The Girls are Being Creative!

The girls had fun today on paddle boards. The staff from the boys camp came and gave us all an introductory lesson. It was so much fun! Also, we filmed the first part of our new music video to the song "Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson. The girls also began making their original game boards for the WEHGC Games we are creating.

This is Ruby (and Rae) saying goobye ... for now:)

Blue team brings it home!

Blue Team! Winner of the 2012 session 3 Color War!

The day brought a long and grueling color war. The girls were divided into two even teams and set out to compete in a variety of team building tasks, including a low-ropes element, two water competitions, a relay race, hockey, a silent puzzle challenge and the creation of a skit. The girls did a great job competing to the end and supporting their team mates as well as the other team. By the end of the day, everyone was too tired to get emotional about winning or losing so we all celebrated with a special evening snack in honor of the blue team, wrote letters home, took showers, and went to bed:)

The staff were ready for a Color War show down!

The teams got their colors on ...

and their game faces on!

Let the games begin!

The stars finally came out!

Heading out for the night hike-

Dance party in motion-

Basketball in the new recreation center-

Sunday was dreary and rainy all day. The girls did amazing though; participating in every activity and staying positive. By the end of the day - they even went for a swim in the ran ... and loved it! After an impromptu dance party and early showers, the girls had their second late night program, "Nature at Night". They bravely faced the dark going on a night hike with no flashlights, experimented with color recognition at night, and even made their own light with spearmints. At the end of the night, as the girls were coming in from their adventure, the clouds cleared and we were able to see stars (for the first time in 4 nights!) and even a moon bow! It was a perfect end to a very wet day.

Everybody loves the weekend!

We had a great start to the weekend here at WEHGC. The girls had a busy day, even though everyone got to sleep in. They spent the day sharpening their soccer skills, learning about constellations, reading/working on homework, and playing at the local beach. We finished the night with a movie and some Olympic swimming and went to bed late. Everyone is excited to see what the rest of the weekend brings.

Relaxing on the weekend!

-Rae, WEHGC Director

And the Fun WON'T stop ....yet ....

It's the midpoint of camp and the girls are having a great time. Below are day 5's high points (so far) brought to you by Toni and Tara:

1) All swimming groups took on the deep end!

2) It was our head counselor's birthday! We made chocolate covered strawberries and a card. She was super surprised.
3) In Food for Thought we talked about the good and bad points of "rescuing" an animal from the wild.
4) In Arts & Crafts we made life time-lines and shared them with the group.
5) Milk & Cookies!

To celebrate the olympics we watched opening cerimonies together and had a Polar Bear Swim early this morning!!!! Go teams!

Cloudy With a Chance of ...

Fishing!

Arts and Crafts!

Games!

Basketball!

Everyone had a great day in spite of the cloudy weather. The day was full of giggles and smiles and a lot of Fun!

Until tomorrow!
Goodnight:)

What a Trip Day!!!!

Wow! The girls had an amazing trip day today. First, they were highly attentive and interested in the tour of University of New England. The girls were able to get a little taste of what college is like and even got to visit the sea lions from the marine biology department. We then moved the excitement to Old Orchard Beach where the girls rode rides at the boardwalk carnival and played in the cold ocean water. The girls returned to camp for a campfire cookout with hot dogs and campfire crepes and had to find this missing counselors during the Counselor Hunt. Team Elena earned two extra minutes in the shower for finding both of the missing staff. What a day!