Bridging to Brownies

A few weeks ago, Rachel and Drew went to a "Bridging Ceremony" to mark the transition to Brownies from Daisy Scouts for Rachel. It involved crossing over a "bridge" in the McKinley multipurpose room. The troop leaders gave a little talk about what the girls had accomplished; Drew gave a talk about how well they did selling cookies; some Brownies talked about the stuff the Daisies would have to look forward to -- and then the Daisies walked across the bridge when their names were called. They shook the hands of the Brownies and then each of the parents had a Brownie sash, and the girls got their sashes.

Later that night, Rachel got into an argument with Sidney about who wold get to take home a purple balloon from the festivities. Drew said sternly that if they fought over it, no one would get to take it. Sidney eventually went home with it.

As Rachel was pouting about it, and saying that Sidney gets everything, Drew said, "It's a balloon. You can take any other color you want." And then he gave her a little talk about what's important in life and what's not important.

As they walked out to the car, Rachel exclaimed, "Daddy! You have so much wisdom! How can you STAND it?"