Holiday Party: Monday December 13, 6pm

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Attendance:

Atalli
Amri
Desjonique
Faith
Emonee
Emma
Gabriella
Ariana
Syndy
Naya

Notes:

Kids made ornaments, then we sang the "Johnny Appleseed" grace and ate dinner. Girls received their Holiday patches. Then we did our gift exchange. Parents turned in Cookie Permission Slips.

Thanks:
To parents for providing food and drinks, helping in the ornament room, and cleaning up afterward.
To the kids for getting along so wonderfully and cleaning up after yourselves. Great job!

Reminders:
The RSVP deadline for January's Cookie Rally is this Sunday, Dec. 19. Please let me know if you plan to attend. I cannot add late parties. Go HERE for more details.
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Original Post:

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The girls were given a few options about when to have their Holiday Party, but opted for Monday December 13 out of concern that they might be out of town during the break from school.

Families are welcome at the party. You are all invited to dress festively (though the kids will probably end up sitting on the floor for various  reasons.)

Girls voted to do a potluck dinner. Please inform me when you know what you are bringing- at least the general idea of your contribution. I expect 12 girls and accompanying parents/siblings.

Committed Food/Drink Items: fruit tray, pigs in a blanket, taco soup, egg nog, brownies, mini-quiches, nachos, macaroni and cheese

Committed Non-Food Items: two plastic tablecloths, bowls, plates, cups, napkins, plasticware

We'll have stuff for the kids to make "punched tin" ornaments. We need to borrow a few items. If you have a hot glue gun and sticks, it would be fabulous if you brought them. We also need multiple hammers, some junky towels, and one package of long, skinny nails. All of these items will be given back to you.  If you have a portable cd player and a christmas cd- or an mp3 player and a way to make it play christmas music at the party, that'd be great.

The girls also voted to do a Reused Gift Exchange. They should go through their belongings and choose books or toys that they no longer use and would like to pass along to a friend. Gifts should be clean, in good condition, and wrapped- no need for a gift tag, unless she wants to write her name on the "from" portion.You can bring an extra reused gift if you like, in case someone forgets. We will play a version of the Gift Exchange Game. The rules are listed below. I will explain them to the kids again before we play, but please look over them. 

Rules for Gift Exchange Game:

• First and foremost: be polite! No whining or saying "That's not fair!"  If you do not like the gift you open, or the gift you end up with at the end of the evening, do not make any negative comments about it. After you've left the party you can decide to donate the toy to charity.

•  Girls will draw numbers from a hat. On your turn you can either open a gift from the pile, or steal an opened gift from someone else. If your gift is stolen you can either open another gift or steal, etc. An opened gift can only be stolen twice in a row. Then it's frozen with whoever has it. We'll work our way up the numbers until the last person has gone. At that point, number one gets to go again. Number one is the only person to go twice, as she had no option to steal at the beginning. These rules typically work. Please be flexible.

Reminders:
Please bring back your signed Cookie Permission slip. Do not worry about the cookie order at the bottom of the page- our troop order has already been placed. Most of you will receive 48 boxes to start out with. (That's enough to reach the first prize level.)
If you have collected any paper sacks please bring them as well. If you don't know what the paper sacks are for, go here and read PART THREE of the Original Post.
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