First day of SuperGirls 2013!

It was no surprise to me that our time together was fun and that everyone got along.
I am proud of the girls in the existing group for welcoming our five new members and the new girls jumped right in with confidence. It was great to see!

So, our current group includes:

Genevieve, Vivienne, Lauren, Sauve, Isabel, Ella, Lily (mentor)

Traci, Mia, Aspen, Anjolina, Nina and Greta (not pictured).

Today was a "get to know you" kind of format. We started by going over the house rules and expectations for the summer. Then they broke up into pairs and interviewed each other. 

Questions including things like favorite food, favorite subject in school, what they wanted to be when they grow up, etc.

We had a variety of answers but if in 15 or so years you are in need of a doctor, a vet, a daycare provider, a teacher, a retail sales girl, a fireman, or a couple of superstars I know who you can call!

After they interviewed each other they introduced one another to the group. We had some nervous girls but they accepted the challenge to get up and talk after Vivienne, new to the group and the youngest, jumped up and said "I'll do it". SuperGirl already!

Next, we headed to the craft table to make journals. We made journals last year and didn't use them so often since the girls took them home so I'm going to keep them and then they can write a little something in the last few minutes before we are done with our day. I told them it's fun to look back and remember what you did or any thoughts you had since we all forget.

We stopped for a snack break and wrote down all of the qualities we believe a SuperGirl should have. All had great suggestions!

Then it was time to hunt for action figures. I hid 16 little men around the yard and they broke up into teams of three and whichever team found the most guys won. 

It turned out to be a tie between two teams and unfortunately one little man wasn't found. I couldn't remember where I hid them all.  Hopefully my boys won't notice!

Next it was time to regroup in the living room. We talked about some ideas for future SuperGirls Fridays. Having a lemonade/bake sale and giving the money to charity was a big hit.

Then they wrote something in their journals if they wanted to.

We all went outside for some ball tossing, chalk drawing and general running around while they waited for rides. It was a great start to our SuperGirl summer.

See you next week!

A note for Peyton who we missed this week!