Feeling not so happy tonight.
Yesterday, Madi went to her first ever Brownie Pack meeting. She has been looking forward to that day pretty much almost since she became a Rainbow! But although she turned 7 in July, nobody told us where to take her, and even after turning up to Rainbows last night where they were very quick to tell us she should now be at Brownies and would contact them "again" to make sure they expected us, 'Little Owl' was obviously clueless. In spite of that, she really enjoyed herself, and is looking forward to making her promise.
We also found out that one of her friends has joined Rainbows (completely different group) on the strength of her recommendation. That won't really mean anything to her at the moment, but I think she should be very proud.
And then tonight she has decided not to carry on with Beavers. She finds them immature and disrespectful. And yes, this is HER opinion- JK asked her too! I took her over to explain to the leaders and they commented on how many of that evening's quiz questions (about home safety and emergency aid) she had been able to answer and then grinned and said 'bye'. Madi had been unsure about Beavers for a while, and sadly I'd let my own positive feelings about Scouting influence her to give it another go.
Add to today Beth's experience of Scouting (a long story and not going to be blogged) and I'm a tad embarrassed to have been such a promoter.
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