December 12, 2009
Camp News, Camp Scenes
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Hey everybody! How’s your holiday season going so far?
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here! Do you know how I know?
Well, it’s not because Cookie stole my Christmas hat
It’s not because we got 12 inches of snow this week AND had a snow day off from school
And as yummy as it smells, it’s not because Tami is spending more time in the kitchen baking things like banana bread and canning apple butter.
Nooooo, you know what tells me Christmas is near??
This!
Last Saturday, the Wight’s headed out to the tree farm for their perfect Christmas tree.
Like he has every year for the last 20, David tried to get them to pick the very first one they saw . . . the one closest to the car. But Tami and Ben were having none of that! It’s not a hunt for the perfect tree if you don’t hike all the way to the other end of the farm, is it?
The annual tree choosing agreement is that everyone has to like the tree for it to be considered perfect.
It takes hoooooooo-ours. Okay, maybe just one hour. But you know why it takes an hour?
Because Tami chooses trees that would never, ever, fit in their living room.
David chooses the smallest trees he can find
And Ben chooses trees that will hold the biggest, and the most-est gifts under it’s boughs
I always knew that Ben was one smart kid!!
Eventually, they all agree. Or one of them gets their way, anyway.
That’s not the part that had Tami in a tizzy though! No . . . it was the decorating part. And that’s where I walked in last Saturday. The tree had fit perfect in the stand , . . and it had stood grandly in the great room, too. Even David had declared it a great find before he’d said, “My work here is done.” and disappeared to let Tami decorate it.
She’d already strung two sets of lights, and had done half the third when *POOF* half of that third string went totally black.
She tried changing fuses . . . and bulbs. Nothing worked.
And she had no spare lights.
Sooooo, the crazy obsessed silly person that she is, she headed out at 7pm on Saturday night to find five color lights, with random colored twinklers. Because it was snowing, she decided to head to the Oxford Walmart. They’d surely have lights, she said.
Oh, they had lights all right. Just not HER lights.
And neither did anyone else in Oxford.
It was snowing pretty hard by then, so she bought some twinkling stars, brought them home, strung them up, poured a glass of wine and stewed all night with those stars twinkling and her tree half lit.
I told you she was silly.
Sunday morning, she went to church (she swore she didn’t pray for lights though) and then headed into Auburn. After going to two stores, she finally found some five colored lights and the box said, “Random Twinkle”. She was so excited, she bought THREE boxes!
When she got them home and plugged in the first set, they were half out too!
“Good thing I bought three sets,” she said, plugging in another. It was then that I snapped the picture above.
Because it was then, that she realized . . .
only the pink ones twinkled.
The PINK ones!
Everyone in the house went to hide while she stewed some more!
I’m not exactly sure what she did after that, ’cause I didn’t come out of hiding until she declared it done. I can tell you though, that I really don’t see a lot of pink twinklers and there’s two sets of lights by the back door ready to be returned to Lowe’s.
And don’t tell Tami, okay, because I’m afraid we’ll lose her to the funny farm if you do . . . .
but I noticed a dark spot on the back side of the tree yesterday.
There’s a stretch of 10 lights out in the back.
She isn’t gonna like that!
July 14, 2009
Camp Activities
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Look at all the Santa look-a-likes we had last weekend!
What a great job!
None of us could wait to see the real Santa. We tried to keep busy by going to Bingo, the pool tournament or the snowball tossing contest.
But, I still had Santa on the brain.
So Debbie had us make sleigh boats, then try to see how many presents they could hold before sinking.
All I could think about was whether or not I’d been a good moose. Would I get a present?
Arts and crafts, horseshoes, reindeer games, caroling hayrides, and the scavenger hunt were all fun and stuff . . . but still, all my little campers and I could talk about was Santa!
Tami asked if I thought I’d been a good moose.
“Sure I have!” I said. “Except for that time I tried to sneak past Bryant and get in the bouncy house . . .
oh, and that time I tried to follow the haywagon when you told me not to . . .
and that time I complained ’cause I wanted chicken and you gave me leaves -”
Tami interrupted me. “How good do you think you you’ve been?”
“Thiiiiiiiii-s good!” I said.
My little camping buddies agreed with me.
“We’ll see,” Tami said. “We’ll see.”
I ate all the twigs and leaves Tami gave me for supper. I put my dishes in the dishwasher and took out the trash.
Finally, it was time for Santa to arrive! We all waited for him . . .
kind of patiently.
Can you find me in the crowd? I’m the one in the Santa hat? Being good?
Before presents, we all got a chance to sit with Mr. and Mrs. Claus and talk with them
After that, some us went to play games,
decorate cookies
or get tatoos!
Heeeeeey? Is this one of Santa’s elves?
Fiiiiii-nally, it was time for Santa to hand out the presents!
Then I heard it . . .
“Maxwell Moose!”
Look what I got!
Two books! If You Give A Cat A Cupcake by Laura Numerof and The Pigeon Wants a Puppy, by Mo Williems!
I took them to story time on Sunday and Bryant read them to me and my friends. They were awesome!
Now I want a puppy.
Santa and I had a long talk
He said he liked the way I always try my best to be a good camping moose. And a good camping friend. And if I keep at it, he’ll be visiting me again real soon.
Only 137 more days till the reeeee-al Christmas!
Yes!
December 11, 2008
Camp News
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Merry Chris-moose! Um . . . I mean . . .
Merry Christmas!
Maxwell here! Sorry it’s been so long between posts. Things have been kind of crazy around here. First, there was lots of Thanksgiving traveling. Then the Wight’s had to put up their Christmas Tree
finish their shopping, go to church play practice, and sign all their Christmas cards. Tami has finally stopped running around like a crazy mad-woman, and gave me permission to play with use her computer.
Is everyone out there ready for Santa?
I am, I am! I can’t wait! I asked Santa for snowshoes. You know, so I can tag along with Tami and Ben on their winter walks to look at the eagles. (to see some of last year’s pictures, click on the eagle tag on the right).
Then I asked for all our old friends, and lots of new ones, to come visit us in ‘09.
Tami says she’s almost done booking her 2009 entertainment. She’s still working out all the little details and I’m not supposed to tell . . . but . . . shhhhhh! Christmas in July is the weekend of July 11th. I love having two Christmas’ every year! I’m the luckiest moose ever!
present time!
stocking treat bags
balloon walk
Tami says she’ll have whole 2009 recreation schedule posted on the website (under Calendar of Events) by the second week of January. I peeked, all our favorite themes are still on it!
She’ll be set up to take reservations starting Monday, January 5th, so give her a call then!
Merry Christmas everyone, from our house to yours!
The Wight Family - taken by Maxwell
July 13, 2008
Camp Activities
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Snow-waterballoon fights, Holiday Hayrides, popcorn stringing contests, reindeer relay games, Christmas storytime and
Santa suit creations,
Stocking making (to hold the prizes they were sure to win at the Christmas party)
Christmas weekend was full of holiday cheer! Elves roamed everywhere!
Young and the . . . . young at heart . . . joined in on the preparations
Until finally, it was time for the main event. Saturday night, everyone gathered at the campground office to await Santa’s arrival
And what an arrival it was!
While Santa was greeting each and every child , the rest of us played games like Pin the Nose on the Reindeer
. . . cookie decorating, snowball tosses and a balloon walk
Finally it was time for Santa to hand out gifts. Everyone gathered around and patiently waited for their names to be called
One little boy exclaimed, (after receiving his present) “I must have been really, really good this year!”
I think Santa and Mrs. Claus would agree . . .
we had lots of very good little boys and girls this weekend!
Thank you all for visiting!
March 19, 2008
Camp Activities
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Tami and Ben have been sick with the flu for a week. So, I trudged through the snow to check in on them.
“Maxwell,” Tami said between coughs, “I need you to do me a favor.”
“Sure! Anything!” I put my hand . . . um, hoof . . . over my heart. “Your wish is my command. Clean the bathrooms? Answer the phones? Play with Ben? Take Cookie for a walk?”
“I need you to blog for me. There’s been no new posts since the 11th. My customers will think I’ve given up on it already.”
“Blog? Me?” I paced back and forth in front of her, scratching my antlers. “But, but, Tami . . . what’ll I say? What’ll I do? Who’s gonna want to read a moose post?”
“Your fans would, sweetie.” Tami patted my head and kissed my nose right before she sneezed, once, twice, three times. Flopping back on the couch and covering up with a blanket, she mumbled, “Write about what you do best, Maxwell. Fun and games.”
Yeah! I can do that!
Recreation is one of the best things about Poland Spring Campground! It’s why I hang around. Every day in July and August is loaded with awesome things to do. There’s arts and crafts at least once a day where you make stuff like catapults, boats, candles, princess hats or super cool glitter glasses
We play volleyball, basketball, bocci, horseshoes, relay races, water balloon slingshot, penny hunts, ping pong and pool tournaments for teens, bingo, flag football. We have ice cream making once a week. Pool games. Hayrides! Bingo! Jewelry making! Bubble play! Trash Bag Theater! Story time with moose feed!
You can see a sample of our recreation schedule here, on our website.
Every Monday night we have candy bar bingo. Tuesday has free pony rides
Thursday night brings popcorn over the campfire with scary stories told by the kids.
We theme every weekend too!
Pirate Weekend was new last year and an instant hit!
Here’s a scene from a skit Alexz wrote called Who Wants to Be A Pirate. Bryant and JMoney showed all the pirate campers how it’s done and then swore them in by reciting the pirate code.
Medieval weekend is always a lot of fun too! Jousting with noodles, Viking ship races, and a porridge eating contest are just a few of the awesome things you’ll find on our schedule that weekend.
Let’s not forget Christmas in July
Halloween in August
or Fiesta Weekend with a big South of the Border Party, donkey rides on Ricco Suave, pinatas and the bouncy house
But you know what I can’t wait for this year? Our brand new theme -
Super Hero Tryouts Weekend!
Who are you going to be? I think I’m going to dress up as . . . da-da-DAH . . .
Super Moose!
Shhhhh! Don’t tell anybody, but I’ve been practicing my jumping and running so I can try out at the silly Olympic events. Tami says there’s gonna be a toilet paper tie up contest and water balloon target practice too! There’s so many cool weekends, I can never choose just one favorite. But I think Super Hero Weekend is going to be top of my list.
What’s your favorite weekend?
