Happy Halloween! “Wait, it’s not October 31st ” you may be thinking, and you would be correct. However, here at ILC we like to break all holiday barriers and celebrate whenever we feel like it! Today in the 18462 we are celebrating Halloween with our campers and staff. I have lots to share with about our Halloween celebration later in this blog.
The following is our week 5 video of fun here at ILC. It includes changeover day when the buses arrived with our new campers, Make Your Own Mess (uh, I mean Sundae) at the canteen that night, and activities, activities, and more activities.
On the weather front, I know this is a shocker to you all but we woke up to blue skies and sunshine this morning. It was a warm and sunny first half of the day before the dark clouds rolled in, followed by some wind and rain. It’s ok though,…our grass needs water on occasion. It rained on and off during our 2ndminor and then the sun came back out for the remainder of the day.
In ILC sports, today our 9th grade boys played tennis in the semi-finals for the Wayne County championship. We beat a well-known sports camp and now we will have the opportunity to play in the finals. The other camps playing the semi-final round have put off their matches so we’re really hoping that they play soon so we can kick some major booty,…uh, I mean we can play in the final round for the championship.
Speaking of tennis tournaments, today we also started our 2nd session ILC Open. We’ll have boys and girls of all groups competing for championship trophies (& bragging rights). Once the final rounds are complete, I’ll let you know who the winners are in each group, both boys and girls.
This morning a dozen children left camp for the 2nd session overnight river trip. They will take our canoes and kayaks down the Delaware River and enjoy the water for a full day before pitching tents and camping out under the stars tonight at a camp sight near the river. This out of camp trip was a huge success during the 1st session. Let’s hope the weather holds out for them today so these children can have just as much fun.
It’s riddle time! Yesterday’s riddle was: Two children were born to the same mother on the same day in the same month and year but are not twins. How can this be? Answer: They’re triplets! Hardy haha! Congrats to Ross K. & Ben W. who got this riddle correct. Here’s today’s brain twister: Which 3 letters would surprise an invisible person? Hmmmm,….
Being that today is Halloween, many campers have been dressing up in costumes. They vary from wearing animal onesies to dressing as angels, devils, lifeguards, rappers, safari tourists, witches, superheroes, and more. We will host a costume contest at dinner for our campers and counselors to participate in. Our campers also had the opportunity to trick-or-treat for candy at the different departments in between activities today. Candy candy everywhere! (DISCLAIMER: Just kidding! For those of you who are concerned with your child’s sugar intake, we actually only handed out a small amount of candy to each child who went trick-or-treating.)
Tonight’s evening activity will follow with today’s theme. Camp will all watch, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” down in the theater.
Today’s special feature is Halloween! I took pictures around camp of our campers and counselors dressed up in their Halloween costumes throughout the day. Enjoy and until tomorrow (nope, it won’t be November 1st), ILCUTHERE!
