Our apologies - the intent was to post yesterday but the camp internet was down for a good 36+ hours.  C'est la vie at camp :)

Tuesday night Ben, Megan and P2 dressed as characters from the Hunger Games for dinner.  Ben was President Snow, Megan was Effie Trinket and their counselors were Prim and Katniss and the campers dressed as other children from District 12.  We use the "Bucket of Fun" to randomly select staff names to lead songs at meals - "Effie" pulled out "Prim's" name and of course "Katniss" volunteered.  All the pioneer girls had a sleepover together at the EC later that night.

Yesterday was Wednesday Night Cookout.  All the homestead units went to Outpost and made sloppy joes.  They ended their time together with a pretty exciting game of Capture the Counselor.  The camper's first victim was Nate the Christian Education Assistant.  He overcame the initial shame by breaking other staff out of jail later in the game.

Pioneer had a potluck dinner at the Pavilion. P1 made puppy chow, P2 made stir fry,  P3 made quesadillas, P4 made Mexican Surprise (aka nachos), P5 made corn on the cob with old bay, P6 made potato salad, P7 made grilled peanut butter and banana or peanut butter and apple sandwiches.

Today the CIT's started making journals out of recycled cardboard and cool papers during their meeting time with Mitty.  P5 started lashing a shower out in their unit yesterday and finished just before the dance tonight. 

Today both Day Camp groups taught everyone their original llama song at dinner.  (Happy llama, Sad llama, big fat mama llama, super llama, drama llama, President Obama llama.  Moose, alpaca, Moose, Moose, Alpaca.  Awkward Turtles have weird babies.  Evil Mr Coconut turns into a palm tree.)  We told you it was original :)

Today P1 tried with great difficulty to sail.  The breeze on camp helping us stay cool did not cooperate with the waterfront staff.  H4 visited the climbing wall.  And H10 made dream catchers.   The Craft Shop was brimming with tie dye creations.  The Environmental Center lead several marsh walks.  And all the swim blocks participated in aqua dancing.  

Units did their duties after lunch because tonight was the Pioneer Neon Lumberjack Dance!!  (Yeah - we don't know exactly what that means either... there was a lot of plaid and neon - but not so many lumberjacks.)  And the Homestead Unit Leaders hosted a Prehistoric Dance Social at the Chapel.  

Everyone's pretty tired... so for now we'll say goodnight. 

Peace-
Teri & Laura

Today was the first full day of the first session of 2012 and this is officially our first blog post.  And boy was it a day!

A lot of you heard about the storms today in Long Neck, Angola and at the Delaware shore... Camp got some rain, a little hail, and a lot of thunder but we're all just fine :)  

The power and water went out just after morning Chapel... which took out our phone system as well - but everything is back up and working now.  The Staff handled it all wonderfully... and the campers were too busy having fun to get too caught up in what was going on.

H1 had a fantastic time with Ben and Jordan learning about camouflage and training for troll hunting.  Rumor has it, Walt forgot to close the lock on their pen when he fed them the other night.... ooops.  At least we have our most energetic on the prowl.

H8 still managed to serenade camp as Lady Pirates this morning - They painted their faces, hunted for treasure around camp (aka pine cones) and had a great time canoeing.

P5 just spent the evening hearing scary stories with Harrison in the Rec Hall.  A loud thud from the loft caused them to flee...

And P-7 wrote a poem today when they visited the Environmental Center... enjoy it below:
All life depends on other life
The marsh, a tree, the sea and everywhere you look is a home to something
Bright green grass surrounds me and the animals around me
The sun stares at the sand
The sweet salty air against my skin 
The slight movement of the tall grass as the waves crash on the sand
Bay breeze blowing
Tickle my toes as I stare into the unknown
The grass gently sways from the breeze 
A bird's chirp shatters the silence as I sit solemnly by the trees
Birds hum a lullaby never quiet erasing

Bishop's Council also met today in our NEW STAFF LOUNGE (The Quail's Nest) and several members joined us for dinner in the Dining Hall.  

All of that to say - it was a day of phenomenal firsts - and we're FULL of Happy Campers!  Seriously - Walt says this is the fullest first session we've had since the 70's... and Debbie reports that enrollment is up to 913!!!  Wooohooo!

peace-
Teri & Arielle