moving along with silliness and sweetness
Week 2, and the adventures continue!
I've been a little tired lately, I think its the cloudy weather. Each morning I just want to snuggle in bed for longer!!
We have really caught the harry potter bug in my camp group, and I spent 30 minutes on Monday waiting for some campers to get picked up and fully immersed in some HP role play. We all have owls, we sorted a camper into her house, and then went to diagon alley to get her a wand and an owl. Today we put our magic to work casting a spell over the ducks, aluminia protectora. We are also on the lookout for he who shall not be named, and are concerned that every time it gets colder its because of him. we also have been playing some quidditch, we have 4 seekers though. im a beater, like fred and george ;)
They know that Ive read all the books and are very keen that I tell them if Snape is good or bad, but ofc Im not spilling any beans (spoiler alert, the world is gray and nothing is a binary ahhh!)
We've gotten a bit political this week! On Monday, we got some proposals to impeach Trump and have Pebble Plum (our purple turtle mascot stuffie) run for president, with the rest of us as co-cabinet members in various capacities. they also are very confused by Frump sounds like Trump. We also started talking about racism and BLM a bit after reading Miss Rumphius and my prompt to them of "how do you want to make the world a more beautiful place? it can be beautiful in the sense of the world and nature, or in terms of spreading kindness and making it a nice place for all people"
from this discussion came 2 collaborative poems (we each get to add a word/phrase):
Justice please. Have hope. BLM. Please be kind and helpful. -<our names>
Pottycrime doodie. Moody shooty police poop. Bleedy barf t-shirt. Toiletlunchbox. Popsiclefarts.
So maybe some things are a binary? Haha, we gotta keep it balanced
Some other fun moments:
we went on a hike to find seeds and make ourselves little seed bracelets, and i overheard one of my campers say that she wants to water her bracelet (to see if it grows)
our hike destination spot was the lone cypress, but a punny camper decided that we should play bank loans here so we all opened accounts at chase bank and started depositing and withdrawing money (wood pieces) from the atm. i had to pay back my loan for the money i spent on my quidditch broomstick
our seed ball activity turned into a potion activity, which was very reminiscent of mud pies! i think we will have to do a big mud pie extravaganza next week, ive already told them about my trophy hehehe
we had a lot of fun today practicing cooperation and pretending to be bees by finding flowers and doing our pollinator dance, then collecting nectar with our proboscis (straws) and depositing it in the hive, then regurgitating it and flapping our wings to make honey
we have made some team flags. my boy group made theirs "jackson pollock style" (their words not mine!) which consisted of blending all the paint colors together and smearing it on their cloth. one of the girl groups did a giant heart and had me write "love is still here - kindness wins" on it. the other girl group did a mix of hearts and blue designs and then asked to have their initials on it. they also all found the paper palette i gave them to be an art piece in itself, and took them home as souvenirs. the gender dynamics have definitely arisen a bit so i am working on the balance between bridging gaps and keeping the peace
one thing that is very sweet is that some of them are quick to correct others when my name is mispronounced.
in other news, food continues to be joyous, some good roasted potatoes and vegan sloppy joe action with garlic bread this week, another big veg stir-fry that i made (used a little too much rice vinegar though) and then a wonderful curry today featuring homemade egg noodles too! yum yum yum and the fruit consumption continues as well. i made sourdough pancakes with the kiddos on monday, and hopefully tomorrow we will make meringues. wish us luck!
lastly, some wildlife. we think we saw a bobcat in the pasture, and the whales have been very active this week! the great horned owl also graces us with its presence, which is lovely for the harry potter theme
how could i forget the most important moment of the week! i did a massive rainbow carrot harvest. sadly, the amount of carrot tops overwhelmed me so i think they are destined for chickens and ducks, not pesto, but the carrot roots are happily in the fridge and getting consumed :)
I've been a little tired lately, I think its the cloudy weather. Each morning I just want to snuggle in bed for longer!!
We have really caught the harry potter bug in my camp group, and I spent 30 minutes on Monday waiting for some campers to get picked up and fully immersed in some HP role play. We all have owls, we sorted a camper into her house, and then went to diagon alley to get her a wand and an owl. Today we put our magic to work casting a spell over the ducks, aluminia protectora. We are also on the lookout for he who shall not be named, and are concerned that every time it gets colder its because of him. we also have been playing some quidditch, we have 4 seekers though. im a beater, like fred and george ;)
They know that Ive read all the books and are very keen that I tell them if Snape is good or bad, but ofc Im not spilling any beans (spoiler alert, the world is gray and nothing is a binary ahhh!)
We've gotten a bit political this week! On Monday, we got some proposals to impeach Trump and have Pebble Plum (our purple turtle mascot stuffie) run for president, with the rest of us as co-cabinet members in various capacities. they also are very confused by Frump sounds like Trump. We also started talking about racism and BLM a bit after reading Miss Rumphius and my prompt to them of "how do you want to make the world a more beautiful place? it can be beautiful in the sense of the world and nature, or in terms of spreading kindness and making it a nice place for all people"
from this discussion came 2 collaborative poems (we each get to add a word/phrase):
Justice please. Have hope. BLM. Please be kind and helpful. -<our names>
Pottycrime doodie. Moody shooty police poop. Bleedy barf t-shirt. Toiletlunchbox. Popsiclefarts.
So maybe some things are a binary? Haha, we gotta keep it balanced
Some other fun moments:
we went on a hike to find seeds and make ourselves little seed bracelets, and i overheard one of my campers say that she wants to water her bracelet (to see if it grows)
our hike destination spot was the lone cypress, but a punny camper decided that we should play bank loans here so we all opened accounts at chase bank and started depositing and withdrawing money (wood pieces) from the atm. i had to pay back my loan for the money i spent on my quidditch broomstick
our seed ball activity turned into a potion activity, which was very reminiscent of mud pies! i think we will have to do a big mud pie extravaganza next week, ive already told them about my trophy hehehe
we had a lot of fun today practicing cooperation and pretending to be bees by finding flowers and doing our pollinator dance, then collecting nectar with our proboscis (straws) and depositing it in the hive, then regurgitating it and flapping our wings to make honey
we have made some team flags. my boy group made theirs "jackson pollock style" (their words not mine!) which consisted of blending all the paint colors together and smearing it on their cloth. one of the girl groups did a giant heart and had me write "love is still here - kindness wins" on it. the other girl group did a mix of hearts and blue designs and then asked to have their initials on it. they also all found the paper palette i gave them to be an art piece in itself, and took them home as souvenirs. the gender dynamics have definitely arisen a bit so i am working on the balance between bridging gaps and keeping the peace
one thing that is very sweet is that some of them are quick to correct others when my name is mispronounced.
in other news, food continues to be joyous, some good roasted potatoes and vegan sloppy joe action with garlic bread this week, another big veg stir-fry that i made (used a little too much rice vinegar though) and then a wonderful curry today featuring homemade egg noodles too! yum yum yum and the fruit consumption continues as well. i made sourdough pancakes with the kiddos on monday, and hopefully tomorrow we will make meringues. wish us luck!
lastly, some wildlife. we think we saw a bobcat in the pasture, and the whales have been very active this week! the great horned owl also graces us with its presence, which is lovely for the harry potter theme
how could i forget the most important moment of the week! i did a massive rainbow carrot harvest. sadly, the amount of carrot tops overwhelmed me so i think they are destined for chickens and ducks, not pesto, but the carrot roots are happily in the fridge and getting consumed :)
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