30 kids & 5 counsellors in 5 days!

Sorry I haven't had a chance to write in a while it has been a very long week and a half! 

So Il start from where I left off! This week we had a new set of kids and a new programme called Beach Watch. This means that they do the regular things at camp but have extra time at the waterfront doing boating and swimming (more sunbathing time for me) and have a trip to the beach! We also split them up into groups of 3 so it made it a bit easier for them to get to their activities. 

On the first night of new campers, the counsellors all get a midnight treat at each cabin and this week it was 3 tubs of Ben and jerrys and a weird cake that looks like hamburgers and a pile of crap. Think it's suppose to be chips? Was tasty tho! haha. Think theyre trying to make everyone obese.

We also camped out in tents at the beginning of the week but we heard thunder at about 5am so had to frantically get all the kids up and call the camp directors to pick us up as it was pouring with rain and a storm was on it's way...not fun! 

The next day there was an 'all camp' which is when all the different groups in camp can join together and do a joint activity. This week it was Harry Potter themed so there was face painting and wand making and for dinner the dining hall was set out like Hogwarts, no floating candles though. I had my 6 hour break this day and me and some other girls went to the mall where I got a few pressies!

The next day was spent at the beach with our 30 kids and another group who had about 14 kids. This was a special day as we got to take a yellow school bus!!

The kids didn't understand why I was taking pictures and getting excited so they asked me what colour the english school buses were. I tried to explain to them about coaches, trains and general public transport but they just looked at me funny. I was also asked this week if I sneezed and laughed in a British accent. I said yes.

The next day we had a visitor from a country music singer who was pretty much a Taylor swift wannabe. She was actually quite good and kept the kids entertained for an hour or so which always helps. A Harry potter band also came this day and sung about Death Eaters, the Weasleys and Voldermort, they were very strange and over dramatic. Reminded me of a folk band you'd see at strawberry fair in Cambridge.

On Thursday I went tubing with 7 of my girls and Treble drove us, she's the waterfront director who is very sweet! Tubing is basically floating down a river in a rubber ring btw. This was nice and peaceful until your bum gets scraped against slimey rocks underneath and wedges you onto the bigger ones meaning you have to wiggle about every now and then. Was still fun though and meant we got out of camp for a bit!

On Friday the kids left one by one and we were told what unit we would be living in for the next two weeks and what programmes we would be doing. I put on my preference sheet that I would like the younger kids aged 5 and up as I hadn't had that age yet. Water rings were put in the lake and all the counsellors names were tied to them including what programme they would be doing. It was a boiling hot day too reaching 36 degrees so lots of counsellors went in and got the rings. I was told I'd be living in Whispering Winds for the next two weeks which is where I stayed the first week. (Just to remind you all cabins have different names that are located in different areas of the camp!) I was told that I'd be living with Leanne and Tash too and that the first week we'd have 5 girls in our group (makes a difference from 30!) aged 10 and their programme is called 'Team Spirit'. We get told what each programme need to do and what they should achieve by the end of the week so this week they will be doing lots of team building activities and will go to a high ropes course woo! I've been quite lucky with each group so far as I've always got to go on trips and don't have to pay! The week after will be two 4 day units for girls aged 5+! they'll either be really cute or will be up all night crying hmm.

So once everyone moved their luggage to the new cabins it was time for Break Weekendd!! Me and 8 other girls travelled to Canada and stayed there for a night and a day to see Niagra Falls. It took around 9 hours to get there and we travelled through the state of New York to get there (not the city bit) we were then questioned and treated like criminals when we got to the Canadian border as they asked us what we wanted to do there and when our flights home were, we felt really loved!... After a long night we were told our hotel room had been cancelled as we were so late but managed to find a nice place that gave free breakfast and wifi for $27 each for 2 big rooms with double beds. We were all very happy and amazed we actually made it!...so decided to jump on the beds like children haha.

The next day we changed up our money to Canadian dollars and walked down to the main strip.

It reminded me a bit of a seaside resort as it was very touristy with loads of restaurants and arcades, there was also a big Hersheys store, a Ripleys Believe It Or Not and loads of other things to see! Oh and Niagra Falls of course! We got on a huge boat around the waterfalls and got absolutely soaked as they took us closer. The boat ride was only $16 too. It was so amazing to see though and would recommend it to anyone!! There's also an American side to it that you can get a boat ride around but the Canadian side had more going on!

We ate at the Hard Rock Cafe and made our way back to the van. We passed a piercing place on the walk back and me, Emma and Adelaide got new piercings! I got a piercing on the top part of my ear, it's got a hoop in it atm (don't worry mum you will like it! :D) I was pretty scared though as I dont like needles in general but thought it'd be cool to get it done in Canada. It did hurt but wasn't unbearable :)

We made our way back to camp Saturday eve and arrived around 2am the next day. Sunday the kids arrived and we have had them for 2 days and they are little angels. There's only 5 of them which is also amazing! Have already done quite a lot with them this week but will write a separate blog at the end of the week explaining all!

Missing lots of my friends and family this week!! Only 3 and a half more weeks till I'm home :)

Love to you all!

Leanne, Sophie, Anna, Ellis, Adelaide, Emma and Me