Monday, August 1
Welcome to the Underwater Exploration Celebration! We had 13 out of the 39 kiddos for this week before, so it was basically the first week all over again. The good part was that we worked better together as a group, but the rules, routines and individual children's likes and dislikes had to be learned all over again! Overall it went well, with a visit from the PC and PD. The PC is the one that is in charge of all of the British Garrison sites and the PD is the one who is in charge of European Operations. I was surprised that she was able to come to spend time at my site considering she has quite a few other sites to look after! While they were there, there was a girl who wanted to go home, so we talked to her to keep her busy for the last 45 minutes of camp. We also had an accident while they were visiting, and the ice pack was no where to be found. This made me look spectacular as a director to be without part of the first aid. Luckily they are both great people, so they understood. Another funny thing that happened was the bus was late. The kids at camp come from the base we live on and two others nearby. One of the counselors rides to the bases to pick up the kids in the morning and then another rides after work to drop them off. This bus was 45 minutes late, so we improved songs in the front lawn of the center, and it went surprisingly well!
Tuesday, August 2
Today was just another day, however, during sports club in the afternoon, led by Jenna and I, there were bees that kept coming over to the steps outside (they are EVERYWHERE) and one of the boys was taking a drink of his water when a bee flew at him. He screamed and jumped like a little girl, throwing the cup right on my leg, with all of the water running down my leg into my tennis shoe :(
It was so comical that I almost wet my pants while trying to comfort him and tell him that it was okay...but it was difficult :)
Wednesday, August 3
Today was our field trip to Kid's Planet. It wasn't too bad, and there weren't too many accidents, however, it was somewhat interesting at first because the standards that Germany has on safety are a bit different than that of the United States.
Thursday, August 4
Today was quite interesting. This morning was really good, but then there were several meltdowns of problem kiddos, which resulted in arguments, attacks and counselors being hit...this led to the kiddos being sent home for good. I would explain more if I could, but my conscience won't allow it. Let's just say that it was for the better. This led to me having to fill out a lot of paperwork and write full reports describing what had happened and how to proceed...what a pain.
Friday, August 5
Today was surprisingly much better than yesterday. It is shocking to see how much of a difference it makes to have two less kids out of 39 and have it make a noticeable difference. I suppose that was a sign that it was for the better. We had Camp A Presents, which went well, with about 30 parents in attendance! We had cream the counselor, where I was chosen AGAIN. This time we used whipping cream. Unfortunately it was not Cool Whip, and since it was dairy, it smelled like rotten cottage cheese in my nose as I was trying to wash my face off :(
