Notes from Camp Cheapo – Day 2

We began the day promptly at 12:38pm. The first activity was Bubble Bath Baby Pool.
 
I filled the baby pool with bubble bath foam and threw in some snakes for them to find (plastic, not real- c’mon people). I thought it was a deceivingly clever way for the kids to get a bath while they played. In fact, I don’t think they would have caught on if I hadn’t perched on the edge to shave my legs. Inappropriate? Maybe. But I refuse to apologize for being a fantastic multitasker. …

Next, a beautiful yellow & black butterfly landed on Camp Cheapo property.

It occurred to me that every camp needs a nature walk, so I pulled the kids out of the pool and we walked over to the butterfly, thereby constituting a nature walk.
 
I explained that it was a rare Costa Rican Tiger Butterfly called so because of its yellow & black markings. Then one child pointed out that tigers are orange & black. Then I pointed out that he was free to march his smart-ass back home to read more encyclopedias.

 

They were beginning to get rowdy so I told them that Santa had sent the butterfly here to make sure that they were all behaving, he was a “summer snitch”.They settled down.
 
Tip: always know your audience.
 
Of course, I know there’s no such thing as a Costa Rican Tiger Butterfly sent by Santa, but a good nature walk should be full of interesting fun facts.

 

Once the butterfly flew away we decided to have a water balloon fight. One hour and 100 balloons later we had 12 unpopped, useable water balloons. The fight lasted 2 minutes and that’s only because I instituted a “one balloon thrown at a time” rule.

 

 

We then packed it up and went to the neighborhood pool where I let the lifeguard yell at them while I pretended I was there alone. It was a great day!
 
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