I love my twin daughters.
I love them so much that I volunteer to lead a group of Brownie Girl Scouts, the tiniest ones, 5-6 years old, just so they have a troop.
I love them so much that when they say, "Mom, how come we don't learn much about really interesting things at Girl Scout events? Really interesting stuff, like Bugs and Butterflies?", I respond by volunteering to run a service unit event.
I coordinated and facilitated the Bugs and Butterflies Try it (a Brownie Badge) Day. It was a ULID day in Bellingham, so no school for the kiddos. We had the big group of 30 girls together from 9-3.
We had a wonderful time, learning and exploring the worlds of these multi legged creatures.
We explained the differences between bugs, insects, arthropods and arachnids.
We did crafts (is there ever a Girl Scout event without crafts?), sang songs, played Bug-O (like bingo but with bug pictures on the cards) and of course had a snack.
Or more correctly, two snacks. One in the morning and one in the afternoon.
Ok, so here is my healthy bias in full force. My twins are gluten-free and so were a number of the other girls there. Since I was the one figuring out the snacks, guess what I did?
Yup, the entire event was gluten free! Do you think any of the kids noticed?
NOT A ONE!
We just worked with familiar and popular whole foods.
We did the ever so classic ants on a log. Organic Peanut butter (only peanuts and salt) and organic Celery with mini chocolate dark chips (OK so n...