SUPER Seller Corrine

Tonight was the Cookie party where Corrine got her Ipod touch!! She is so super excited about it.

Corrine just got glasses a few days ago. I think she looks so much more grown up and even more beautiful!


At the party we met Miss Northeast Iowa. She gave a talk on making goals, working hard on your goals, achieving your goals and not letting others tell you that you can't do something.

To earn the Ipod Corrine needed to sell 750 boxes of Girl Scouts cookies. That was ALOT of cookies to sell, move, organize and deliver.
In addition to earning the Ipod she also earned every other prize below it, and $155 in cookie credits. She can use the cookie credits for summer camp fees and items at the store like patches or clothing.

We're proud of you Corrine for your hard work in making this goal and achieving it. Corrine was in charge of calling to take orders, delivering the orders and she even had a cookie booth on a day that she wasn't feeling good, and still sold over 50 boxes of cookies.

Goo and blowing up ballons

I'm in charge of Girl Scouts tomorrow and I'm doing science experiments. I wanted to make sure that they would work as I wanted them to, so my science experiment helper Ammon and I did 2 of them this afternoon.

We 1st did the 'blowing balloons up' experiment.


To do this we put 1/2 cup vinegar into a small soda bottle. You then put 2 TBS of baking soda into a balloon. Put the mouth of the balloon over the neck of the bottle without dumping the baking soda into the bottle. Hold the balloon straight up letting the baking soda go into the bottle. The reaction of the vinegar and baking soda makes a gas that blows the balloon up.
Ammon wasn't sure what was going to happen the first time and was a little worried that the balloon might blow up on him. He loved it so much we needed to do the experiment again with a 2nd balloon.

Next we made Goo, or glop, or whatever name you call it. I asked him what color he wanted it to be. He of course said green, so I got out the food coloring and gave it to him to put in the bowl. There wasn't much left so I let him put it all in.
To make the goo you mix 1/2 cup corn starch with 1/4 cup water. Mix it together and you have a solid or is it a liquid? It's both depending on what your doing with it.




Ammon absolutely LOVED the goo!! He was singing how much he loved it. He covered his hands with it over and over again. When we went to wash it off his hands we discovered the error of our way. That much green food coloring stains your skin! YIKES!!! Ammon had leprechaun hands. I decided since I was doing these experiments hours before fine arts night that I better NOT use food coloring so we didn't have 10 girls with colored hands singing on stage!

Ammon and I decided that we should do more science projects together because we had so much fun today!

Cookie Girl Corrine

Girl Scouts Cookies have been sold, delivered, eaten and all recognition items earned. This year Corrine sold more Girl Scout cookies then last year and earned every recognition item that she could including a special party. In the end she sold 525 boxes of Girl Scout cookies.
At the party they had dinner, got a trophy, certificate, their camp credit and got to vote on next years recognition items. Corrine sat at a table of girls her age. It was cute how they were so quiet, then the next thing you know they are great friends.