Daisy to Brownie

Last week Charlotte and I finished our Daisy Girl Scout year! Her Daisy troop was able to complete certain requirements so that not only did they graduate to Brownies, but they got to participate in a special “bridging” ceremony. Bridging is a very big deal in Girl Scouts and if you complete the requirements, you also get a special patch to wear on your new uniform.

Here is Charlotte, with me and Tricia, my co-leader and some of the other Daisies. Their little blue tunics are the Daisy uniforms. On the other side of the room, the Brownie leader called the name of a Daisy, she stepped up to me and Tricia, received her ending certificate, then we helped her remove her tunic.

Then she walked across the bridge…

…where she received her new Brownie vest and was greeted by members of her new Brownie Troop (which by the way, I’m one of the new co-leaders of). Here is Charlotte with her back to the camera, giving the Girl Scout handshake to one of the Brownies.

The newest Brownies all in a row! But we weren’t done yet -after they each crossed the Bridge, we had to work a little magic and produce a magic pond for them to look into.

“Twist me and turn me and show me the elf,
I looked in the water and saw…”

“…Myself!”

So now Charlotte is happily looking forward to being a Brownie. She has the beanie and a little skirt to go with the uniform, too. Sadly for me, there is no adult Brownie leader beanie.