August 19, 2009
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Our second Halloween Weekend was a hit!
Tami and Paula checked in a gazillion people Thursday and Friday
All our recreation was a little different aaaaaaa-nd a little the same!
there were all new relay games, arts and crafts, Scavenger hunt and Story Times. We had kickball, volleyball and water balloon target shooting too.
We had a mummy making contest,
a watermelon innards eating contest and a Halloween Hayride.
I bet your wondering if we had a second trick or treating night . . .
WE DID!
And Tami almost DIDN’T let me go!
“Maxx! You still have a ton of candy stashed away from last weekend. Why on earth, do you need more?”
“Tami, Tami, Tami,” I said. “You just don’t get it. We can never, ever, ever, have too much candy.”
After mega pleading, whining and begging, she finally said okay . . . I could go. If I did one thing.
Can you guess what it was?
I had to (gasp) share .. . it . . . with . . . her. SHARE IT!
“Oh, okay,” I said. “But I get all the Twizzlers.”
“Deal,” she said, shaking my hand. “If I can have all the Smarties.”
After trick or treating, we had a party in front of the office! There was fishing for spiders
pin the nose on the jack-o-lantern, tattoos, a balloon walk
a sponge toss
a quarter toss, hitting the stack of cans
and fruit snacks!
The best part of the party is that I get to hang with all my friends. They had some really cool costumes too!
After the party, I almost had Tami convinced to go into David’s Haunted House.
But then the screaming started.
Lots of screaming.
There was some laughing too, but I don’t think Tami heard it because she locked herself in the office again until it was over.
Sheesh.
I wonder if she’ll come out in time for Medieval Weekend?
OOoooooo! I wonder if Bryant will let me joust this year???
August 12, 2009
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I told Tami that this Halloween Weekend was the very bestest ever!
She said, “Maxx, you say that every year.”
Well they DO get better every time. And lots of our campers said so, too!
Debbie and the kids did a lot of cool Halloween stuff Friday. They even made some lake monsters to help decorate for Saturday’s party
On Saturday, all the kids and I could think about was Candy, candy, CANDY! But Tami said we couldn’t start trick or treating till 6:30PM . . . sharp . . .
So we went to Arts and Crafts.
And the water balloon slingshot.
After lunch, I asked Tami what time it was, and she said it wasn’t time yet. Soooooo . . .
we played relay games and entered in the scary scavenger hunt!
I was about to call Tami on the radio to see what time it was, when Debbie announced the Witch’s Brew Eating contest!
Look Ma, no hands!!!
Until it’s time to lick the plate, anyway . . .
When it was all over, I hunted for Tami and asked if it was time to get my trick or treat bag out yet. She said we had to have supper first.
I groaned and rubbed my belly. “It’s not spaghetti, is it?”
Finally, it was time! We all got into our Halloween costumes and showed up at the office. Tami loooooves seeing everybody before we get going. We listened carefully for The Official Trick or Treating Rules
until fiiiiii-nally, Tami said, “Go!”
We had so much fun going site to site
Some of Tami’s campers said they gave out over 150 pieces of candy!
Can you believe it??
We didn’t want it to end, but there was a costume party at the lake and we didn’t want to be late for that!
I saw lots of my camping friends down there getting tattoos and tossing bean bags through the ghost holes
and playing cool games like tic-tac-toe toss, eyeball golf or the inner tube toss. Some friends headed straight for Terry and Joanne’s snack table, ’cause they were hungry after all that walking site to site to site to site . . .
What a bunch of cool costumes my camping buddies wore! There was a Lego Block, Dracula’s Bride, Angel Kitty, cowboys and a
Cowgirl with her cowdog. There were ghosts
and bumblebees
magicians, ghouls, goblins, princesses, Darth Vader, fairies, Power Rangers, kings, Super Heros, 70’s guy
and pumpkin girl
Don’t you love the green teeth???
After the party, I asked Tami what was next.
“The Haunted House,” she said.
“Are you going in?” I asked.
“I’ve . . . got to work. Yeah – work. In the office. It’s a busy night, you know.”
“But Henry’s closing the store tonight. C’mon! It’s not real monsters, you know. Just some guys in costumes.”
Tami shook her head and backed away. “No, no. That’s okay. I think I hear Henry calling me – ”
Ha! I think she’s scared of David’s Haunted House. Maybe I’ll get her to go in this weekend, when we do Halloween all over again!!
August 17, 2008
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Whoa! Halloween the second time around was just as good as the first!
This time, Debbie and Bryant planned some Halloween games in the field, a pool tournament, horseshoe tournament, water balloon slingshot, a nature walk through the freaky forest, making monster jugs and a
Witch’s Stew Eating contest!
We had many eager participants, young
and “slightly older” too!
Everyone had a pretty good time, but I think they all needed a good shower afterward!
6:30PM Saturday was the Witching Hour! Family by family, they arrived at the office
There were Batman’s and brides, chickens and goblins, fishermen and farmers!
Finally it was time for Alex to give the Trick or Treating rules
Then they were off while Tami, Debbie, Alex and Bryant set up for the Halloween party! We had two different ring tosses, water target practice, darts
tattoos, a bean bag toss and Witch Kabobs! Yum!
There was plenty of laughter to go around and lots of precious moments
but
sadly
Halloween Week is over.
There’s no time to pout though . . . we’ve got to plan for Super Hero Tryout Weekend!!!
August 10, 2008
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You should have seeeeeen all the kids who showed up for trick or treating!
There were Barbie’s, cowboys, ghouls, witches, fairies, super heros, goblins, ghosts, dancers, and more:
After trick or treating the kids and I went back to the store for a Halloween Party! We played all kinds of games like Pin The Nose on the Jack-o-lantern, Fishing for Spiders and a sponge toss
The line to put your face in the clown was just as long as the line to toss the sponges!
Here’s Bryant showing off his favorite prizes
And look who I found wandering around the party . . .
The Burger King Man! Tami thought he was kind of creepy looking . . .but I said, “Gee Tami, have you looked in the mirror lately?
Then I ran away before she could yell at me!
Tami told these three they were a couple weekends too early:
I wonder if they’d let me borrow their costumes for Super Hero Weekend? I want to be
da-da-daaaaaah -
Suuuuu-per
Moose!’
(Psssst? Do Superman and Spiderman reeeeeeeally have orange vampire teeth? I’ve got to get me some of those!)
After the party Dave and his gathering of ghouls scared campers silly in the haunted house for just over an hour!! Tami and I could hear the screams from the office. We didn’t exactly get pictures of that – we were kind of, sort of, hiding in the back room of the store. Maybe we’ll be brave enough next Saturday ’cause we’re doing Halloween all over again!
On Sunday afternoon, Bryant and Alex’s Shakespeare in the Park troupe performed MacBeth. It was awesome!
The final fight scene was so intense, Tami forgot to take pictures!!
We were really lucky to have them perform right in our own playing field. We hope they “break a leg” at their remaining performances in the Poland area . . .
I think I might try out for next year’s troupe ’cause they look like they’re having a lot of fun. Do you think they’ll need a moose for Mid Summer Night’s Dream?
August 9, 2008
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Maxwell here!
It’s been raining A Lot lot this week, so Debbie and Bryant did a bunch of indoor things, and also some indoor/outdoor activities like rain painting, puddle jumping, water balloon games and boat building
Aren’t they creative? They tested pretty well in that puddle too!
Today we had things like Halloween games, watermelon innard eating contest, horseshoes, arts and crafts and a toilet paper mummy making game:
Aren’t they cute!???
Trick or treating starts in one hour! One! O – N -E !!!!
I can’t wait! I can’t wait! Where are all the kids???
Come back later for some party pictures!
P.S. The pictures of Marcus and Angeliques performance last week are coming soon too! I promise. And today, one of the campers gave Tami some great fishing photos. We’ll get those up here too . . .
March 19, 2008
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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?
