Please, thank you and May I

Truth be told, today was a tad challenging with our SuperGirls!

We had a big group with two visiting friends, some attention spans were rather low and team work was a bit of a challenge.
However, we accomplished what we set out to do and still had some fun while doing it!

First on the agenda: Planning our future lemonade stand.

We needed to decide how much to charge,
what supplies we'd need,
how we'd work as a team to manage the stand
and talk about where to donate the money we made.

I suggested Hope for the City which supports families in the Twin Cities.

Their Lunch Box for Kids program provides meals for children who aren't getting lunch on a regular basis because they are not in school for the summer.

I will watch the weather to see when a sunny Friday will be upon us so we can set up our stand for a good part of our time together.

Off to make our signs which said various things like:

Lemonade, Treats and Yum.



They turned out colorful and fun and should attract some attention out on the corner of our yard.














While the girls finished up their signs we had to take a few moments to do our "photobooth".
Various props were supplied including mustaches, big lips, hats, scarves, glasses and a boa of course.

Genevieve gets the award for best alter ego in costume!

Time for our snack and Ella was kind enough to bring sugar cookies in celebration of her birthday.

Next we gathered in the shade in the yard to talk about manners. In my time working up at the school and having numerous kids over daily, I realize some of the simplest manners are not being passed down to this generation. I'm hoping you'll jump on my band wagon and help teach them at home.


We talked about these words and when to use them:

Please
Thank you/No thank you
Excuse Me
May I?

When meeting someone:
Eye contact
Smile
Hand shake
Nice to meet you

When visiting a friend's house:

Unless it's a lunch or dinner invitation don't expect to get fed

Eat what is offered even if it isn't your favorite food

Don't take more than one and don't ask for more
Don't be wasteful
Help clean up
Treat their property with respect


Some girls were quite attentive at this point and others were distracted, but I'm going to reinforce these things as we go through our summer so it just becomes a natural way for all of them and for my boys too!



Our team work game was called Eagles' Next. They were split into two teams. They each had a hula hoop on the ground with 6 balls or "eggs" in the hoop.

They couldn't guard the hoop too closely and on the word go they had to run to get the other teams eggs but they could also tag each other and get opposing team members out.

There wasn't a ton of discussion going on with strategy here so at one point, it was a stand off in the middle and no eggs were taken from either nest.


Then I was hearing things like "I don't like this game" and "it's not fair because...".

Rather than Peyton and I suggesting any ideas for a better game, we got two huge squirt guns and started getting everyone wet!

Time to cool off. We were going to head to the park but it was quite hot so we got out the journals, had a water break and grabbed a shady spot on the deck.










Some girls headed inside after the cool down to do some dancing.

Vivienne was able to join us for the
last few minutes after attending Princess Camp!




See you next week~