Ballet Jazz Recital - Just a little late

As with everything, I'm a little late with this post.  Jocelyn's Ballet Jazz Recital was on May 21.  All year long, Jocelyn works so hard to learn routines to perform at this end of year event.  She loves Ballet and Jazz, and she did such a great job!!  It's so great for her confidence and she has a great time doing it.  Along with Girl Scouts, it looks like there will be another year of Ballet and Jazz in her future!

Ballet...

Jazz....

It was absolutely pouring rain that day, so no outside photos, but we still got a couple in anyway.  Once again, another reason to be so proud of our girl!

Brownie Girl Scouts

Jocelyn just finished her first year as a Brownie and her second year overall in Girl Scouts.  In September, I was scrambling to find her a troop.  The one she had been in as a Daisy fell apart and I was so disappointed for her.  But a friend sent me in the direction of a wonderful troop and she has had a very fun year.

Jocelyn started the year participating in a ceremony to bridge over from Daisies to Brownies.

Throughout the year the focus has been on the Wonders of Water Journey and they have done lots of fun activities related to that, like a trip to the aquarium.

Then they focused a lot on the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, and the path the water takes to get there.  They went on a stream walk and followed the water from sewage drain to the stream, and they also did a stream cleanup which, despite the miserable weather, may have been one of Jocelyn's favorite 

activities for the year!

But I think the thing that tested Jocelyn the most was this past weekend.  The Girl Scouts finished their year with a day at an adventure park with zip lines and "bridges" made from cables, logs, and wooden planks, that were all at least a full story above my head!!  I wasn't sure she was going to be daring enough to try it, but I'm proud to say she did great!

At the end of the day, the girls were presented with final badges and year end pins.  Jocelyn can't wait for next year!!  And I'm sure it's a surprise to no one that I have been elected to Co-Lead next year...