week one...

so i have successfully made it through the first week of summer camp. i was really worried this summer cause i am the director of the older kids ( 10-12 yr olds) and last year they were a complete pain and i was just hoping for the best this summer.

well week one they were great. the kids actually played most of the games and there was barely any complaining going on

but let me tell you what consists of a pretty good week....

day one...i had to jump in to the pool and save a girl from the younger kids camp that was going down while doing her swimming test that we make them take before they have free range of the water park. needless to say she now has to stay in the kiddie pool

day two....have a kid diagnosed with anorexia. have to keep an eye on that one.

day four.....ok so we have lunch out at a pavilion and there is a swing set and the base of it is made of pebble size rocks. well a pretty big rock managed to find its way in with the pebbles and into the hands of the sweetest little girl. she was holding it and tossed it to the ground. then of course the heavens and stars somehow aligned and in some weird coincidence of movements the rock hit a boy in the forehead by accident. there was so much blood i thought i was in a horror movie. my heart stopped. oh and did i mention it was the kid diagnosed with anorexia ya awesome. his dad was not too happy when he showed up. the kid was actually ok. he is pretty tough and no tears shed. he didnt even know he was hit by a rock, other kids had to tell him he was bleeding. the cut was small and didnt need stitches but the emt was called just incase cause there really was so much blood.

then while we were dealing with (this.... a little girl got sick and threw up.

friday a parent came in and was mad cause a kid throw away his daughters drink before she was finished with it (and of course the daughter failed to mention that she was scratching the kid and he just got mad and threw it away but feels bad about it and will buy her another drink) ya kids like to leave parts out...but the dad came in and just starts cussing in front of all my kids cause he was mad his daughters drink was thrown away and was calling the boy names. what kind of parent does that?

and then only had one parent complain that her kid was being picked on by other campers which they go to school together and this would happen while they were at school so it is just an on going thing

so all in all....a pretty good week.