Summer Camps!

I let the kids choose one camp each summer....

 

Not surprisingly, Abby picked Gymnastics Camp & Nate picked Lego Engineering Camp (something he wanted to do last summer but we were out of town)!

 

Abby

Gymnastics Camp was held at her normal gym, where she takes classes from August-May. We invited two of her school buddies, Mia & Olivia, to join her. The camp was Monday-Friday from 8-12.

 

They colored, built forts, did gymnastics, had craft time & snacks, and had lots of playtime & silly time :) In fact, she was NOT thrilled when I would pick her up each day:



She made a new friend, Ellie!

On the last day of camp, the sno-cone truck came. That was the highlight of the week, according to Abby. I might just save my $100 and hunt down a sno-cone truck next summer! :)

 

Nate

Two of Nate's buddies - the Townsend brothers - joined Nate at Lego Engineering Camp, which was held at Shelton State Community College here in town.  His camp lasted Monday-Thursday, and was from 9-12.

Ready for the first day!

 A reporter came to Lego Camp on Wednesday, and almost every kid got their picture in the newspaper! (Or rather, there was a group shot in the newspaper and then an online gallery of more pictures. Click here for the link if you want to check it out. The kids were so excited that they were "famous!")

Anthony & Nate made "RoboGuy" with a moving sword & shield



One of the kids from the middle school camp came to show
them the remote control car he built!

 Nate had a great time, learning about gears and pulleys and levers and motors. All with legos, of course! He is already talking about going next year, and requested to be in the "older" class - the middle school one - where they build Lego creations with sensors, and hook it up so that the computer acts as a remote control. So neat!