We woke to a beautiful sunny day today. We didn’t waste a minute getting back to our favorite outdoor activities. The woodworking, face painting, beads and pond were buzzing with
activity. In addition to our crafts and sports the campers had the option to take a sailboat ride on the lake during their swim time. This is a great time to experience the silence and beauty of the creation around us here at camp.
If you’ve been following our camp blog over the years, you’ll
know that we like to have a joint camp birthday celebration. Today was the day for that celebration. We opened presents, sang the Birthday song to each camper and had cupcakes and ice cream.
Of course every Birthday party has to have decorations and ours was
no exception. Tables and walls were decorated with all sorts of décor that let the campers know that we were serious about celebrating their birthday.
You could tell that the campers definitely enjoyed themselves by the smiles on their faces. In fact the counselors and staff members had pretty big smiles as well.
Our camp grandma and grandpa travel from Australia every year just to be a part of our camp and spend time with our campers. The campers quickly connect with Grandma and Grandpa and love to spend time with them showing them what they have made as well as listening to Grandma and Grandpa as they read books to them. This year our grandparents had quite a time reaching us. Due to missed flight connections it took our grandparents almost seven days to reach us. Many people would have given up with these type of trials facing them but not our grandparents. They persevered and they were welcome by the cheers and hugs from the campers, counselors, and staff.
Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for going to such great lengths to spend time with us.
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