Seneca Welcomes Puppies

When I worked the Easter weekend at Indian Trails I thought I would never have an easier cabin; so far it seems this week’s cabin proved me wrong. Of course, it helps when three of the eight campers do not show up. One of these three is Cody, who had tubes put in his ears and will not be back this week.

With only five campers, and a week to rest, we are ready to begin another session of camp. This is a kids week, so all of our campers are very young. This is exceptionally strange because we have always had the oldest cabin in the past.

Alex was the first one to arrive. He was here before in another cabin and he is both helpful and well dressed. Today he wore a polo and nice new shoes.

We also have Calvin. It is his first time at camp and he seems excited to be here judging by his high pitched noises that he makes. Both Alex and Javell, another camper in our cabin, love to echo what they hear, meaning that when one of them makes a loud noise the other repeats it, causing the other to repeat it back. So far, we have found that the best way to stop this is to take on e of them away so they no longer have anything to repeat.

Seth and AJ...best friends

AJ is in our cabin as well, and he seems to be a favorite among the counselors. He is small, cute and loves hugs so it is obvious why he is well liked.

Finally, we have Jordan who is nervous about being at camp so far. Like other times when I have had Jordan in my cabin, he will not eat in large groups because he is too nervous.

On Monday, we did in fact gain another camper; Max, who was in our cabin for the first session, returned to Seneca. He really enjoyed camp the first time and he was on a waiting list. With all the cancelations, he was able to come back. So much for the very easy week, but oh well.

Alex continued to walk around with a brush in his hand all day, brushing his head often, despite the fact that he does not have any hair.

We also discovered that Calvin loves to break glass. First, he broke a bowl that was in our cabin by dropping it on the ground and then he did the same thing during breakfast with my coffee mug. Because of this, we told the kitchen staff to give us only paper plates for the rest of the week.

For the evening program, we played a game of “Eagle’s nest.” It was a lot like basketball but with only one basket. We teamed up with Algonquin, our brother cabin for the week, and the campers took turns shooting balls into the basket.