Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Final Meeting for 2nd Grade Brownies

Our final meeting as 2nd grade Brownies.  We had a meeting, a picnic and a lot of playing and laughter. 

2013 Troop 2698

Anna, Zoe, Maggie, Lauren, Miya, Lauren and Fulin

Leader - Alison (Right)
Co-Leader - Rosann (Left)
 
2012 Troop 2698

It's hard to believe how much the girls have changed in a year. 
I love it that most of them sat in the same spot as the 2012 picture.  Love these girls!
 

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Insects, Arachnids and Crustaceans....oh my!

Brownies and Bugs

Can you spot the Praying Mantis?
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Troop 2698 was lucky enough to have Boris Kondratieff from CSU come to our May 14th meeting with a cooler full of bugs...literally!

The cooler full of bugs

 Boris Kondratieff

Boris was so entertaining and you can tell how passionate he is about insects, arachnids, crustaceans and all of the other bugs that he talked about.  He was funny and so impressed with the girls knowledge of insects.  Thankful that we just wrapped up that unit at school!
Zoe holding the Hissing Madagascar Cockroach


"Rosie" the Tarantula
 
The big hit with the whole troop was "Rosie" the Tarantula.  They were each able to hold her for a moment.

 



 
Fulin opted to admire Rosie from afar...
 
Display of Walking Sticks

Butterfly Display
 
The Scorpion got a reaction from all of the girls

Miya had some great questions for Boris Kondratieff