day camp
Week: 5
Day: 1
Age Group: 4,5,6
Number of Campers:15 [Maybe more tomorrow]
Number of Junior Counsellors: 3 [halelujiah]
i dress like a pirate all day everyday..yes i wear the same clothes for five days before washing them. {day camp is pirate themed this summer} i happen to be the captain in our skits. the rest of the day camp staff and counsellors only dress like pirates during the skit..but i am much cooler than they.
this morning i had a couple of campers who were less then the required age for day camp..but we let them camp anyway. unfortunately they were also less than excited to be here. i have two 4 year olds; megan and jason. jason was freaking out this morning, i think he may have been afraid of me. megan, was just really shy and wouldn't leave her mother's side. both of their mothers stuck around for a little while..until our first activity, which was mini golf, i then decided that the children needed to be seperated from their mothers. jason just needed to be distracted with something fun..minigolf happened to work out wonderfully. megan was still grasping her mother's hand. so i simply said to her "megan, can you hold my hand?" to which she silently replied using her actions "yes, i'ld love to" [and she held my hand] after that i didn't see the maternal units for the rest of the day. something to which i rejoiced because parents and grandparents make me nervous. they both functioned wonderfully throughout the day, as did the rest of my group.
at the end of the day when it was time for the children to leave and go home. megan's mother approached me and said that when she told megan that it was time to leave she stated that she didn't want to go home and added something along the lines of "that's my favorite man" while pointing at me. that has got to be one of the happiest thing that happened to me today.
and jason is excited to come back tomorrow.
the inspiration of this post is to share stories with the beautiful miss porter due to her latest comment on my live journal.
P.S. anybody that is interested in living with nic harris and vinnie brigance in kalamazoo this upcoming school year should contact me. please
Day: 1
Age Group: 4,5,6
Number of Campers:15 [Maybe more tomorrow]
Number of Junior Counsellors: 3 [halelujiah]
i dress like a pirate all day everyday..yes i wear the same clothes for five days before washing them. {day camp is pirate themed this summer} i happen to be the captain in our skits. the rest of the day camp staff and counsellors only dress like pirates during the skit..but i am much cooler than they.
this morning i had a couple of campers who were less then the required age for day camp..but we let them camp anyway. unfortunately they were also less than excited to be here. i have two 4 year olds; megan and jason. jason was freaking out this morning, i think he may have been afraid of me. megan, was just really shy and wouldn't leave her mother's side. both of their mothers stuck around for a little while..until our first activity, which was mini golf, i then decided that the children needed to be seperated from their mothers. jason just needed to be distracted with something fun..minigolf happened to work out wonderfully. megan was still grasping her mother's hand. so i simply said to her "megan, can you hold my hand?" to which she silently replied using her actions "yes, i'ld love to" [and she held my hand] after that i didn't see the maternal units for the rest of the day. something to which i rejoiced because parents and grandparents make me nervous. they both functioned wonderfully throughout the day, as did the rest of my group.
at the end of the day when it was time for the children to leave and go home. megan's mother approached me and said that when she told megan that it was time to leave she stated that she didn't want to go home and added something along the lines of "that's my favorite man" while pointing at me. that has got to be one of the happiest thing that happened to me today.
and jason is excited to come back tomorrow.
the inspiration of this post is to share stories with the beautiful miss porter due to her latest comment on my live journal.
P.S. anybody that is interested in living with nic harris and vinnie brigance in kalamazoo this upcoming school year should contact me. please