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The Magic of the Steelgraves

Hey!  Maxx here!

Last Saturday night, I distracted Tami by asking a zillion questions so Alex could sneak down to the rec hall and take photos of the Steelgraves very pirate-y magic show . . .

Check these tricks out!

Uh-oh!!  Is he gonna get wet???

Whew!!

Tami said she could hear everyone laughing and clapping way up at the office!   Lots and lots of campers stopped by to tell her what a good show it was.   And the Steelgraves stopped by to say how awesome the audience was!

When I showed Tami all the awesome photos Alex took – she liked the pictures sooooo much, she’s now made Alex her official magic show/science show/trash bag theater/holiday party photographer.

And Alex is sooooooo happy about that!

Why couldn’t the little pirate get into the movie?

Because it was rated Aaaaaargh!

Get it?  Aaargh?  R?

Well, then . . .

Ahoy thar maties!

We was overrun with pirates last weekend!

and what a great time we had too, in spite of the showers on Saturday.

We played sink the ship

And made beautiful fairy houses down on the lake front.

We also had some pirates who showed their walking-the-plank skills

There were plenty of landlubber games too, like a ping pong tournament, swabbing the deck game, hook making, scavenger hunt and jewelry making.

Two pirates who were marooned here,

taught the kids how to be pirate-y by making a damsel in distress, practicing their Aaaarghing and sword fighting

with noodles.

When they felt the little landlubbers were ready, they swore them in be pirates

And Debbie gave them tattoos to seal the deal.

I had so much fun, I didn’t want to put my pirate eye patch away.  But Tami got tired of me knocking things over with my antlers.

Tune in tomorrow to see some photos from the awesome magic show we had Saturday night by The Magic of the Steelgraves!

Fourth of July 2010

Hey there everyone!   Did you have a great Fourth of July??

We sure did!

Our pots and pans and bikes parade was awesome!  Debbie handed out whistles too – .I’m sure all the parents loved them as much as we did!  Tami said she could hear us all the way from the 40′s!!

Everyone was really, really patriotic too.  Look at all the red, white and blue!

Here are our winners from the big ping pong tournament

Steve, Jake and Mike . . . great job!!!!

So now we’ve put all the Fourth of July stuff away . . . and we’re diggin’ out the Pirate costumes!!

Arrrrgh!!

Come on and join our crew this weekend!  We’ll show you a jolly good time!

Recreation Every Day . . . All Day!

Hey there camping buddies!

Don’t forget we now have recreation all day, every day, right through to August 29th.

There’s things like

Bubble play

scavenger hunts, ice cream making, campfires with popcorn, arts and crafts everyday, candy bar bingo,

horseshoes, volleyball, bocci, basketball, parachute play, storytime

the water balloon slingshot -

and ice melting contests . . .

Well, okay, Tami says I have to tell you that it’s not THAT KIND of ice melting . . .

Still, I know you’ll have fun!

Sandcastle Building

One of our weekly activities is sandcastle building on the playground

and look at their stupendous, amazing, astounding creations!!

Everyone does such a great job.  They take their sand art very seriously.

This one though, is my absolute favorite . . .

because . . . .

it’s ALL ABOUT ME!

Isn’t it a great likeness!?

I think they got my good side, too, don’t you?

Guess what famous person stayed with us?

It’s the Baby Idol winner from radio station 97.9 !

and just as adorable in person too . . .

Chinese New Year Weekend 2010

We were busy, busy, busy last weekend!!  Chinese New Year was a ton of fun!

Everyone seemed to be having a grrrrrr-eat time.

We made lion masks for good luck

and had a ramen noodle eating contest

There was bead making too!

Isn’t it pretty??

Horseshoes, volleyball, ceramics, storytime, a pool tournament, bubble play . . .

you name it, we had it!

Trash Bag Theater was a huge success too -

Alex and Bryant said every team created and performed amazing plays.   Bravo everyone!

And look, I even got to hold some babies

Maxwell Moose for President!

Wildlife photos from the Farrington Family

Check out these photos, taken by the Farrington’s over the last few years!!

Doesn’t the chipmunk above look like he has a twinkle in his eye???

This could be why!!

Up above is a baby eagle from 2007

and a sunning turtle on Lower Range Pond in 2008

The downy woodpeckers are everywhere too.

But these are the photos Tami was most excited to get . . .

because these are from this month!!

The loons are nesting!

We thought they might have lost their first nest – because they were fishing together toward the end of May, when they should have been separated with one on the nest and one out on the lake feeding.  But it was reported to Tami early June that they were in fact sitting on eggs!  yay!

But I’m still the cutest animal in the campground, right??

Father’s Day Weekend 2010

Wow!

We had such a fun weekend!

It was so hot – my antlers started curling up!

Debbie and Nick had a father/child arts and crafts project Saturday morning.  There was also some kids games, the water balloon slingshot, kids candy bar bingo and a scavenger hunt!

Here’s one team of scavenger winners!

That’s a lot of stuff to find!

While some kids were scavenging, others entered our father/child horseshoe tournament.

Congratulations to our first place winners  Erik and Tim  (on the right)

and our second place winners, Jerry and Jerry!

Great job everyone!

The highlight of the weekend though, was David’s chicken B-B-Q . . . Mmmmmmm-mmmm!

It’s always soooooo yummy . . . well, Tami says it is anyway.  I never get to have any.  Tami says I’m supposed to eat water lilies and twigs and stuff.  Yuck!

We start our everyday recreation program this Friday, and we’ve got tons of great stuff planned, all day everyday!

Come and join us!!

Recent Winners!

Hey!

Here’s some recent ice cream certificate winners

My little camping buddies won these by veeeery carefully catching water balloons!

Great job!!