June 15, 2008
Our campers decided to get up early this morning and do a random act of kindness. We walked to the dining hall before all the other campers were set to be there and set the tables for everyone. After breakfast we had our camp photo as a whole and then went back to the cabin for cabin cleanup. The first rotation of the morning was Arts and Crafts where the campers got to spray paint hats to keep and make constellations with spray paint. The campers seemed to have a better time there then I anticipated seeing as we have the oldest boys. One comical moment was when an Arts and Crafts program staff member came up to me and said “Honey, what’s wrong?..... You don’t want to make anything?” I hesitatively replied “ummm….. I’m a counselor not a camper.”
She seemed to be quite embarrassed by the mistake but with the frequency that I get comments related to this one I simply replied “hey, when I get older and look much younger it will certainly be a good thing.”
Our next rotation was Discovery. We did tin can creations by nailing holes in Fogger coffee type cans. We then took the cans into the “star room” which was an inflatable room that you could crawl into and then used a light to project the designed images from the cans. We had lunch and then chill time where I was able to spend a few minutes reading this fascinating book about World War II. We then went to NASA Boot camp (the week’s theme is Constellation Celebration) where there were various activities for the campers within our cabin to do together.
We then had “Turtle Time” which is time to spend in the cabin prior to the start of dinner. It was Wacky Hair dinner this evening so the campers dressed up the counselors with new hair-dos. I received a nice gelled hair do with the tips painted blue and a little silly string to top it all off. Quite stylish I must admit.
After dinner, going with the weeks themed certain counselors were “possessed” and in places throughout camp. The campers were told they had to figure out what the counselors were scared of and bring them back to the dining hall to be cured. The first counselor our cabin found was scared of people waking forward so we had to bring him back to the dining hall walking backwards and ensuring everyone that came near us was doing the same.
The late night oldest camper activity was a game played in the gym called “night watchman.” I helped facilitate the evening and game dressed up as a special agent. It was similar to capture the flag with obstacles set up throughout the gym and “tools” placed in the middle. There were two teams and the object was to get to the center, grab a tool, and return it to your side without a night watchman flashing the light on you. It turned out to be quite a big hit.
She seemed to be quite embarrassed by the mistake but with the frequency that I get comments related to this one I simply replied “hey, when I get older and look much younger it will certainly be a good thing.”
Our next rotation was Discovery. We did tin can creations by nailing holes in Fogger coffee type cans. We then took the cans into the “star room” which was an inflatable room that you could crawl into and then used a light to project the designed images from the cans. We had lunch and then chill time where I was able to spend a few minutes reading this fascinating book about World War II. We then went to NASA Boot camp (the week’s theme is Constellation Celebration) where there were various activities for the campers within our cabin to do together.
We then had “Turtle Time” which is time to spend in the cabin prior to the start of dinner. It was Wacky Hair dinner this evening so the campers dressed up the counselors with new hair-dos. I received a nice gelled hair do with the tips painted blue and a little silly string to top it all off. Quite stylish I must admit.
After dinner, going with the weeks themed certain counselors were “possessed” and in places throughout camp. The campers were told they had to figure out what the counselors were scared of and bring them back to the dining hall to be cured. The first counselor our cabin found was scared of people waking forward so we had to bring him back to the dining hall walking backwards and ensuring everyone that came near us was doing the same.
The late night oldest camper activity was a game played in the gym called “night watchman.” I helped facilitate the evening and game dressed up as a special agent. It was similar to capture the flag with obstacles set up throughout the gym and “tools” placed in the middle. There were two teams and the object was to get to the center, grab a tool, and return it to your side without a night watchman flashing the light on you. It turned out to be quite a big hit.
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