So we are actually heading out for Wednesday, Day #3 of camp. But I thought I should get Day #2 written down while it is still fresh in my mind! Day #2 wasn't nearly as scripted for us as Day #1 was. We only had pool, lunch, and hopping on our schedule. We started out our morning at the flag as usual and then we attempted to teach the girls about signaling and morse code. It was interesting. Just not sure really how much the girls learned. They used flags to show dots and dashes. Left is dash, right is dot, center is end of the letter. I think it would be very hard to actually send a long message that way. I'm thankful for texting and emailing.
After that we swam. It was a tad bit chilly at first, but I got in to encourage Sarah to swim. She thought it was too cold. Grace got in and swam with her swim buddy Ava, but Sarah sat on the edge whining about how cold the water was. I reminded her that when we were in Oakes, ND the water was about 13 degrees colder at 69 degrees, she could handle 82 degrees. Eventually, she got in. But she wasn't happy about it. I managed to go off of the diving board and even dove a couple of times. After swimming we changed and headed to the Lodge to finish up some game requirements for the patch we are earning this week. The girls played ring toss relay and upset the fruit basket (a version of musical chairs).
Then, lunch time! Again, the kids lunch was so-so. PB and J for the kids, which Sarah said was too dry. We hopped again and Sarah and Grace both grabbed rags and wiped down tables and picked up trash. Of course there was some whining, but the Lodge looked great when we were done!
We practiced for the flag ceremony for Wednesday afternoon. Grace will be carrying the flag and Sarah has a speaking part. She says, "Girl Scouts, please join us in Taps." She uses her big sister voice and does a great job!
We headed back to Pinewood and proceeded to learn about cleaning the latrine. I will have to admit, I like plumbing. I like functioning toilets. I am not fond of bugs or spiders. I get why some of the girls and aides didn't want to clean the latrine. YUCK! But we got it done! Grace put her fingers over her ears, but after I gave her a look, she walked up to the front and watched the rest of it. She was very good after that.
Next, BUGS and Lanyards!!!
So we split into three groups and one group played buggy bingo with me and Wendy "Crafty." She and I took turns taking pics of our girls at the other stations as well. The other stations were lanyards, which our girls loved and the final station, bug catching. I was shocked to see both Sarah and Grace running around to catch bugs. Sarah caught a daddy-long-leg! Wow! Brave! Mommy was never that brave! Grace was spending a lot of time running from the bugs, but then, I saw her and she was looking under the platform tent trying to get bugs. She finally caught a little ant and was so proud of herself! She even let the ant crawl over her. I think both girls enjoyed making the lanyards and I know they loved finding the bugs! Fun stuff!!! We headed to flag and headed home. Another fun and busy day!
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