Day Two

July 15th, 2003

 

Angel's activity today is letter writing.  Kids can write letters to either their family or friends here at camp.

He's also teaching them how to make envelopes out of magazines.

Julia leads the villagers to the cafeteria for lunch.

Villagers are required to wash their hands before eating.  A good way to judge how long to wash for is to sing "Happy Birthday."

The state of Virginia watches a meal presentation.  The meal is usually presented by the villagers, but for the first few days, staff takes the initiative.

Patricia and Stella set the table before lunch.

Mary is trying to reach the balls using only Caitlin's directions.

  Patricia and Angel display their dancing talent.

  The states of Texas and Alaska color a poster to decorate the hall walls.

Tonight's evening program was called "Road Trip."

Kids visited four stations; each station giving information about one of our four state groups.  (At ELV, we live in States.)

At the Virginia station, kids had a chance to speak with George Bush and ask him some very interesting questions.  We found out that his favorite food is pizza and he has a private jet!

Angel's station was Massachusetts.  Kids decorated and wrote poems about nature on paper leaves.

At the Texas station, kids designed their own belt buckles and learned a cowboy dance.

Mary suits up at the Alaska station.  Julia conducted a relay race that involved putting on silly dress clothes and then taking them off after a short run to tag one's teammate.  Villagers really had a blast with this one.