In Camp Simcha Special, even mother nature is in on the plan. Today’s theme was water, and it rained!
The extra H2O just added to the fun. To kick off our morning, our campers and staff headed to the baseball field where we engaged in a massive water fight. With buckets, hoses, and balloons in hand, our campers and staff soaked each other; not a single person was left untouched.
After drying off, we headed to lunch followed by a special activity. Scratch that, the special activity has been pushed off till 5pm. Instead, Dovi P., Ezra K, and Ben decided to check out the leather workshop. They sat and painstakingly cut out a raw piece of leather into the shape of a wallet. They then soaked it, to soften the hide, and stamped a Chai Lifeline logo and their name into the leather. After admiring their work, they moved to the dying table where they each chose a unique color for their wallet. An hour later, they each walked out with a beautiful piece of art.
With Mother Nature still doing its job, our campers decided to have some fun indoors. We gathered into the dining room where we each created our own special sushi roll and then devoured them whole. Others decided to visit our fully stocked arcade room (over 20 arcades), and try to top their high score. The billiards room was also popular; it was full of campers squaring off in ping-pong, pool, and air hockey.
At 5pm, we all gathered in the social hall where we witnessed “Mutts gone Nuts,” a fast paced canine thrill show. We all watched with amazement as 6 dogs caught frisbees midair, jumped through hoops, did flips, and walked a tightrope. Some lucky campers got to join in on the fun and throw the frisbees to the dogs to catch. The show featured Gail Mirabella, and her high flying dogs, direct from four seasons with Ringling Brother circus where she was voted “Best Animal Act of 2008.” Of course this had to do with water day because the dogs caught frisbees, humans play frisbees on beaches, and beaches have water; something like that.
To top off the night, our campers squared off in a live rendition of family feud. In the process we learned that the four most custom ordered thing in camp are fries, onion rings, pizza, and pizza rolls; Dembi always wears his frog hat, and dirty socks (?); and that the best workshop in camp is ductagami.
The day ended off with our wheelchair’ers choreographing a dance for tomorrows Bike4Chai arrival. Stay tuned.