Monday Madness

Yesterday's evening program was productive and fun. We started the evening by brainstorming program ideas: programs that campers wanted to make sure they do before going home and programs that have a new twist, programs we've not done before. My goodness! What a long list came out of the brainstorming! It will be interesting to see if we can accomplish half of what is on the kids agenda.

div>I love that we can encourage everyone to put ideas into the pot. Often that means we generate new programs for this year and years to come. Keeps us from getting stale. Helps everyone feel as though they are contributing and as a result everyone also looks forward to evening program.

After brainstorming, we moved onto the athletic field for a wide variety of tag games. Matt and Josh got into the spirit of things by insisting everyone stretch out prior to running. So they started us all off with football exercises. Then Alie led us in hospital tag, hug tag, mutant ninja turtle tag, and more. The kids ran and laughed and rolled on the ground and met new friends.


At the same time, I saw a new appreciation emerging from older campers for those in the younger set. Why? Because the younger campers have matured considerably since last summer and with that maturity has come speed in their running and agility which means a new sense of competition. The younger campers have longer legs and give older campers a run for their money now. It's really fun to watch. You can see in my blurry photo here that few were standing still in our games last night.

I must confess this all feels really good. To have camp busy again is wonderful. The buzz, the cheers, the enthusiasm, everything is so right.