Camp Wakonda

Sam drove the kids down to Camp Wakonda for the 3rd time - I guess actually 4th, since James went twice last year. Here's the blogpost from Amelie's first time & James's first time. 

Leah was very jealous - especially because the brochure says 7 year olds can go - but James didn't go for the first time until he was 9. We've tentatively decided she can go next year when she's 8. 

Here's the packing list: 

Drop off picture: 

I'm not sure if you can tell, but the name on that nametag is JIM, which he went by all week. 

Amelie tie-dyed a shirt in arts & crafts & brought it home - these are from the photos the camp uploaded to facebook for us. 

James took a dance class - they learned the YMCA, the ketchup song, the stanky leg, and more dances that he doesn't know the name of. They performed at the campfire on the last night. 

This must have been a different day, since Jim is wearing a different shirt: 

And the same reasoning for Amelie in arts & crafts - this must have been a different day. She says this was when she was making her planet: 

Here's Ottawa cabin: 

There's Amelie in the middle: 

Amelie is second from the right, singing? yelling? 

See James waving in the back? 

James said this was part of an improv game. 

Here they are at pick-up. It was hot!

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Since I didn’t post it last year, here is a letter from Amelie from last summer (neither of the kids wrote letters this year!)

Hi Mom and Dad,

It's been a world of events at Wakonda. It's currently Wednesday and I've just now found time to write! (I hope you can read this well enough.) So much has happened and I can't seem to recall any of it. A few hits have been predator vs prey, a [something??] his chase game that is extremely unbalanced, our opening campfire, and a pool party with the Outbacks that changed my cabin's plans in the best way possible. Tonight was our second camp activity "the great adventure." We had dinner in a jungle themed dining hall where I ate a few too many honey buns. One of my cabin mates brought bandanas for all of us so we were matching during it! After we went on a scavenger hunt for cardboard, tape and markers and made a makeshift boat. Then all the cabins had to swim across the pool with them! The winner was Jack, his cabin just poked two holes for arms and he swam across! Speaking of the pool, I was able to get a green band this year and it was way funner if you're not stuck in the deep end! [I think she meant shallow end] It's been great and I can't believe it's closing campfire tomorrow! At least it means I'll be home soon, probably before this letter gets here. 

Love, Amelie