Last Day (EVER)

In addition to today being the last day of camp, it is also my last day of doing home child care. Since just H and L were joining us today, I was able to take the girls to a local park that is well known for having lots of geese, and a play structure with water dripping down, therefore creating a lake at the bottom of the slide. K and C and their mom said that they would meet us there. It was a bit cool when we got there so we went for a walk around the park to the outdoor theatre stage overlooking a "pond". The girls sat like this for about 15 minutes before K and C came. They calmly watched the geese, seagulls and ducks. It was very serene.

A dragonfly landed on H

After a picnic lunch, we took a nice scenic walk through the woods to get to the "muddy splash pad". I took a few pictures of the girls going down the water slide. This play structure looks older than me but it seems to be holding up nicely.

The girls did not seem to tire of this park, and were very disappointed when it was time to go. After unsuccessfully trying to get all of the sand out of their bathing suits, we had them change and gave them notice that tonight would be bath night for sure. Everyone ate warm or melted snacks in the car, and we came home for some Friday afternoon TV.

Our last activity was slightly lackluster, but they loved it. I threw some marshmallows, candy eyes, and toothpicks on the table and they made whatever they felt like and then ate the marshmallows.

H and L went home shortly thereafter. I'm sure we will see them soon.

Not sure how else to end this, so....

The end.

Week 4, Day 4

Puppet Show Day! The girls came up with their own story line first thing this morning, and then set to work practicing the script. After one run-through, they wanted a break. Throughout the day, they did additional practices until they were confident that they would be ready to perform for their mothers when they came.



The power went out at around 1:30 so we headed outside since we couldn't do karaoke as planned. The first thing we did was go on a blackberry hunt. There were a total of 5 blackberries on the bush. Luckily, C did not want one. It was incredibly hot so we came back to have a freezie.

While I am not an aspiring photographer, I've had the urge the past few days to get a series of neat shots. The girls had fun with this pursuit:

At 4:00, the moms showed up and the girls performed their puppet show. It was all about ocean creatures who were tired of living under the sea and wanted to explore land (sound familiar?) In this case, it was a killer whale, a great white shark, and a tuna fish. Yes, we have all of those puppets. They met a grasshopper, a donkey, and an elephant, asked them "what are you and what do you do on land?" and then went on their way. At the end, they are too hot and go back into the water.

In addition to the play that they had practiced, there was a bonus show at the end which turned into part comedy, part tragedy. A girl gets eaten by a shark; apparently hilarious to puppeteering preschoolers. Despite this dark comedy, the moms loved the effort put forth by the group.