The crowd favortie was the kid who made an "evil squirrel face."
Note: My camera battery died yesterday, so it may be a little while before I can continue posting pictures from camp. If anyone has any questions about anything please post them in the comments as it will give me something to write about until I get my camera back. Thanks.
Water games consisted of everyone sharing a bunch of buckets, balls, and sponges and getting each other as wet as possible.
Staff members were the favorite targets.
Last night a camper woke me up by knocking on my door at 2:30am. He told me he couldn't sleep because he was having nightmares. I took him out into the lounge and sat down on a couch while he sat on a chair across from me. He said that he couldn't sleep because he was having nightmares about the doll from Child's Play even though he had never seen the movie. He then told me that he used to have reoccurring nightmares about the doll a few months ago and he was very afraid that because he was thinking about it now he was going to have nightmares about it every night that he was here. I talked to him for a while about how safe an environment we were in and about how he had nothing to be afraid of. After a few minutes he told me he was ready to go back to bed.
It was then that I realized what I had done: I had acted out the scene in a horror movie where one person tells the other person that their irrational fear is completely unfounded. Now the doll was going to kill me while I was sleeping and the camper was going to find my body the next morning and only he would know who had killed me in the night.
It took me quite a while to fall asleep.
The kids were excited to see their parents.
The parents were excited to see their kids.
Then the kids did circus stuff for a couple hours.
People clapped.
In the picture below we have a counselor dresses as The Riddler and a camper dressed as an...evil pumpkin?
The costume below reminds me of The Shining. Looking at the picture scares me.
Finally we have a camp co-director. This costume also scares me.
Their first stop today was acrobatics. They did all sorts of rolls and finished with monkey rolls (pictured above).
Next they moved on to Performance, which is clowning with a little bit of theater awareness built in. They played a game called Monster in which one kid is a monster and the other kid is afraid of them.
Next all the groups get together for snack time. Today they had grapes, apple slices, and cheese. Peanut butter was available to put on any of these things.
My group then moved on to juggling. They learned devil sticks / flower sticks and also diablo (pictured above). A good time was had by all.
My group finished their morning in aerials. The Spanish web is pictured above, but tight wire, trapeze, and fabric were also options.
Below you can see a future Japanese crazy cartoonist having her work inspected by a Rockstar and a pink haired, karate skilled, juggler for whom everyday is New Years Eve.
After dinner all the campers are assigned various chores. Below is a group learning how to put away leftovers from dinner.
My group was assigned to kitchen duty. They did not enjoy it. Note: I was a boxer, not a person for whom sleeping is the only part of the day they find enjoyable.
Finally there is this guy--the future fireman and eater of hot peppers.
Nine year old boy sitting next to me at dinner, "Is there acid on the ravioli?" Answer with a shrug: Maybe.
Then they got to play on all the different circus apparatus we have here for them.
Some preferred being swung on the trapeze. Others got their kicks from the rolling globes.
The day ended with enough running games to make sure they all fell asleep immediately.
Then we swung on a rope swing.
Then the more talented individuals among us did fancy tricks.
I made not so fancy splashes.
On our way back we saw a tractor. Very exciting stuff.
