Cookie Mom

Here is a funnier way to refer to all the things we already know about and love! *g*

Badge - A small, round patch on a girl's sash that she can't remember what she did to get.
Bridging - A ceremony in which girl is given her honorable discharge from the troop.
Brownie - Short girl in brown vest which is either 2 sizes too big or 1 size too small.
Buddy System - Pairing of girls which guarantees they will never be in the same place at the same time.
Cadette - Tall girl who would rather be caught dead than seen in uniform.
Candelighting - Ceremony in which a Girl Scout demonstrates that she cannot light a match.
Color Guard - Group of Girl Scouts tripping over each other while banging flag poles into door jambs.
Communication Chairman - Calls to tell parents what was in the note sent home.
Cookie Mom - Parent with a garage and a pick up truck.
Court of Awards - Ceremony parents attend to make sure their daughter got more badges than the neighbor's daughter.
Daisy - Very short girl with blue smock covering all food, paint, and grubby hand stains on regular clothes.
Emergency Contact - Parent who is always home except when you need them.
Fly Up Ceremony - Brownie ceremony similar to Bridging ceremony, but girls are booted out of the nest as well.
Friendship Circle - Girls standing in circle trying to out-squeeze each other's hands.
Girl Scout Sign - Girl holding up 3 fingers so she has something to look at while saying her promise.
Girl Scout Week - A week in March, that overstressed leaders can't seem to think of anything special to do to celebrate it.
Investiture - Ceremony in which girl forgets her promise after practicing it at least 25 times that afternoon.
Junior - Medium size girl dressed in a green vest which is either 2 sizes too big or 1 size too small. .
Juliette Low's Birthday - Usually called Halloween because that's more "fun".
Kaper - Fancy name to trick the girls into cleaning the latrine.
Kaper Chart - Poster board announcing, for all to see, who gets to clean the latrine.
Motto - Be Prepared, but any experienced leader actually knows it's Be Flexible.
Service Unit - A geographical subdivision of a council with a NEW number to confuse new leaders as to where they belong.
Patrol - Group of 6 to 8 girls who used to be best friends.
Quiet Sign - Hand signal invented by leader with laryngitis.
Scout's Own - A ceremony where no-one contributes anything and everyone wonders what is coming next.
SitUpon - A mat or pad, usually somewhere else when you really need it.
Thinking Day - Special Guiding and Scouting day when Girl Scouts worldwide get to chat on the WAGGGSCHAT!
Transportation Chairman - Parent with suburban or van.
Troop - Large group of girls dedicated to making leader insane.
Try-It - Triangular piece of colored cloth on a girl's vest that shows she's been showing up to meetings.



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