Wow! We've Been Busy!

After yesterday's blog the day got even more exciting! We had swim lessons (which were so so so nice on a hot hot hot day), we picked berries on the camp property and then used them in our fruit salad at dinner, we had an infamous "Dutch Auction", and finally ... we went on our field trip today!

BUT ... I will leave that for the girls to tell you all about tomorrow. Here are some pics of the past 30 hours (or so):

Meet the Green Caps!

My little friends and i are in mourning:(

Santa?

JZ purposing to Beyonce'

Saint Joseph's College

Sebago Lake State Park

PS: 7/12 blog writers were Camella and Kelly

Serving up a combination of BASKELLO - FASTEACH!

Action shot!

Yesterday we played a good game of basketball. We were working together and we made sure that everyone got a chance to shoot. We still played tough though, and learned a lot about each other at the same time. We learned to trust each other and have faith in each other as team mates.

In Arts and Crafts we made Jello paintings. There is a trick to making Jello paintings … you have to keep the Jello in powder form. Some of us ate the Jello powder … yummy! Dawnn also taught us the differences between oil pastels and crayons and how to combine them with water colors. So cool!

Breakfast .. family style.

Today there were boys at camp! (It was just us … the theme today was “Boy Crazy” so everyone dressed like a boy) At breakfast time we gave our best “Boy Strut”. In our opinion – we rocked it! For breakfast we had delicious toasted bagels, with yogurt, cereal, and fruit. A lot of us tried something new and put peanut butter and bananas on our bagels.

Arriving at the local beach.

Maine water is so clear and nice. We swam at a local beach today. At the beach we went fish hunting to get fish to feed the turtle, but we couldn’t catch anyL. It was nice to be at the beach on such a hot day!

The Blind Leading The Blind

Today we learned team building is … HARD! It takes a lot of communication, effort, and teamwork. The first team building activity we did today was “One Long Word”; in teams, we had to unscramble different letters to make one long word. We also played “Lava Crossing” where we had to cross the “lava” as a team using very few tools to help us. We had two people that were missing an “element” (one was blind and the other’s hands were tied).

After the swim test ...

Yesterday we swam in a lake! The lake is called Long Pond. Ry had us take a swim test in order to level us into swimming groups.

Learning about the different types of campfires.

The food here is really good! For breakfast today we had chocolate chip or strawberry pancakes with sausage. We also had s'mores last night around the campfire after we learned about the different types of campfires we could build.

Roasting marshmallows for s'mores!

Every morning the girls are separated into cleaning groups. Some of us had to clean toiletsL, sweep, or vacuum. Rae thinks we did a great job for our first time!

Sincerely,

Cynthia and Kayla (Session 2 Boo-Ya!)

And ... We Are Here:)

At Camp!

The girls were so excited to finally arrive! Right now they are finding their way around the camp and meeting all of the staff. Session 2 is a GO!

Back To Boston We Go!

After an intense color war and laughter filled closing camp fire ... it is time to go home:(

It has been an amazing first week! Go WEHGC Pioneers!


Here come the middle schoolers .....

Losing the Counselors …

During the day we did yoga with Lola. Lola taught us eight poses! It was cool to be outside and doing yoga. The nature helped to make us calm and peaceful. We also played “Drip Drip Drop” with Dawnn who was the scary momma duck, and beach volley ball where we actually did a two minute volley (we are still working on learning how to volley the ball back and forth). At campfire we made hotdogs and ate outside. We had pudding cones for desert. Yummy!

Child's pose with Lola

Yesterday we found the lost counselors during the “WEHGC Counselor Hunt”. First, we divided into three groups – each group lead by a counselor. Our goal was to find the missing counselor and earn points for teamwork. The counselors were hiding in scary places – Ry was hiding in the bathroom cabinet, Dawnn was hiding in the woods just off the path, and Lola was hiding in the driveway under a tarp. It got too late for Rae to hide, so we had to take quick showers and go to bed.

Dividing into teams and learning the rules for the "WEHGC Counselor Hunt"

We are really sad about leaving tomorrow L

-Etinnah, Serena, and Rae

Themes, Teams, Dreams, and Clean

The Dutch Auction

Everyday here at WEHGC we have themes. Yesterday’s was “Boy Crazy” (which means we dressed and acted like “boys”) for the day. We decided to give everyone “boy” names (and name tags so they wouldn't forget). For example, Rae was “Roger” (she didn’t know why she couldn’t just be “Ray”), Lola was “Luis”, Dawnn was “Don”, Ry was “Ryan”, and our nurse Gayle was “Gary”. Today’s theme was “PJ Day” and during our theme fashion show we sleep-walked like ZOMBIES.

We also do Kamp Kapers every day ... which is just camp chores.

Last night there was a thunder storm so we played campfire games inside. We played Scrupples – which tested how well we have gotten to know each other. We all laughed really hard!

Scrupples - answering the questions.

This morning we had “Team Building”. We had to walk two planks of wood, 20 feet distance, as a team. This taught us to work together. It was challenging and fun, and it made us listen to each other. We worked together and moved the planks 20 feet.

Team building planks ... they rock!

Since today is “PJ Day” …. we will zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz you later!

-Wendy, Etinnah, and Rae