She's at camp!

As I type this, Nadia is at Camp Susque, which is a little less than 45 minutes north of us. Bedtime for her this week at camp is 9:00, which is 30 minutes later than she usually goes to bed, but it certainly won't be the first time she's been up that late by any means! Wake-up time is 7:30 at the camp, which is perfect for her because that's usually when she gets up although she has had to get up earlier than that lately due to tennis lessons and such. We arrived at 2:00, and it took about one hour to go through the registration process and put her stuff in her tent. I was assuming she'd be in a cabin. The beds are on a wood platform, but the "walls" and "roof" are a tent. When we left, the girls in her tent were putting on their bathing suits to swim in the pool. The pool has a diving board; she hasn't been on a diving board since last summer. She picked a bed right beside the counselor's bed. This picture at left is of her with her counselor. A girl Nadia has known for years (Melanie) is in the same tent. A homeschooling mom I know is the counselor of the tent next to theirs.

The theme of the week is Space Week. It said there will be a moon carnival and at one meal they'll be eating moon pizza and astronaut ice cream. There is a snack shop, but they don't have to spend money to get food from it each day. It's included in what we paid for the week. The only extra expense was $5.30 for a dvd we'll get on Saturday containing pictures from the camp. I gladly purchased that! I dropped off two letters. It was so strange to hand write two letters in manuscript (she can't read cursive yet). One will be delivered to her at lunch tomorrow, and the other at lunch on Friday. Also, my mom sent her an email. They will print that out and give it to her at lunch. We wanted her to know we are thinking about her while she's gone. She already told me that next year she wants to do a full week of girl's camp (kids going into 3rd grade can choose either the 3 night adventure camp like she's doing now or a full week of camp). I hope they make s'mores at the campfire. I was telling her about s'mores, and she definitely wants to try one! I can't wait to hear ALL about her adventures when we see her on Saturday morning! She's supposed to have campfires, hayrides, nature classes, Bible study, chapel, crafts, go swimming, etc. If she goes to girl's camp next year, she'll get to choose from the following activities:  archery, arts & crafts, astronomy, canoeing, dagorhir (foam sword-fighting), dancing, drama, drawing, kayaking, nature, photography, pottery, riflery, rocketry, and wilderness survival skills.