July 14, 2010
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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!
July 19, 2009
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Ahoy thar, me camping maties!
The weather was perfectly perfect for doin’ pirate-y things, wasn’t it? We competed in pirate races, had a water canon contest and made hook hands and parrots.
Lots of my friends dressed up while joining in the fun!
Alex and Bryant did a little skit right before the ol’ sea roving hayride around the camp. They called it, “So You Wanna Be a Pirate?” And you know what? Bryant
tried to tell Alex
that she couldn’t be a pirate.
Why?
‘Cause she was a girl!
Oooooo! Alex didn’t like that! So she bet him his whole treasure chest that she could do anything a pirate could do. Better too!
Even sword fight.
It looked like Bryant was going to win . . . but then she tricked him! He tripped and lost the treasure to her.
Awwww. Poor Bryant.
But Alex shared the loot with everybody
Even Bryant.
Aren’t they a fierce looking bunch?
Arrrrrg!
Later that night Paul from Mad Science came to perform his Fire and Ice show! He talked about low pressure and high pressure . . .
He showed us how fast fire can burn up
made water disappear
and his head disappear
He showed how to make a hard boiled egg get sucked through the thin neck of a beaker. . . without breaking! It was so cool, he did it twice.
Then he astounded everyone when he made clouds appear in the rec hall
Everyone wanted to be squirted in the face with them!
He put bubbles on my little camping buddy’s heads too . . .
It was a very cool show!
Alex took all the pirate decorations down this afternoon and I was so sad. But she told me to cheer up -
because next weekend is Fiesta Weekend!
July 18, 2009
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We’s bein’ overrun with pirates!
They’ve already played sink the ship . . .
and had a walk-the-plank contest . . .
and shot some pool.
What more can they do???
Weee-llll, I suppose.
If you can’t beat them . . .
join ‘em!
I’m off to the canon shooting contest!
July 20, 2008
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Shiver me timbers! Me maties and I had a jolly good time this past weekend!
The theme (as if you couldn’t guess!) was Pirate Weekend.
We started celebrating on Friday with a doubloon hunt, walk-the-plank contest
and sink-the-ship game
Then we had a very exciting Ping Pong Tournament! Here are our first and second place winners, Tom and Erin
Tom won by the skin-of-his-teeth, didn’t you? Erin is quite the player! A wicked good game!
On Saturday, I trained our new employee, who for some reason, only wanted to hang out on the porch.
We greeted all the little “sprogs” (recruits) who be wantn’ to join our crew!
We played landlubber games, had a canon shooting contest, made pirate hats, tossed horseshoes and organized a Yo-Ho-Ho scavenger hunt.
Our resident pirates
Capn’ and Bones, trained the sprogs and then swore them in as official pirates!
Saturday night, Mad Science came to perform some magical science for us!
She balanced a ball on a leaf blower -
Introduced us to her very good friend Eggbert . . . then popped him into her mouth
for safekeeping! Then she lit a fire under him (in the beaker) to get him to “go home” (by having the oxygen outside the beaker push him inside).
Eggbert went a little way in, then he got stuck. Elizabeth said she’d take care of him later.
She went on to give the kids a dry ice bath,
and the adults a dry ice shower (which had the kids giggling)
It was great to see so many kids take part in our Pirate theme! I had a great time, I hope they did 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?
