June 17,2008

Our sunrise activity was Fun and Games so the campers had the chance to go to the gym and shoot some hoops before breakfast which they all loved (those that woke up for it at least). I haven’t really mentioned it but after every meal we sing and dance at camp. This morning we danced to Cotton Eye Joe and the Cupid Shuffle. The campers practiced for stage day after breakfast. It was surprising to see such interest in stage day by the campers. Normally the oldest campers (and especially the guys) don’t typically get that involved in stage day.
During cabin cleanup the campers wanted to walk over in to Blue 2 (the girls cabin) because they knew they would have to get make up and painted nails if they did. I don’t think I mentioned it but if a girl walks into our cabin the campers draw mustaches and various other things on their face as a consequence. The morning rotation was music and the program staff tried to facilitate making up a song. That was a struggle considering all the campers wanted to do was play the instruments and practice for stage day.
The next rotation was Fun and Games. They also had planned activities but the campers just wanted to play basketball. The campers participated in the first activity, a three legged obstacle course through hula hoops. However, they started to boycott doing any more organized activities and eventually got their way and were able to play basketball.
After lunch was the infamous Silly Olympics (my first one of the summer)! I was looking forward to this time as it is a huge hit with the campers and is basically a time for the campers to trash their counselors. The picture should explain it all but chocolate was thrown in our faces, martian vomit (green oatmeal) and water poured on us, paint thrown all over us, and we were wrapped up like mummies in toilet paper. The finale was a fire truck came and sprayed water down on everyone to rinse us all off.
After an intense shower and getting somewhat clean we headed to dinner which was followed by stage night. It started off with a singing of the Star Spangled Banner by one of the youngest campers which was really cute. There were some Hannah Montana performances of course. One cabin of girls dressed up the camp director and gave him a nice make over on stage. I was involved in a performance with one of the campers who wouldn’t tell me what we were doing and that I just needed to repeat after him on stage. We did some drumming on plates while circling a table then sat in a chair. He stood up so I followed him and then he sat down which I also did. While I had stood up one of the other campers put a soaking wet rag in my chair which soaked the back of my shorts. It was definitely a crowd pleaser and brought a big smile to the camper who arranged it as he said it was his first time managing his own skit.