It's the Last Day of Camp!!

Goodbye 2011 Summer at Laurel Camp Season it's been fantastic!  I can hardly believe that today was our LAST DAY!! It went out with a wet bang as we spent most of the afternoon playing water games and in the sprinklers!  We also ventured to the creek and Magic Tree House.  Daring Camp finished up their shelters and started a fire in the fire pit where they roasted marshmallows and made smores!  All and all it was a great ending to camp!  SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!

LAST THURSDAY!!

Can you believe today was our last Thursday of the 2011 summer??  This means it was our last swimming day and Daring Camp's last project adventure!  We had a blast swimming today as Miss Maggie and Miss Jessie joined in with some fantastic jumping contests!  Back at camp we were up to our usual camp fun- like creek walking and hiking.  Daring Camp is working on shelters in the woods which we will keep photograph tomorrow!

Our Freaky Friday Beach day is bound to be our best as we plan on spending the afternoon playing in the sprinklers, playing water games and enjoying all the friendships we have made this summer!  It's been awesome!!!

Punderson and Peninsula

Today was field trip day!!  Magic Tree House campers spent the day at Punderson State Park and Daring Campers spent the day biking in Peninsula.  The Magic Tree House Campers pretended to be in Hawaii as they splashed in the Punderson Lake, sunbathed, built sandcastles and burried themselves in the sand.  After a day of fun in the sun we stopped at Two Coneheads Ice Cream on Kinsman Road for the most delicious ice cream cones!  Each camper has a free cone gift certificate so that your family can go back before the end of summer!!  What a great day for all!!

PUNDERSON

Hawaiian Times

The Magic Tree House campers were busy today, dreaming and learning about Hawaii!  In the morning, they imagined they were swimming in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii (don't they have spectacular imaginations?)!  When arriving back to the Big Island of Hawaii (aka Butler Campus) they learned about the island chains and made leis to wear!  The rain held off and we were able to make a trip down to the creek and to the tree house to hear more about Jack and Annie's magical adventure!

Don't forget our field trip tomorrow!! Campers should wear their bathing suit to camp- we will be beaching all day!  Sunscreen is required!  There was a half-slip sent home today with specifics.  Also, please keep in mind that should the lake be unsuitable for swimming we will go to Punderson State Park for the same activities.

**THE SHUTTLE TO LYMAN MAY ARRIVE LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON- THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR UNDERSTANDING!**

High Tide in Hawaii

Aloha!  This week's Magic Tree House campers are feeling Hawaiian as they read High Tide in Hawaii!  In the morning they made sea shell picture frames using shells and silk flowers.  They listened to some real Hawaiian music (both contemporary and traditional) and even tried to hula a little!  For fun, the campers made wands this morning out of sticks and wire because the Magic Tree House books are so magical.  The campers also managed to go to the tree house and creek today which are always very fun!  In the afternoon we played a lot of new and fun group games- including kickball with the Daring Camp.

Tomorrow is swimming, so make sure you wear your bathing suit and bring a towel and change of clothes!  See you then!

Magic Tree House Deep Sea Friday

The Magic Tree House Campers were excited to finish up this week of the Dark Day in the Deep Sea.  Each group finished the book today in the tree house, did a crayon resist painting of an underwater scene, went to the creek, played on the playground and ended the day with some water fun!  At the creek we explored and looked for creek critters!  At the playground campers had fun with hula hoops, jump ropes and baseballs.  While doing their painting, campers were encouraged to take their time and add lots of details.  At the end of the day they joined up with Daring Camp for some water balloons.  What a great ending to the week!

We hope that we will see many of you next week for our LAST WEEK OF CAMP (can you even believe it?!?!)!!!  If not, then we hope you have a great rest of the summer and a great beginning of the school year!

Thursday at Butler Campus

The Butler Campus was certainly busy Thursday!  The Daring and Magic Tree House Campers did many fun activities throughout the day including creek walks, hikes, crafts and for Daring Camp, Project Adventure.  After camp was our 2ND CARNIVAL NIGHT!  It was a huge success!  So many families came out for ice cream, the bouncy house, family games, delicious dinner, Project Adventure, a critter craft, creek walks and stories in the tree house.  It was a great evening for all! 

Carnival Nights