Week 5 in review :)

Hannah Montana week was so successful! It was awesome to walk around camp and see everyone preparing for the concert and dressing up like Hannah Montana characters. From Lily/Lola dress up to Rico's Shack to Hannah Montana mania on Friday with more blonde wigs than I'd ever seen, we definitely got into the fun of the theme.



We also had a great week of Flag Twirling as well. The girls performed a great routine to "All My Lovin'" by The Beatles. The were so in sync and it was many girls first time ever twirling. I'll be posting pictures as soon as I can and hopefully someone else will be able to blog about High School Musical 2 week because I was away in Cape May for a dance competition with my students!

Right now I am prepping for the excitement of 3 night overnight week at camp! I have so many fun activities planned and I can't wait to meet all the girls in the unit. Summer and I are ready to be your counselors. See you tomorrow :)

Pictures -- as promised.

Here is a peek at come of the Camp Sacajawea clothes being sold at the Trading Post and of the camper t-shirts this year! Also I threw in some pictures of the boat race :) Enjoy!

Rah, Rah, Sis Boom Bah!

The cheerleading girls were adorable, they worked so hard on their routine all week!

Only at camp

Only at camp can we have Thanksgiving dinner, a campfire and cheerleading all in one week!


Dinner was delish! The chefs went above and beyond this week, everyone had seconds!
The campfire that follwed dinner was one of Camp Sac's best-everyone was up and dancing to the tune of the camp songs-I even saw the moms and dads getting into it!!!

Boat race video-- Finally!

I finally was able to get a new memory card reader so here are videos from Week 3's cardboard boat race!

The beginning of the race! Cheering on our counselors!

We continue on! Some of us sink :(

Dino's in the lead!

Dino Wins!

The rest of the pack walks up!

We trudge on...

Indy is still afloat!

Dino and Eagles Nest came in first place with their T-rex raft and Indy and Brown Owl came in second place with their boat. Congratulations to all for their hardwork, and THANK YOU counselors for getting into Lake Brindle!

Look for more pictures from camp tomorrow :)

Turkey Dinner and Zipping... Oh and some Hannah Montana!

Wow! Week 4 just flew right on by! We had a great Thursday night campfire and sleepover. The Turkey dinner that was prepared was delicious and campers had a great time writing their own Native American picture symbol stories, scavenger hunting, and swimming. We even taught our sleepover campers a counselor bonding game called Stealth that took place between Indian Pipes and Ruth Coe units. Everyone was definitely tired out by the time we called lights out. I heard a couple of campers may have stayed up chatting into the morning hours, but everyone was up and to breakfast on time! Our performer of the week, Catskill Puppet Theatre put on a cool show about Hiawatha and after showed the campers how the puppets move and how they do some of the voice effects. It was really neat to see what goes on behind the scenes.

I (along with several other staff members) am now officially zipline trained. I took my first ever zip at Camp Sacajawea at 5 pm and it was so exciting! It was definitely nervewracking to step off the platform, but once you do it is a fantastic experience. If your troop gets a chance to do a zip line program I highly recommend it! We are soon to be incorporating zip line into the camp week so look forward to it. I know we'll be zipping during the 3 night overnight, so there's even another incentive to join this first ever overnight camp week!

This weekend coming up in Family Camping so if any parents/grandparents/family members/friends are jealous of their campers and all they get to do at camp please do not hesitate to sign up! You will get to participate in all the same activities your campers does during their time at camp. AND at $150 per family of 4 (including meals) for the weekend it is definitely an affordable mini vacation not far from home. Check out our website for even more info.

Get psyched for this upcoming camp week! We'll be rocking out Hannah Montana style with dress up days, lip syncing, and counselor performances, this is not a camp week to miss! Look for me looking oh so stylish in my Hannah wig :)

Boat Race!

Thursday was our cardboard canoe race at camp! We took a complete video of the race and will be posting it as soon as possible. Coming in first place with their T-Rex raft was Dino from Eagles Nest, and 2nd place was Indy from Brown Owl. All of the counselors were such troopers for getting into the lake and basically swimming all of the way across. We have some geat counselors who really love what they do. I'm not sure if I would get into Lake Brindle!

I also have some pictures of some cool Camp Sacajawea clothes from the Trading Post which I will post as soon as I can find my camera cord. Next week is Native American week and we will have a Thanksgiving dinner as our Thursday campfire/overnight meal so DEFINITELY join us for that! I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday weekend, see you on Monday!