Saturday of Mother/Daughter Weekend

We woke up early so we could get to breakfast.  As soon as we walked out the lodge door we saw these 2.

 We got to lunch and the girls were super excited about the oatmeal and donuts and tons of fruit that they could eat as much as they wanted.

 After lunch, the sun was shining so brightly that we got a picture of the troop with a beautiful mountain the background.

 One of the girls suggested a picture of the moms so here we all are too.

After breakfast, the troop separated by sending the Juniors to archery while the Brownies and Daisy's headed out on a hike to work on their Drawing badge.  While we hiked we looked for a good spot to draw a landscape.  The girls did a nice job of finding lots of interesting scenery but this was our favorite.

 We kept walking and we ran into this fuzzy elk.  He just checked us out.

 We finally found our spot and we decided to do still lifes with natural materials.  Cairn is setting up her piece.

 After our drawings we headed back to the lodge a different route and found this playground.  The kids didn't get to play much because there were some mean looking clouds heading over the mountain.  We had to get back quick or we were going to be wet.

 After lunch (are we on a cruise?  I feel like I am eating every couple hours) we headed to the pool for a short swim.  After our swim, we had reserved a room to do crafts - the kids painted birdhouses, made notebooks and painted butterfly magnets.  We played a couple games and then headed out the door to dinner.

 After dinner, we went on a night hike, learned about nocturnal animals and using our senses (other than sight).  We played a fun game in the middle of a field and then headed back for smores and campfire.

While we were eating our smores, the rain started again so we headed back to the lodge to play some more games, do some more crafts and get ready for bed.  One of the moms brought glow in the dark bracelets so the kids had a great time playing in the dark - they came up with many different games.

We didn't get to bed before 11 PM but it was much quieter tonight.  Everyone was tired from the long day.