Tonight was a big night in our house....the official beginning of the Girl Scout year and the investiture ceremony. Our oldest is starting her third year of Girl Scouts (she's a Junior), and our five year old is beginning her FIRST year. She's a Daisy! We were so excited to get dressed in Girl Scout uniforms this morning.
To our Junior, it was old hat. To our Daisy, it was spine tingling! She had been watching her older sister go to Girl Scout events ever since she could remember, and it was finally her turn! We dressed her up in her brand new Daisy apron and her special Daisy shirt and pants. Of course, she was SO cute. After she was dressed, I continued to run around getting ready to take the kiddos to school. And then it hit her--the first wave of nausea. Our Daisy was wilting...
Before I knew it, she had thrown up. But, according to her, she felt better. "Can I still go?"
Is this the difference between a kindergartener and a fifth grader? The fifth grader would already be back in her pajamas, propped up in our bed with the remote in her hand. The kindergartener was begging to go to school!
Well, things did not get better for our little Daisy until much later in the day. After several throwing up sessions, she napped and seemed to feel better, but there was no mistaking the fact that she was truly sick. There was no way that she could stand on that stage with the other Daisies and recite her little Girl Scout pledge without exposing them all to some pretty ugly germs. A sad ending to all of the excitement of the morning. However, our Junior did get to participate, and she was proud to bring home her sister's Daisy headband and a paper angel with our Daisy's face glued on top. Sisterly love. It's a sweet thing....
To our Junior, it was old hat. To our Daisy, it was spine tingling! She had been watching her older sister go to Girl Scout events ever since she could remember, and it was finally her turn! We dressed her up in her brand new Daisy apron and her special Daisy shirt and pants. Of course, she was SO cute. After she was dressed, I continued to run around getting ready to take the kiddos to school. And then it hit her--the first wave of nausea. Our Daisy was wilting...
Before I knew it, she had thrown up. But, according to her, she felt better. "Can I still go?"
Is this the difference between a kindergartener and a fifth grader? The fifth grader would already be back in her pajamas, propped up in our bed with the remote in her hand. The kindergartener was begging to go to school!
Well, things did not get better for our little Daisy until much later in the day. After several throwing up sessions, she napped and seemed to feel better, but there was no mistaking the fact that she was truly sick. There was no way that she could stand on that stage with the other Daisies and recite her little Girl Scout pledge without exposing them all to some pretty ugly germs. A sad ending to all of the excitement of the morning. However, our Junior did get to participate, and she was proud to bring home her sister's Daisy headband and a paper angel with our Daisy's face glued on top. Sisterly love. It's a sweet thing....
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