Day Five - Goodbye Gia - Hello Eliza!

Ethan sets out on a crawdad hunt

Art on the Creek - Gia works on her wall

Eva the nature girl

Today is Gia's last day at Camp and Eliza's first day. Eliza is my youngest granddaughter - only 2 and a half. This is her first year at Camp - and as with the other two, we'll add a day every year. So next year she'll be here for two days.

Goodbye Gia! Eva and Ethan had a great time with you and you really helped make Camp Sweetie-pie much more fun for them. Thank you for coming!



Of course, the day included another creek expedition for the hunter-gatherers otherwise known as the CSP Campers. Here is one of the fish that Gia caught (and returned to the creek after the photo opportunity)


And these are some of the many crawdads that the kids caught. These guys were lucky and didn't get eaten...though they're almost lobster-size. Camp Staff Anne bought aquarium nets at one of the pet stores which made catching the fish and crawdads much easier. The creek, just 100' from the house, makes Camp much easier as the Camp Staff gets to relax while keeping an eye on the Campers.


This year, we did some art on the creek inspired by nature sculptor Andy Goldsworthy. Eva titled her sculpture 'Mysterious Bridge'.



I started the rocks down the log and Gia continued the rock wall (see the photo at the top of the post)

Our youngest camper arrives. Hello Eliza!

...and gets right into the game. "I do it too"!

Eliza had the honor of lowering the flag for the fifth day of Camp Sweetie-pie!!