I would like to preface this post with an apology - I am posting Thursday's post on Monday of the next week! Things got a bit crazy around here... there has been a 3 day flu that hit camp. Shan, our chaplain, started getting it Thursday and several kids left camp with symptoms of it (sorry parents!). Shan ended up having to go home on Saturday and now Charles Houston, Nick, Hank, and Meredith all have it. Nick and CHB are out of commission due to the flu and Meredith and Hank are on the fence. Everyone is picking up the slack and doing an awesome job but we are definitely feeling the hit as far as staff numbers! I hope those Cabin Six girls are feeling better after a sick end to the week at Camp II...
Now, on to Thursday of Camp II. Thursday was a lot of fun. We had our "on-campus" day where kids could choose between several activities on campus or they could go over to the nursing home across the street and make yarn-octopus with the residents during their crafts period. Many kids elected to go to the nursing home. It was a real hit with this age group. In fact, many of the kids that went said it was the highlight of their week! It is great to foster an internal drive for community service at a young age. Those who stayed on campus got to do things like tie-dye, go to the pool (it was 90 degrees that day!), work out real hard at Boot Camp, and practice for coffee house. Lots of kids took the opportunity to swim since it was so hot.
That night we gave the kids time to prepare for their skits - which of course inevitably didn't get actually planned until the last 10 minutes! We combined skit night and coffee house into a revue type show. Alex and Meredith again did the "Mr and Mrs Hoelscher" routine, which was a hit. The acts included in coffee house were a self defense demonstration, 5 funny faces that Rylee could make, a song and dance by Teddy Bowman, and "Castle on a Cloud" sung by Brenda. The skits were awesome too. Cabin Six did "We're bringing Six-y back" where they danced and sang to the modified rap song. Cabin Five did a counselor impersonation skit - the girl who dressed as CHBIII was spot on! The boys of Cabin 2 acted out a song about being the last man standing and Cabin I did a dance. The boys of Cabin I did flips and everything!!
After such talent was displayed, it was time to watch a movie since we were all so very tired. We watched "Flushed Away," the tale of rats who go down into the sewer through the toilet. After a long day, it was the perfect end.
Pictured above:
1) Cabin Five does their counselor impersonation skit
2) Julia and Cayce show off self defense skills with Alex as a volunteer
3) CHB III and his mini-me camper
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