August 13, 2010
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Oh my goodness!!
I was so busy trying to pick out a halloween costume, that I forgot to post some pictures from Medieval Weekend!
Ack!
Once upon a time, there was a King
(that’s me . . . see the crown?)
and he ruled kind of wisely over Poland Spring Campground. The Moose King was in charge of all the fun stuff like
sword playing, and jousting with noodles and treasure hunting and viking ship races and scavenger hunts . . .
(gasp, gasp, gasp)
sword and shield making at arts and crafts, medieval games, waterballoon slingshot . . .
(gasp, gasp, gasp)
boat building and racing . . .
and a porridge eating contest
and lots more too!
His subjects would come to bow down before him . . .
ah . . . well . . . okay, so they didn’t exactly BOW . . .
But they did high five!
And we had a lot of fun!
The Red Knight and the Blue Knight showed up again. Those two . . . forever arguing.
This time, it was all about . . .
are you sitting down???
Googly bands.
Yes. Googly Bands.
A CROWN googly band, to be exact.
Sigh.
So the crowd took sides to cheer them on!
and the battle began for the right to . . . ahem . . .
wear the purple googly crown.
They fought hard and long, but only one could win.
In a brilliant and final move, the Red Knight tripped the Blue Knight, pushed him down into the hay with his foot, and sword poised . . . he declared himself the winner!
Well fought, Red Knight. Well fought.
So now, we’re all decorated for Halloween!!
What do you think of my costume?
We’re having two . . . TWO! . . . Halloweens, one this weekend and one next.
so you can still get in on the fun!
Call today!!!
August 5, 2010
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Fiesta Weekend was so much fun!
We had all our usual recreation, plus sombrero making
and hayrides
There was this HUUUUUUUUGE Fiesta Party in the playing field too!
Debbie made her famous Sopaipillas – Tami had to tell me they were fried dough – and the line for them was really, really, long too!
We had the bouncy house out! I never get tired of the bouncy house.
My little camping buddies and I tried to win prizes at the dart game
and Musical Jumping Beans
and the Ring Toss too!
When I did all of those games, I tried the Quarter Game and Pin the Tail on the Donkey.
I tried to get Alex to give me a tattoo, but she just laughed at me and said it’d never stick to my fur.
But the very, very best thing at the party . . . the one that I couldn’t wait to do . . .
Pinatas!!!!
We whacked at them, and whacked at them, and whacked at them, until they cracked open
and we’ could get our hands on all the yummy candy inside!
The Fiesta party was soooo much fun, and lots of parents stopped Tami to tell her how awesome a time their kids were having, so I asked her if we could do Fiesta Weekend all over again THIS weekend.
But she said, “Maax!? Don’t you want to have Medieval Weekend? With the jousting? Making your own shields and swords and princess hats? What about the duel between the Red Knight and the Blue Knight? And the viking ship races?”
Well, I DO love Fiesta . . . but I really, really, really love Medieval too!
Hmmmmm, where did I put my jousting noodle?
August 26, 2009
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Maxx here!
There was so much for my little campers to do over Medieval Weekend! Charging and jousting
ferrier fetching (horseshoes), bocci,volleyball, boat races,
princess and Robin Hood hat making
shield making, cannon ball target practice, a penny hunt, viking ships in arts and crafts, swordplay
a scavenger hunt, porridge eating
and hayrides
Halfway through Saturday, Bryant the Red Knight and his friend Dan the Blue Knight, had a liiiiii=ttle argument. You see, Bryant thought Cookie Dough ice cream was the best Ben and Jerry’s flavor ever made. And Dan thought Cherry Garcia was tastier. There was only one way to solve the argument . . .
they dueled! The crowd cheered them on . . . rooting for their favorite flavor. Um, I mean, their favorite knight.
Cherry Garcia won the day, but everyone came together in the end.
It was awesome to see so many ladies-in-waiting and knights
Princesses
Robin Hoods and Maid Marian’s
I really, really think it makes the recreation that much more fun when my camping buddies dress up!
On Saturday night Bryant hosted Trash Bag theater. Three teams came up with the most excellent plays ever!
There was Every Man in a Dress across the Time Space Continuum
and The Mystery of the Golden Bone
the last was simply titled, Camping.
I had so much fun watching them do their excellent acting, that I got a little carried away and kind of . . .
sort of . . .
conquered Bryant.
Tami shook her head at me. “Maaaaaaxx! We can’t do Adventurer Weekend without Bryant. Help him up!”
Sheesh.
August 4, 2008
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Maxwell here!
reporting on Medieval Weekend. There were lots of crazy rainstorms, but we were able to go on with our Medieval games as promised!
Jousting . . .
Defending . . .
Saving princesses in distress
and much more!!
Later that afternoon, after the horseshoe tournament, hat and shield forging
and the porridge eating contest, The White and Black Knights battled for the honor of being king!
It was a long and terrible battle, with one crowd cheering for the noble white knight and the other crowd cheering for the courageous black knight! After much clashing and clanging and tumbling, they settled their challenge by playing rock-paper-scissors. The white knight won and was crowned king. The crowd went wild!! Then the kingdom was at peace once more
Later that night Marcus and Angelique performed some wizardry! It was so amazing, Tami forgot to take pictures!!! Alex did though, and she promised to give them to me if I was really good to the kids at face painting tomorrow. So come back on Wednesday to see some magical photos!
Last but not least, a big shout out to the Poland Players who performed Shakespeare’s Taming of a Shrew Sunday afternoon!
It’s being directed by Alex and they’re showing it in several places locally between now and
the end of August. They were awesome!
Good luck to you all! Break a leg!
August 1, 2008
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Almodarr and Angelique
will entertain and astound us on Saturday night! I’m really looking forward it . . . they were a huge hit last year.
In addition, they’ll be paying a tribute to a dear friend and magician who passed away this past winter, Bob Nixon.
Come back Monday to see some pictures from our Medieval Weekend! We have jousting, viking ship races, a porridge eating contest and much, much more!
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?
