<span style="color: #000080;">Camper</span> <span style="color: #ff0000;">of</span> <span style="color: #000080;">the</span> <span style="color: #ff0000;">Week <span style="color: #000000;">(July 5-8th)</span></span><span style="color: #000000;">:</span> <span style="color: #ff0000;">Madelyn</span> <span style="color: #000080;">Vizzini </span>

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<span style="color: #800080;">Camper of the Week (July 11-15th): Aidan Barber</span>

<strong> Monday:</strong>

<strong></strong> A new week at camp began with meeting new friends!  We welcomed not only new friends to our group, but a new group name.  We are now Pandas / Ducks 1.  We loved starting the day off with a fun game of "Red Light, Green Light" as well as "Duck, Duck, Goose!"  We all had a lot of fun!  After games, we went to art where we created "Stars and Stripes" door hangers.  Your little Pandas/Ducks 1 made creative door hangers that they can hang on a door at home.

The highlight of our day was getting the opportunity to see farm animals at camp!  We got to feed geese, sheep, a bunny and a donkey!  Best of all, we had the chance to ride on the ponies!  All of the kids LOVED the ride and looked very comfortable up on the ponies.  It was a fun time for everyone!

During computers, we had fun playing games and during sports we also had a fun time running outside.

Our week has gotten off to a great start and we are looking forward to what the rest of this week holds!

<strong>Tuesday: </strong>

Second day of the week and we already had another exciting activity happened at camp! We  started our day in the art room as we patiently waited for our friends to all get here today.  Afterwards, we got to see the great magic show by Stuart.  We really enjoyed the magic show. Some of us were even able to perform our own little tricks as well.  Stuart even made a bunny appear that we were all able to pet.  The counselors were even able to get involved and experienced some of the magic themselves.

In the pool, we figured out who the swimmers were and who needed a little more help then others.  Of course our pandas and ducks love ending pool time with jumping into the pool before it is time to get out.  Overall, this day was so much fun! We all enjoyed this fun-filled day!  :)

<strong>Wednesday:</strong>

Today started out with a splash!  We went right to the pool shortly after we arrived.  It was a nice surprise for the Pandas/Ducks 1 campers since they love the pool.  In the pool, the campers swam and practiced their kicking.  We got the chance to work on putting our faces into the water, too.  All of them did a really great job!

In Hollywood, we drew pictures of what we want to have painted on our faces on Friday during our Camp Carnival.  All of the designs the Pandas/Ducks 1 created were fantastic!  They really are creative group!

The highlight of the day, however, was when we went on a horse drawn hayride! We had the opportunity to ride in a large wagon behind very big horses all around campus.  It was filled with laughs, lots of waves and "hi's!" to all the people that passed us on our ride.  After our ride, we got the chance to pet the horses and we really enjoyed seeing them up close.

The day was filled from start to finish with great memories and lots of laughs!  We can't wait to come back tomorrow for Banana Day!

<strong>Thursday:</strong>

The Pandas/ Ducks 1 campers were excited for a new day at camp. In gym, we played "Fish Gobbler" where the kids who were fishes had to run back and forth from the boat to the shore to escape the fish gobblers. It was a new game to them and it was a hit! The kids had a lot of fun. Afterwards, we played an old favorite here at camp which is "Red Light, Green Light." It's always fun to see the campers laugh and they sure did during this game.

During Hollywood today, we had a magical time. We saw some fun magic tricks and were able to participate in the magic tricks. It was very fun! Ask your campers about the disappearing balls trick or the card trick.

Splashes were made as the kids kicked and moved in the pool today! They all are working so hard at kicking and putting their faces into the water.

Science began with an optical illusion and the campers were intrigued. First, they say a coin place under a glass of water. When they looked at the jar from the side, the coin disappeared. We truly had a fun day and can't wait until our carnival tomorrow! :)

<strong>Friday:</strong>

Our Panda / Duck 1 campers were excited for Carnival Day and they couldn't wait for the carnival fun to begin.  First, we started the day out with an all staff basketball game of "Knock -Out".  Your little Panda/Duck 1 campers were such great cheerleaders for us!

After the basketball game, we took some time to rediscover our Panda Room.  It is our special, little place at camp where the Panda/Duck 1 campers can play board games and read books.  They had a fun time playing "Candy Land", "Connect Four" and looking at books and doing puzzles.

Next up was art class where we completed our "Scratch Art" project.  We were able to reveal the pretty colors / drawings we made underneath the black paint that was painted over our masterpieces.

In the pool, we sure had a fun time swimming and continuing to work on kicking and putting our faces into the water.

While we had fun during all our activites today, we LOVED our camp carnival!  We bounced in the "Bouncy House", had our faces painted and played lots of fun carnival games!  It truly was the highlight of our day.... maybe even our week?!

We are looking forward to next week's fun and we hope to see all of our Pandas/Duck 1 campers back.... and maybe we'll even welcome some new friends to camp next week, too!

Counselors: Milly and Emmanuel;  Instructor: Katie

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