We draw to a festive conclusion
Dec. 9th, 2016 02:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smallhobbitLast week we took the Brownies to Frankie & Benny's for our Christmas celebration. Eighteen girls either side of a long table. What could possibly go wrong? Well ... The beginning was promising. As the Brownies were dropped off Sparkly Owl and I got them sat down at the table. Each place had a small activity book and pencils and they were soon busy filling in their books.
But then we discovered Brown Owl had got lost. She's lived in Gloucester for 30 years, but she got in the wrong lane at one of the junctions, was shunted off in a different direction and took a while to get her bearings. And then there was an accident in the road she needed to drive down, so all the traffic stopped. Meanwhile the food was ready, for we had ordered in advance. Only, Brown Owl had the list of who was having what.
It wasn't too bad, overall. A couple didn't have the drinks they thought they'd ordered, but since one said she wanted water that was easy and I drank the spare orange. In fact, the main courses weren't too bad - some of the girls had forgotten what they'd ordered (it's possible some didn't know if their mothers did the ordering) and only one child took the wrong meal, so we had one girl who was a bit disappointed, but she was okay about it. And then Brown Owl arrived in time for the desserts.
But they all enjoyed themselves and they were well-behaved, so it was only Sparkly Owl and I who went home feeling exhausted.
This week we finished with a Christmas craft. Very simple - a Christmas wreath made from a circle of cardboard, covered with the strips from paper chains, with cotton wool balls and a couple of baubles attached. They all went home proudly showing off their addition to the Christmas decorations. One mother said they still had the wreath her older daughter had made when she was in Brownies and so now younger sister's would be going up too. I didn't make one, but the following shows wreath making in progress:
But then we discovered Brown Owl had got lost. She's lived in Gloucester for 30 years, but she got in the wrong lane at one of the junctions, was shunted off in a different direction and took a while to get her bearings. And then there was an accident in the road she needed to drive down, so all the traffic stopped. Meanwhile the food was ready, for we had ordered in advance. Only, Brown Owl had the list of who was having what.
It wasn't too bad, overall. A couple didn't have the drinks they thought they'd ordered, but since one said she wanted water that was easy and I drank the spare orange. In fact, the main courses weren't too bad - some of the girls had forgotten what they'd ordered (it's possible some didn't know if their mothers did the ordering) and only one child took the wrong meal, so we had one girl who was a bit disappointed, but she was okay about it. And then Brown Owl arrived in time for the desserts.
But they all enjoyed themselves and they were well-behaved, so it was only Sparkly Owl and I who went home feeling exhausted.
This week we finished with a Christmas craft. Very simple - a Christmas wreath made from a circle of cardboard, covered with the strips from paper chains, with cotton wool balls and a couple of baubles attached. They all went home proudly showing off their addition to the Christmas decorations. One mother said they still had the wreath her older daughter had made when she was in Brownies and so now younger sister's would be going up too. I didn't make one, but the following shows wreath making in progress:
