Last night I was the most evil person on earth and took down the score sheet from the dining hall. You should have heard the complaints! But the point totals were too close and I wanted to make sure that the announcement of winner was a surprise.
Teams earned some last minute spirit points, we added in polar bear plunge points for Saturday and we had a winner!
On Saturday, we had our normal Family Day Celebration with songs, program awards, and each group got to show off their cheer. And then FINALLY, after all of that, I read off the point totals. There was lots of cheering and excitement, and it was fun to see the kids so into it. The oldest group of boys (13 and 14 year olds) were the winners, and when I announced it, they all jumped up and roared with cheers, embracing in a huge group hug while jumping up and down, shouting their team cheer. 13 and 14 year old boys are too cool for everything, so to see them so excited and in to the theme throughout the week, and then get so overjoyed at winning was wonderful
Earlier in the week, I'd had my dad cut 8 inch round, 1 inch wide wooden circles from a log and S and I had painted all 9 Olympic ring colors for each of our teams, as well as the camp name, and "Spirit Award". The boys were excited to receive them and so were the counselors. It was so funny, because we'd handed awards to all of the kids, and still had one left for K, but I don't think he saw it, because he looked a little sad. And then we handed it to him and his eyes lit up and he said, "OH! Good!"
It was such an exceptional week and the kids and staff were all completely lost in the magic of it. I was so proud to be part of such a wonderful week, and I know that it is a memory that kids and staff will think of fondly for a really long time.
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