Fire Station 213 Visit



Mikaila, Tessa, Alyssa, Lindsey & Nicole all got to go through the Fire Station 213 and learn all about daily life at the Station. They learned about how the fireman work only 10 days a month but while they are working have to "live" at the station. They got to see their home away from home. They learned that fireman have 20-30 seconds from the time the alarm goes off till the truck is pulling out of the station---even if they were sound asleep when the alarm goes off! The girls could not imagine getting up, getting dressed and out the door that fast. The fireman let the girls "pretend" to be asleep on their recliners in the front room when an alarm went off and they had to "wake up" run down the hallway and jump into the truck and shut the door. The girls were able to do this in 23 seconds--Not bad at all :)



They also let the girls explore every part of the fire engine and ask one hundred million questions, which they answered each and every one! The girls got to pick up, touch, try all the equipment including, hoses, helmets, oxygen tanks etc. They could barely hold each one and could only imagine how strong the firemen have to be in order to lift all of the items at once while also wearing heavy uniforms/jackets/boots. The girls were especially impressed with the window crank on the fire engine and each had to have a turn "rolling up and rolling down the window"



The girls learned all about how the fireman have to be ready to not only fight fire but also rescue lost people, and administer medical aide since they are often the first ones to respond to a call. The girls learned that not only will they have to be smart and get good grades but they also have to be fast and strong!



During the outing the girls decided they wanted the firemen to be their Gift of Caring and will be donating boxes of cookies to the Fire Station to thank the firemen for being their "home town hero's"



Tessa's favorite part of the trip: How long it took us to get to the truck (timed test)

Mikaila's favorite part of the trip: Getting timed during the test

Alyssa's favorite part of the trip: Holding the hose!

Lindsey's favorite part of the trip: Going inside their House and Truck

Nicole's favorite part of the trip:

Cookie Rally- Jan 9th, 2009

Well the girls were SO excited to get to go to the rally. Katia, Angela, LeeAnn, Alyssa, Tessa, Mikaila, Lauren, Lindsey, Nicole and Shelby all came. It was the first outing that all ten girls came along. Getting there a few minutes early the girls were excited and got to run off some energy playing on the stairs in front of the High School. They were eager to try the new cookies and get their order forms. They got to make new goals, go over cookie selling rules, play cookie bingo with candy (yum), tasted thin mints & trefoils, and made a Valentine mat for a special breakfast. Of course they also got their cookie order forms.



Katia's favorite part:

Angela's favorite part:

LeeAnn's favorite part:

Alyssa's favorite part: Making Valentine Mat's for the Homeless

Tessa's favorite part: Tasting the Cookies

Lauren's favorite part:

Lindsey's favorite part: Playing around on the stairs before it started

Mikaila's favorite part: Tasting the Cookies

Nicole's favorite part:

Shelby's favorite part:

Brownies Go Caroling

Well for all the girls it was their first time ever caroling. Angela, Tia, Makaila, Tessa, Alyssa, Lindsey, Shelby and Nicole all came along. We went to a gated retirement community so the girls could walk along and sing carols and stop when someone came to listen. They had lots of fun and even earned a candy cane from one of the couples they sang too.

Angela's favorite song to sing:
Tia's favorite song to sing:
Makaila's favorite song to sing: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Tessa's favorite song to sing: 12 Days of Christmas
Alyssa's favorite song to sing: Deck the Halls
Lindsey's favorite song to sing: Deck the Halls
Shelby's favorite song to sing:
Nicole's favorite song to sing:

Heading to see the Nutcracker Ballet

LeeAnn, Mikaila, Lindsey, Alyssa, Tessa, Tia & Angela loaded into two cars and headed to see the Nutcracker Ballet. The girls enjoyed dressing up but not the long car ride. All though the show wasn’t a true rendition of the Nutcracker it was still very pretty and the kids enjoyed picking out their favorite performers. Afterwards the kids were starving so we stopped at Wendy’s for some happy meals.

LeeAnn’s Favorite Part:
Makaila’s Favorite Part: The little angels
Lindsey’s Favorite Part: I like the Angels
Alyssa’s Favorite Part: When the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Guy danced
Tessa’s Favorite Part: The very beginning
Tia’s Favorite Part:
Angela’s Favorite Part:

Phoenix Zoo Trip

The Girls were exhausted after a very full day playing at the Zoo. Alyssa, Tessa, Tia, Lindsey, Angela & Makaila started the day off with Zoo Passports. They decided as a group that they wanted to visit the "How to interact with Wild Animal" Lecture. While they were waiting they did a quick sensory scavenger hunt. Next they saw a special show about stars. Then they were off to dye-tye t-shirts, make smores, and paper mache balloons which were going to be used to feed animals out of. Tired and hungry they headed for a huge lunch next to the lake. Rejuvenated they went to the last stop where they made bird feeders & planted a friendship flower. All that and animals too! Nobody was ready to leave and everyone had a lot of fun!

Alyssa's Favorite Part: Seeing the show about the Stars
Tessa's Favorite Part: Doing the Scavenger Hunt
Tia's Favorite Part:
Lindsey's Favorite Part: Tye Dying T-Shirts
Angela's Favorite Part:
Makaila's Favorite Part: At the Wild Animal Lecture when they brought the Snake and the Bunny out