Summer Camp

Millie's Summer Camp (by Theodore Maple)
BASED ON THE SUMMER CAMP CRAFTING CHALLENGE!! (yay, my first challenge ever!)

Millie has recently been thinking about going to summer camp. Nobody would ever believe her, though, since everyone knew Millie was the type to stay indoors and read a book. But Millie also got bored very easily, and so she decided she was going to spark things up in her ten-year-old life and have a very fun summer.

It was a typical August day when Millie broke the news to her parents. (Georgina and I :D)

I would have never signed the contract, but Millie has a way of persuading people (especially her parents) to get her what she wants. Just with a few simple words, and by the next day, I surprised myself by declaring "Millie, you are now officially going to summer camp!"

It made me happy to see Millie so excited and so here we are, signing Millie up.

A few days later, I drove Millie to summer camp. I took some photos of her...

Millie packing her bag: It always takes her a while to decide what to bring to places.

Soon, I dropped her off at summer camp and we said our goodbyes. This is where Millie writes to the rest of the story. I found it in her diary...

I say goodbye to dad and walk to the camp. Everything seems big and unknown to me. I take a few steps forward and see that a man is waving hello to me. I wave back.

He says "Hi, I'm Bruce Outback, your new camp instructor. Today is your first day, so we won't do anything super special, just a lot of getting to know this place. Alright?'

"Alright," I say.

"Good," he says with a kind smile. He looks cheery and happy and I like that. "If you need me, just call me. Oh, and I'd like to give you your very own name tag!"

A name tag? Cool! I walk over and let him place the tag on me.

"Now your set to go. In a couple minutes, the kids at camp will introduce themselves to you and hopefully you'll all become friends quickly!"

"Thanks your the name tag!" I call as I skip merrily down to the sign that reads "Huckleberry Springs Camp," and then I read the rules. Good. now I'm ready. 

I see a girl reading books under a tree. Amongst all the other kids who seem wild and energised, she looks the most calm. I would probably do the same thing as her if she wasn't sitting under a shady tree reading books already.

"Hi," I say quietly, as not to disturb her. She lifts her chin up from behind the book. "Hi," she says, and the expression on her face looks like she doesn't really know if she wants to be friends with me or not. I decide to think of a conversation starter. "What 'ya reading?"

"I'm not actually reading, I'm sketching pictures of the wildlife. You know, the trees, flowers, even the grass. When I'm bored I draw the campers," she pauses and says "So your the new girl? I'm Camryn. I got here only because my brother wanted to go to camp."

I introduce myself and we talk and talk. Time goes by fast and soon Bruce calls us over to play a getting to know each other game. We sit around the campfire and tell each other about ourselves; our favourite colour, our favourite sport, our name (doh) and everything else essential.

So now I know about adventurous Sarah, show-off Gromwell, daring Chris, and shy Anthony :D

 Here's us playing!

We helped set up a big tent...

And had crafting time...

But soon it was time for me to head home...

When I did, I showed Mom and Dad what I drew for them...

Would you like to see too??

Love you, Millie XO

And lastly, here are some pictures of the summer camp diorama:

You can click on them to see them full size!

Hope you like them!

The tent

The reading spot

The rest of camp