Ed'venture Camp

This week Madie has been at camp. She's had a BALL!!! Now, why it's called "Ed'venture Camp", I have no idea. I'm sure there's a story behind it somehow, but it's our first time here, so I have yet to hear that story. It's at the same community college that Noah took his science camp at, only she's there for 6 hours, not 3. It's very much like college in that they pick a "major", which is something they do every morning, but in the afternoon they pick their "minor" and each day is a different minor. She chose "Botany, Bones, and Arrows" and it was all about Native American Culture. She really enjoyed it a lot, bringing home a game they made with a stick and a leather pouch, necklaces, dream catchers, and things like that. Her minor on Monday was Kite-Making. She made a kite with dowels and paper and decorated it. She was out flying them Monday when we picked her up. Tuesday was Animal Planet and the petting zoo we visited a couple weeks ago is what she got to participate in again. Then yesterday was Go Green Paper Art and she made homemade paper and cut them into shapes. She said this was her favorite. During their lunch break, they had special presentations like a magic show and african drums and things to keep them entertained. And, today, we were all invited to come see what the different majors did all week. I was really excited to go. Noah and Livie, well, let's just say we nearly walked out to take care of a little disciplinary action, if you catch my drift...







Here's Madie as she entered the auditorium.

Here are Noah and Livie giving you some idea of their antics today. Oh, how I had wished Pete was there to help me monitor. They were not in the mood to sit still and I wasn't in the mood to have them NOT sit still!! I needed back-up!! We made it through though and amazingly I was able to leave the building with some of my sanity still in tact.

We went early, because they were having a slideshow at the beginning. I waited with that camera until a picture of Madie popped up. Not once, but on the second go-around, because I didn't have my camera ready the first time around. I think that's why I was testier than normal. Trying to hold a camera to get a snapshot of a 3 sec picture, while you have 2 kids hitting each other and licking their legs (yeah, you heard me) was not a good idea. But, hey, there's the picture of Madie, on the big screen, for all of you to see. Worth it, wasn't it? ;-)

Her instructor took everyone in her class on stage and talked a little about what they learned this week. Then they did a dance for us. It was really cute and Madie really got into it. 'Course, by now, she's had lots of practice on how to dance on a stage. She's the little one to the right of the moms on stage there.

When the time came for the kids to come up and introduce themselves, Madie was first to the microphone. She stated with a loud, clear voice, "I'm Madeleine Trolinger. I'm 8 yrs old and I had a great time this week at camp!". The crowd ooh-ed and aaahh-ed. She's such a cutie!

After all the groups went through (there were 6 of them), we went outside to watch the last group launch their rockets. It was cool! Noah loved it and wants to do that next year. So all the camps have been successful! Hooray! Now, after next week, swim lessons will be done. All the summer adventures will be over. And, we'll get to enjoy a whole week of relaxation before school starts. Oh boy. Here's one of the rockets we watched. Again, I'm not a professional, so watch with that in mind.