Yesterday at Camp Emerson was visitor's day. In reality, what this meant was parents coming to visit their kids, taking them off campus for lunch and a trip to the mall. The kids getting lots of candy and even some gifts (still not sure why). Some kids getting homesick when their parents left for the day. Getting the kids back into evening routine, letting them share their candy in a "bunk party" and finally collecting all the leftover candy so we don't get any "visitors from the woods".
For Donnie and I, visitor's day meant that we were parents for the entire day instead of staff. Around noon, Shayna joined us for lunch in the dinning hall and couldn't wait to share all her activities with us. Now, granted, we see her doing the activities daily; however, she certainly hasn't "shared" much with us. At camp we are administration, not Shayna's parents.
So, after lunch with Shay, she excitedly dragged us activity to activity. We went to jewelry, gymnastics, digital photography, water skiing and the ropes course. We probably spent the most time in the woods in the ropes course. Shayna had to show me (mom) the elements that Donnie (dad) had worked on with the groups. (Donnie is the wilderness director). By far, Shayna's favorite was the element that included swinging. My understanding is that with a group, the team works to get all members of their group from one platform to the other without landing in the "middle" !
After we visited each activity the campers had a talent show ! Lower camp theater (this includes Shayna) got up and did a portion of their play to be put on tomorrow night, Beauty and the Beast.
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