One of our Favorite weeks of the year is here! CAMP S'more! We don't do a whole lot of Girl Scout stuff but we love our one week of camp a summer. I volunteer as the nurse, and the kids all have a blast as campers ( including Hulk). This years theme was DIRTY JOBS and it was sooooo much fun.
The Daisies started the week making any farms, which they loved. over the week all the Daisies and Brownies earned their Insect badges.
Ying and Yang were Juniors this year which meant all kinds of new adventures. 1st night sleeping over at camp and old enough to do archery which was a big hit!!!! The girls were in different units to give themselves a break from each other. They got dirty this week with a plumber, bee keepers, chefs, and our own park Ranger. They still had plenty of time for swimming, canoeing, arts & crafts, Adventure course and camp games. Our Adventure Course team has a lot of fun with the " get dirty" part.... digging for bugs in slime anyone?
Our over night Adventure was a bit rougher than most. The girls lost it when it came to bed time. They've never slept in a tent outside and the noises overwhelmed them. After their counsolers were unable to calm them down, Mom/Nurse got called in. Guess who got to sit/sleep in a camp chair in front of their tent? Here's hoping next year goes smoother.......
Yang had a rough day after sleepover. She ended up with a migraine between heat,emotion and lack of sleep. So she had to report to the clinic. After some medication and a nap in the air conditioning she was feeling better and got put to work cleaning the clinic. Her migraines are getting to the point where I can tell real from I need attention. She has certain tells when they are real that she's unaware of at this point. This one was defiantly real so she got some TLC from mom/nurse, otherwise I am kinda a hard nose at camp. Suck it up Buttercup..lol.
Ying fared better the next day... maybe it was the dirt pudding?
Hulk had a fabulous time. He got to move out of the preschool group and into the "Boys Unit". Some of the older guys have been coming to camp since they were Hulk's age as their sisters have grown up an Mom's volunteered and now are the counselors for the boys.. They get to do all the stuff the girls do like swimming, canoes, archery,etc. They have a lodge on the other side of camp from all the girls have a great time. Over the year the camp has collected lost of cool Lego sets, games, and Nerf guns that the boys get too since they aren't working on badges and awards. They even took a field trip to a local rock climbing gym. Hulk and 2 other boys were too young to do the actual archery range, so we set up Nerf bows and make targets for them off the side of the range so they wouldn't feel so left out.
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