Today was a sunny day packed with activities here at the Realm! We started the morning with the Jesters, Bards, and Shires setting off at 9:00 am for a few rounds of mini golf. Our 13 and under boys tennis team departed at 9:30 for Camp Birchmont. The boys had a victorious day winning the singles tournament, the doubles tournament and both consolation brackets. They will have their names inscribed on the Lakes Region Championship Trophy. Basically this is our Wimbledon! In other news Robin Hood hosted our annual !5 and under boys basketball tournament today. Robin Hood beat Kenwood and Wigwam and then lost in a very close final to West End by three points. They are our biggest rival. The campers are always chanting BEAT WEST END in the dining hall. Now we will just have to practice harder and go beat them in their own facility when we play at “The House” very soon! Gymnastics was the featured activity on the quad today. We had crash mats and balance beams and uneven bars spread out in the sunshine for the kids to enjoy. They had so much fun tumbling in the fresh air. The waterfront was rocking and we had lots of kids skiing and swimming and sailing, but the highlights there today occurred during evening activity when the arrows did a pyjama jump and the scribes enjoyed a sunset paddleboard.
The highlight of my day today had to be the arrival of a few of our alumni with babies in tow. I remember when their moms were campers and it literally seems like yesterday. We got to catch up, play a little, laugh a lot, and it was just what the doctor ordered!! I know that it is a matter of time before I look at a group list and their names will be on it. Then they will be participating in all of the milestones at camp – being in the junior camp talent show, then playing in the big West End game, writing Scribe and Saxon speeches, becoming first year aides and group leaders and color war captains. And then I will blink and they will be starting their own families. Time simply flies by! Every year at the start of the season I hang a few more pictures over my desk of the babies that were born in the “off season”. I love looking up from my computer and seeing their little faces smiling down at me. That is what this is all about – lifelong friendship, beautiful memories, and even more beautiful little people who I hope to get to see for two months every year for as long as I possibly can!
Sweet Dreams from the Realm –
Michelle
