Another Rainy Day :(

It's yet another rainy day in Warren. We were planning on going to Chapman's Dam today, but it looks like it will be way too muddy and gross, not to mention the chance of thunderstorms all afternoon. So, we will be staying here at the building today. Feel free to comment or call if you have any questions.

Living Treasures

This week, we went to Living Treasures. Living Treasures is an animal park in southern Pennsylvania. They have lions, tigers, giraffes, monkeys, sloths, kangaroos, and goats, just to name a few of the animals that take up residence there. The difference between this park and normal zoos is that visitors can actually feed most of the animals there. The kids (and the staff) fed everything from goats to kangaroos to giraffes. (I even got a flamingo to nuzzle its beak into my hand!) Some of our kids also got to see something most of them would never have had the opportunity to see, a baby goat being born! They crowded around the pen, full of mamas and babies, and watched this beautiful miracle of life. It was a great day full of fun and laughter!

MOVIES!!!!!

Movie day today! We will be going to the Lakewood movie theatre to watch Jurassic World and Inside Out. If your child is here today, please make sure you have signed the movie permission slip for what rating of movie they are allowed to see. We are loading the bus at 11:20am so please make sure your child is here by 11:15 if they are coming with us. Send extra money for snacks!

Seawolves Game

As you all already know, yesterday we took a trip to the Erie Seawolves baseball stadium to watch a game against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. It was a great game with players on bases almost every inning. Most of the game the teams were tied 1 to 1. They even ended up going into extra innings. At the top of the 13th, the Fisher Cats scored a run. Everyone started giving up. Even some of the crowd started packing up. At the bottom of the 13th, the Seawolves were up to bat. Before we knew it, the bases were loaded. The crowd was on the edge of their seat. The entire game was riding on the next batter. The ball was pitched, the bat swung. The ball soared into the air. The crowd went wild, a grand slam! The game was won! 

Now, as exciting as all that was, the reason I’m writing this and, probably, the reason you’re reading it, is to hear about the kids and their time at the game. We got there early and enjoyed a picnic provided by the park. We ate our fill of hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, baked beans, chips, popcorn, and what picnic would be complete without watermelon? As we ate, we could look out on the field as the players were practicing and preparing for the game. A couple of our kids were even given baseballs from the players! The rest of our time there consisted of watching the game and taking countless trips to the snack bar, the souvenir shop, and, of course, the dip n’ dots stand. They even got to go on the field for different games throughout the ball game. The kids talked and cheered, laughed and chanted (some of them made up on the spot). All in all, it was a lot of fun! 

Even with all of those fun things that happened, there are two specific moments that I loved. One of these moments was with one of our little girls in the youngest group. She had won a hat and was given another (as were the rest of us). We were giving away the extra hats to other people in the stands and she asked if she could have one for her brother who wasn’t at the camp. We said yes and gave her the hat. Soon after, we ran out of hats to give, but there was a little boy sitting a few rows in front of us who didn’t get one. We asked her if we could have the hat back, expecting her to say no. But, after thinking quietly for a few seconds, she said okay and that her brother could have one of her other hats. She proceeded to take the sought after hat down to the boy herself. Not saying a word, she went up to him, handed him the hat, and walked back to her seat, expecting nothing in return. 

The other beautiful moment that we had on this trip was with one of our older girls, we’ll call her Daisy. Daisy happened to be one of the campers who was given a ball by a player before the game. Throughout the game, balls were flying into the stands all the time. But none had come to our section, until this one. We heard the bat make contact with the ball and saw it fly up towards our heads. It was coming down, just a few rows in front of us. Daisy saw it and ran to get it. At the same time, an older man who was sitting near there also got up to get the ball. Daisy, being young and fast, beat the man to it by a long shot. The older man sat back down, disappointed. Daisy, without any prompting from anyone, walked over to the man and handed him the ball she had just worked so hard to get. 

These are the types of moments we love at Cobham, moments where our kids show kindness to each other, as well as complete strangers, without any of the normal encouragement from us. This is what we are striving to instill in our children every moment that they spend at our camp, kindness and selflessness. Christ-likeness.  

SEAWOLVES WON!!!!

SEAWOLVES WON!!!
We are just now pulling out. So we'll imperially be home by 5:30.

SCHEDULE CHANGE

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we will NOT be going to the Russell Roller Rink tomorrow. Instead we will be going to the pool. So be sure to send sunscreen, swimsuit, towel, and of course lunch. We will be going to the roller rink on Friday. So remember socks for skating!

Trip Day!

Hey! Just a reminder that tomorrow is our trip day! Go Erie Seawolves!!! Remember to have campers WEAR THEIR T-SHIRTS!!!!! This is EXTREMELY important as it makes it so much easier to spot our kids in the ball park. Also, we have a picnic lunch provided for us at the ball park. So lunches are not needed. However, after lunch, we won't have access to food without buying it. So snacks for the bus ride home are encouraged and water bottles are a MUST! It should be a great time! 

CHAPMAN'S DAM CANCELLED

Hey, everyone!
So today is supposed to be gross and rainy, so we won't be going to Chapman's Dam today. We'll be in the building for the rest of the day. Feel free to comment, message, or call with any questions!
Have a wonderful day!
Hannah

Hi, everyone! Welcome to Cobham Day Camp 2015! I can't believe we are already ready to start day camp for another year! It feels like Day Camp 2014 just ended. But we have a lot of exciting things planned for this year, such as these trips, and it should be a lot of fun!

So, since this whole blog thing is new for Cobham (yay for finally joining the 21st century, technological world!), I thought I would give you a quick overview of what you can expect from this blog. It will be used for a lot of different things. First, announcements will be posted here. So, if there is ever a change in plans, you can find out first hand here. This also includes anytime we are running late getting home from a long trip. Please check here before going to the building to pick up your child. That way, you will know before you get there that we ran into construction and are going to be an hour late. I will also post any documents you may need, such as the overview of the program with all of the rules and regulations and all that fun stuff. Speaking of which, you can find that at this link. Cool, right? You will also have access to the weekly parent letters this way. That way, if you misplace yours before you have a chance to read it (hint, hint... please please please read them), you no longer have an excuse. You can just follow the links provided here or on our Facebook page.

Week 1 Parent Letter can be found HERE :)

Well, now that we have all of that covered, we can move on to the fun stuff. The main thing this blog will be used for is as an actual blog. I know. Crazy, right? I'll be posting stories, funny things that happen, etc. It should be a good time. Feel free to comment and let me know how I'm doing!

I think that should be about it for tonight... Except to say, I hope to see you all at the parent meeting tomorrow! Or if you didn't know about this before then, which most of you probably didn't, and you're reading this after the meeting, it was good to see you! And I hope you're as excited as I am for this summer! It's going to be great!

Hannah