Entry Fun Summer
Hello everyone!
Well, I hope that y’all are ready cause I got a lot to talk about!
First, 2 weeks ago, Luke and I went to the Alabama 4-H Center to be CITs (Counselors In Training). Hehehe…we got a big fancy name for (Da-da-da-daaaa!) slave labor. We pretty much did everything that the counselors couldn’t or didn’t want to do. But it was still an awesome week!!! I had a lot of fun. One of the main events was the relay games on the Rec. Field! This was where the counselors and CITs got revenge on the kids. See, here’s how it would work. The 1st kid would run up to this beg bucket filled with water. The kid would fill his cup with water and then run to the back of the line. This is the 1st time where I got to splash kids. Kid bends over to fill his cup. I promptly splash water in his face from the big bucket. Then the kid (now at the back of the line) would pass the cup under the next kid’s legs and then that kid would pass it over the next kid’s head and so on and so forth. Once it got back to the head of the line, a new kid would run up and dump the water in the cup into a small bucket. Then the new kid would fill his cup again and start the process all over again. So as you can see, I got to splash the kids whenever they came to the bucket. But after about 2 turns, the kids got smart. When I splashed them, they would turn around and throw their cup of water on me. So then I got smarter! I got another small bucket and got some water in it. Then when the kids went to fill their cups, I would dump it on them. But I had still underestimated these kids. They knew that I was still in range so they would throw their cups of water on me still. Then I got really smart! I would fill my bucket with water, and just stand back. Not do anything. Then, once the kids started to run back to the line, I would jump after them and throw my water at them! :-) And to think that some people think that camp isn’t an educational experience! I learned something!
The other highlight of the camp was Campfire! Even though ours got rained out and we had to hold it in the Rec. Building (without the fire, of course). At campfire, there were different skits and songs that the counselors did. And I got to be in one of the “skits”. This one wasn’t really a skit, but a contest. Another one of the CITs stood behind me with a bowl of NASTY pudding in her hand and a spoon in the other. She was blindfolded and was supposed to feed me the pudding. Well other than the fact that that pudding was nasty and some spilled on one of my good shirts (waaaaaa!), it went okay. My team didn’t win though.
So that was what I did the first week. Then Luke and I went to WASHINGTON D.C. baby!!! It was such a cool week! I don’t remember the order, but we got to see Alabama’s Senator Jeff Sessions, and Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers (or maybe it’s Rodgers, I’m not sure). We got to see the WWII, Korean, Vietnam, and Lincoln memorials. We probably got to see other ones but I can’t remember. We got to see the Capitol Steps, a group that makes fun of current political happenings. They were so hilarious! We also got to go to Capitol Hill and sit in on a session of the Senate. We also got to go to the Washington National Cathedral! That was awesome. We went to Mt. Vernon and Arlington National Cemetery, too. And we went to the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Island. Oh, we also got to see the F.D.R. memorial. And we had a chance to see the Jefferson Memorial but there was a bad thunderstorm that night, so we couldn’t see it. We got to see how a bill is made in a, duh, bill-writing workshop. Then, all of the bills went through a mock session of the House and the Senate. And the bill that my team wrote passed both House and Senate! That’s about all I can say about Washington. Oh, we also got to go to the National Air Space Smithsonian. That was so cool!!! And on our “Cultural Heritage Evening” we went to Baltimore and ate seafood and went shopping and saw the Hard Rock Café of Baltimore and saw ESPNZONE. Of course Luke flipped. He’s standing there going “Look! It’s…(gasp)…ESPN…(gasp)…ZONE!!” And I’m just standing there going, “Huh. Wow. So what else is new?” I was more interested in the band outside Hard Rock Café! They were so cool! (But they didn’t have ANYTHING on the Mullygrubs!) And before our cultural heritage evening, there was a CWF talent show! And I acted out the song Numa Numa. And if you don’t know what I’m talking about, ask me later. We also went to eat and shop in old town Alexandria (on another night). So Washington D.C. was cool!
Then the next week, we got to go back to 4-H Camp. And this week was (as hard as it is to imagine) better than the 1st week at camp!!! And this time we got to stay from Monday to Friday. The reason this week was so cool was that we already knew everyone so we could be friends with the other counselors and CITs instead of just making friends with them. (As weird as that sounds!) And at Campfire on Thursday, I got to participate in a skit and that contest again! First I’ll tell you about the contest! Luke was behind me, feeding me the pudding and, duh I was eating it. Well, I remembered from last time that I didn’t “get into it”. That was about to change! I tried to tell Luke to just get rid of the spoon, but hi couldn’t hear me. But when Head Counselor Reggie said go, I went! I stuck my face in that pudding and slurped for all I was worth! And you know what? Even though I spilt some on my shirt again, we won!!! Just thought that you might like to know that. Then we got to help in the skit, Making Gravy. Luke and another girl were the chefs, two other girls were the doctors, and Jesse and I were the tasters. By the way, this was an all CIT personnel skit. The only counselor in it was Reggie and he was the director. It starts out where Luke is stirring the gravy. Jesse and I come in, and ask to try some. Luke gives us some. We die. Luke calls for help, and the doctor comes. She uses the shock thing where they rub the pads together, yell clear and shock the living daylights out of you. Well the 1st time, nobody knows there lines, the 2nd, everyone is crying with emotion, the 3rd, everything is chipmunk sound because it’s so fast, and the 4th time, everything is super slow. Well to make a long story not-so-short, it is hilarious. And at the end, something that we (the CITs) didn’t know about, when Reggie lined us up to tell us that we were fired, the other counselors dumped buckets of water on us. But it was still fun. And on Friday at the closing, Luke, Jesse, and I got to sing this song Linger. It was just the song that we always sang at the end of camp. So that was cool.
That’s about all that I have to say about my summer, so I shall blog again soon! (I told you this was going to be a long post!)
Later
Half-Pint, Chicken Catcher
P.S. I’ve done it!!! I’ve finally found (literaly) my life's story (in a song). Here it is (as inspired by Joe’s Blog):
I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
and I'm the only one and I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a...
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone
Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Aaah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah
I'm walking down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
On the border line
Of the edge and where I walk alone
Read between the lines
What's messed up and everything's alright
Check my vital signs
To know I'm still alive and I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a...
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone
Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Aaah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah
I walk alone
I walk a...
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk a...
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone...
Well, I hope that y’all are ready cause I got a lot to talk about!
First, 2 weeks ago, Luke and I went to the Alabama 4-H Center to be CITs (Counselors In Training). Hehehe…we got a big fancy name for (Da-da-da-daaaa!) slave labor. We pretty much did everything that the counselors couldn’t or didn’t want to do. But it was still an awesome week!!! I had a lot of fun. One of the main events was the relay games on the Rec. Field! This was where the counselors and CITs got revenge on the kids. See, here’s how it would work. The 1st kid would run up to this beg bucket filled with water. The kid would fill his cup with water and then run to the back of the line. This is the 1st time where I got to splash kids. Kid bends over to fill his cup. I promptly splash water in his face from the big bucket. Then the kid (now at the back of the line) would pass the cup under the next kid’s legs and then that kid would pass it over the next kid’s head and so on and so forth. Once it got back to the head of the line, a new kid would run up and dump the water in the cup into a small bucket. Then the new kid would fill his cup again and start the process all over again. So as you can see, I got to splash the kids whenever they came to the bucket. But after about 2 turns, the kids got smart. When I splashed them, they would turn around and throw their cup of water on me. So then I got smarter! I got another small bucket and got some water in it. Then when the kids went to fill their cups, I would dump it on them. But I had still underestimated these kids. They knew that I was still in range so they would throw their cups of water on me still. Then I got really smart! I would fill my bucket with water, and just stand back. Not do anything. Then, once the kids started to run back to the line, I would jump after them and throw my water at them! :-) And to think that some people think that camp isn’t an educational experience! I learned something!
The other highlight of the camp was Campfire! Even though ours got rained out and we had to hold it in the Rec. Building (without the fire, of course). At campfire, there were different skits and songs that the counselors did. And I got to be in one of the “skits”. This one wasn’t really a skit, but a contest. Another one of the CITs stood behind me with a bowl of NASTY pudding in her hand and a spoon in the other. She was blindfolded and was supposed to feed me the pudding. Well other than the fact that that pudding was nasty and some spilled on one of my good shirts (waaaaaa!), it went okay. My team didn’t win though.
So that was what I did the first week. Then Luke and I went to WASHINGTON D.C. baby!!! It was such a cool week! I don’t remember the order, but we got to see Alabama’s Senator Jeff Sessions, and Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers (or maybe it’s Rodgers, I’m not sure). We got to see the WWII, Korean, Vietnam, and Lincoln memorials. We probably got to see other ones but I can’t remember. We got to see the Capitol Steps, a group that makes fun of current political happenings. They were so hilarious! We also got to go to Capitol Hill and sit in on a session of the Senate. We also got to go to the Washington National Cathedral! That was awesome. We went to Mt. Vernon and Arlington National Cemetery, too. And we went to the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Island. Oh, we also got to see the F.D.R. memorial. And we had a chance to see the Jefferson Memorial but there was a bad thunderstorm that night, so we couldn’t see it. We got to see how a bill is made in a, duh, bill-writing workshop. Then, all of the bills went through a mock session of the House and the Senate. And the bill that my team wrote passed both House and Senate! That’s about all I can say about Washington. Oh, we also got to go to the National Air Space Smithsonian. That was so cool!!! And on our “Cultural Heritage Evening” we went to Baltimore and ate seafood and went shopping and saw the Hard Rock Café of Baltimore and saw ESPNZONE. Of course Luke flipped. He’s standing there going “Look! It’s…(gasp)…ESPN…(gasp)…ZONE!!” And I’m just standing there going, “Huh. Wow. So what else is new?” I was more interested in the band outside Hard Rock Café! They were so cool! (But they didn’t have ANYTHING on the Mullygrubs!) And before our cultural heritage evening, there was a CWF talent show! And I acted out the song Numa Numa. And if you don’t know what I’m talking about, ask me later. We also went to eat and shop in old town Alexandria (on another night). So Washington D.C. was cool!
Then the next week, we got to go back to 4-H Camp. And this week was (as hard as it is to imagine) better than the 1st week at camp!!! And this time we got to stay from Monday to Friday. The reason this week was so cool was that we already knew everyone so we could be friends with the other counselors and CITs instead of just making friends with them. (As weird as that sounds!) And at Campfire on Thursday, I got to participate in a skit and that contest again! First I’ll tell you about the contest! Luke was behind me, feeding me the pudding and, duh I was eating it. Well, I remembered from last time that I didn’t “get into it”. That was about to change! I tried to tell Luke to just get rid of the spoon, but hi couldn’t hear me. But when Head Counselor Reggie said go, I went! I stuck my face in that pudding and slurped for all I was worth! And you know what? Even though I spilt some on my shirt again, we won!!! Just thought that you might like to know that. Then we got to help in the skit, Making Gravy. Luke and another girl were the chefs, two other girls were the doctors, and Jesse and I were the tasters. By the way, this was an all CIT personnel skit. The only counselor in it was Reggie and he was the director. It starts out where Luke is stirring the gravy. Jesse and I come in, and ask to try some. Luke gives us some. We die. Luke calls for help, and the doctor comes. She uses the shock thing where they rub the pads together, yell clear and shock the living daylights out of you. Well the 1st time, nobody knows there lines, the 2nd, everyone is crying with emotion, the 3rd, everything is chipmunk sound because it’s so fast, and the 4th time, everything is super slow. Well to make a long story not-so-short, it is hilarious. And at the end, something that we (the CITs) didn’t know about, when Reggie lined us up to tell us that we were fired, the other counselors dumped buckets of water on us. But it was still fun. And on Friday at the closing, Luke, Jesse, and I got to sing this song Linger. It was just the song that we always sang at the end of camp. So that was cool.
That’s about all that I have to say about my summer, so I shall blog again soon! (I told you this was going to be a long post!)
Later
Half-Pint, Chicken Catcher
P.S. I’ve done it!!! I’ve finally found (literaly) my life's story (in a song). Here it is (as inspired by Joe’s Blog):
I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
and I'm the only one and I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a...
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone
Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Aaah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah
I'm walking down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
On the border line
Of the edge and where I walk alone
Read between the lines
What's messed up and everything's alright
Check my vital signs
To know I'm still alive and I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a...
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone
Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Aaah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah
I walk alone
I walk a...
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk a...
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone...
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