a potluck lunch afterwards. I am trying to find a way for the 1st graders and 2nd graders meet separately next year so that we can have more meetings together like this one. They blew me away with their kindness by giving me an Amazon gift certificate. I need to publicly thank my mother, who put in countless hours to help with Girl Scout meetings and Den meetings!!!
Sadly, D missed his graduation ceremony from Wolves to Bears while we were in CO Springs. I am sure he will have a great time getting lots of awards at the August pack meeting, though!
As a side note, I made Hubby skip one of his Wolf Den meetings to accompany me to listen to local astronaut Vance Brand with me. My favorite mini series of all time was From the Earth to the Moon and this guy should have been in the episode about studying geology because he was on that Apollo backup crew but I guess they didn't want to find that many actors? There was an actor that played his party in Apollo 13 but he is never named. See, this is what I know from reading the book the mini series was based on: A Man on the Moon by Andrew Chaikin. Anyway, Vance Brand showed video and pictures from his missions on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project and as commander of 3 Space Shuttle missions. I really liked the question and answer session, the best of which being his reaction to someone asking him which vehicle he liked best. He said even though the Space Shuttle was an amazing, smooth ride, you couldn't go anywhere with it. But the Apollo vehicles could take you to the moon.
While waiting in line I got to meet the man who was mayor of Longmont while Vance Brand was working for Nasa and got the local airport named after him. He was a radio host (one who took Johnny Carson's place when Johnny took the job at the Tonight Show) and narrated hundreds of books. Such a great person to chat with before getting our autographs!
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