Camp Shiwaka Daycamp, day three

hello there! day three here:

ants on a log (in our case it was penguins on an iceberg)

"trust" game

emily caught peeking

lunchtime

goofing around

snowcone making

Day Two Camp Shiwaka

hobbling around at camp day two, i finally decided that pain of 8 on a scale from 1 to 10 just might be serious after all... had chris xray my toe at his work and listen to him say "oh!" and " yep!" to his buddy while i say "what! what!!" (remember i read ultrasound, zero ability to read x rays) they point at something and i SEE IT TOO!! that means it was a good enough crack to see, ouch!

"now what?" i ask them, they don't know so i have to spend 4 hours in the emergency room (catching a cold along the way dammit!) to get a walking/cast/shoe thingy and be shown how to tape my toes together, just lovely. oh, and it will take 6 to 8 weeks to heal.

let's take a tally: head cold, exhausted, weight to lose (6 weeks no excercise? yeah thats gonna be good), "officially" broken toe... three more days of camp walking up and down gopher holed hills... feeling a little sorry for myself? well, at least camp is fun!

so lets get back to camp:

they aren't quite ready for this, more like this

penguin crafts

"ice" bracelets

favorite photo of the day

our "all camp capers" for the day was wiki clean up (thankfully no photos of that) and flag lowering. the girls did such a great job!

Camp Shiwaka Daycamp, day one

considering i think i broke a toe or something last night (midnight meeting with our danish chair in the dark) and could hardly walk .... we did pretty good today!

first day of camp, i had zero expectations, just a show up and get through it attitude. our day camp aides were so awesome i am tempted to take one or two home permanently.... here are a few pictures of the day:

gourmet dining tables

caper chart (i have to admit that i squawked at the girls because "someone" had scrambled up the cards... only to have a shy child raise her hand sweetly and say she and a few others had put them back after the wind blew them out... ooops!!!)

snowman making in the lodge

a lot of walking... our all camp chore was "general camp clean up" which meant we did a litter walk around camp

ice block racing (did i mention the theme this week is polar adventure?)

crafts, crafts and more crafts

my office

getting ready for Camp Shiwaka

today was all about planning for camp shiwaka... we go all next week. our big planning meeting is sunday to plan our menu, design our t-shirts (found freezer paper at about the sixth place i went, started to get worried!) and make a mascot. our theme is polar express and MAN the weather is supposed to be over 100 degrees! i better add two or three extra ice chests full of ice and throw a wading in pool for us to dip into (that is actually a good idea!!) been working on a few things:

big time splurge, but i want to use if for Los Cerritos Wetlands trust AND camp fire... a lot of excuse making going on over here.

after reading this,

i have been fascinated by the different types of bags our local shops are providing. being a bag fanatic, some of these are really terrific!

and last... here is my inspiration board that needs to be replaced (the cork is tooooo thin) but i still love looking at it and plan on doing something similar in the living room. maybe getting something cool from here!

the garage is back in order.

stickers: first draft

who wants one!!!!

Camp Fire Summer Bonfire

Just for fun

i thought this was really cool, and as this is my favorite magazine, could never imagine my little pad being cool enough. but i guess when it is all cleaned up... it looks pretty good! check it out!

now here's a little reality check for everyone, ha ha!!!