What Did We Do Yesterday?

Today we went to Portland and visited USM, but I will let the girls write about that tomorrow. Instead, I will tell you about yesterday ....

Step 1: Build the raft-

Step 2: Race the raft-

Step 3: DON'T drown the animal:(

Yesterday we started "Nature" day by having a raft making competition and relay. The goal was for each team to build a raft out of random items that would keep a stuffed animal dry, and then race. It was quite exciting, though not much of a race since one team's raft fell apart in the water:(.

Hiking

Well hello Mr. Toad

Quick smile ... before the bugs eat us alive!

We also did wood burning, went hiking, had a nature scavenger hunt, and swam at the local beach. The girls decided that nature day was "cool" ... except for the bugs.

The Post Team Building Giggles …

Campfire skits

After a full day of impressive team building the girls were given the ultimate cooperation task: to create and perform a humorous skit displaying the camp characteristics of DRIVE and TEAM PLAYER. The skits were performed around the campfire and had everyone in stitches (especially during the counselor imitations;)).

Impromptu dinner performance - you go girls!

Before bed we had our evening snack (Britteny, the cook, made home-made soft pretzels … yum) and we tried to play “Oodles” (a board game of sorts), but no one was particularly successful ... so we just joked and laughed and had tea until it was time for bed.

Being crafty:)

Today’s theme is Nature and we couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day to be outside!

… until tomorrow!

Team Work

Campfire in process ...



Last night we learned how to build a campfire. There were four different types of campfires we could build, and three types of fire wood we could use for campfire building. We built a teepee campfire and we found marshmallow roasting sticks so we could make s’mores. The s’mores were DELICIOUS!

Perfect!

Team work at its best!

The themes of today were “Drive” and “Team Player”. We did a circle sit where we had to all sit on each others’ laps at the same time while staying in a circle. It took a few attempts, but we finally got it. We then did the trolleys. We had to use good communication skills to get from point A to point B. The more communication we had, the more successful we were. Then we did the pyramid. We had to figure out how to build a pyramid with our bodies, from bottom to top, without getting hurt. Success was infinite! We are a great team!

Today, after working on team building, we did trust lifting. We had to learn how to lift a person as a team without any difficulties and safely. We learned how to hold the head, hips, and legs and then we lifted them from the ground, to our waist, then our shoulders, and higher. We came together even more as a team and family.

Don't try this at home!:)

More tomorrow …

Carmelita

Session 3 ... Lovin' It!

Session 3 - High School Week

We are here and the girls love their new digs! We are in for a fun week so stay posted!

Heading Back to Boston!

Session 2 is over and session 3 is on deck! See you soon!

Had a Great Experience Along the Way ….

Yesterday we went outside to do a team building activity. The activity was called “Trolleys”. We had to get the entire team across a certain area using only wooden planks and ropes. It was extremely hard because we weren’t cooperating as a team.

Almost falling ... as a team

Listening to Rae for team building

We did it!

We also played volley ball. That was awesome because we were able to work as a team and have fun. No one got frustrated at one another.

There are many beautiful nature things around camp. The dragonflies are especially pretty. However, Dawnn told us that the dragon flies don’t live for very long and that made us all sad.

Bye-Bye-

-AneytraJ:)

Our Wednesday

On Wednesday we went to the Sebago Lake State Park and had a very good hike around the beach. There was a lot of trees (dead and alive), moss rugs, and crawly and flying bugs:/ (Everyone was freaking out). It was a pretty place to go and the weather was warm. We also had a delicious picnic on the beach. Afterward we went and took a tour of Saint Joseph’s University. We learned about the college and college life. The tour had many of us thinking of our futures. The campus had everything (including their own beach) even though it was a small college.

The Picnic

The Visit

When we got back it started to rain and heat finally let up. We were SO excited that while it was raining most of us ran outside to dance and play “boot camp” in the rain. It was hilarious! Dawnn and Lola put on music to accompany our impressive dance moves.

"I'm singin' in the rain ..."

Since it was storming we couldn’t do campfire, so Rae gave us a treat and let us have a movie night. We had two movies going: A Series of Unfortunate Events and Alvin and the Chipmunks. We all brought our blankets out and had a big slumber party until it was time to go to bed. Everyone slept hard last night. (Sorry ... we have no pictures of movie night - we were all too comfy to get the camera - lol)

This morning was PJ Day and we did the “Zombie Walk” for our breakfast fashion show. SOOOOO COMFY!

This is the girls camp … and now we’re signing out!

-Jackie, Lucy, and Valerie