Turtle Time

 Today we saw an amazing 
thing. A BIG Snapping Turtle!! 
It was the biggest one I've ever seen in my life! He was so old! He had a bad leg too. When it was time for him to go, he jumped in the water. He made a big splash, it was really cool. Everyone was upset to see him leave, but we still had a good time playing with him.  

Photos by AJ

I took this picture because i thought the dragonfly would be a very interesting picture. 

                     

                  

 I took this picture of this flower because i wanted a picture of the bee on it but it flew away.  

I like this picture because the bush stood out to  me and i thought it would be a very appealing and i also like how some of the leafs are standing up.

               by: AJ and NJ                                                  

                         

                                                       

The Pool!

Two of the favorite days of the campers is Tuesday and Thursday, because that is the day we go to the pool! Although not many of them can swim, they still enjoy relaxing and playing in the pool. Some even climb on other campers backs to stay afloat.(<-------as seen in picture here) 
The kids enjoy the slide, water, and the friends they hanged out with. The Snack Bar is also very popular when talking about the Pool. The favorite on the menu is the Hot Dog Snack combo meal which includes a Hot Dog, a snack like chips and a drink. They also sell desserts like, ice cream sandwiches, vanilla, chocolate and mint and chipwiches too. The Slushees are the bomb but make sure to use a straw or your lips will be stained for hours.  The pool isn't just for swimming... we bring books along so we can lounge in the chairs and just relax.  S.R.M said, "I want to go again!" We will next Tuesday and Thursday! And the one after that, and the one after that, and the one after that... Well you get the picture. DKM had a lot to say about the pool. "It was Fun"! "The deep end was really fun, going under water and coming back up is really fun, we can jump in and go to the bottom"

BSC said, "My favorite thing to do at the pool is playing monkey in the middle with a football


What do you like to do at the pool? Tell us in the comments down below! 


   

the pirate ship

The pirate ship was one of the biggest trips the campers took this year so far. All the campers had to get up super early to catch the car to take them to the ship, the ride was long but it was worth it because when we got on the boat the pirates told us about the ship, the statues and toolbox the cat. Close to the end of the ship ride the pirates sang songs and read books to us. Here's some of our impressions of the trip...
JRG:

The ride was long, It took an hour.

DKM:

Ummm... The ride was good, just when I went to the pirate ship it was big and really awesome!

LAD: I liked when they showed us all the dogs and statues that were carved into the boat. It was cool how the boat was running for seventeen years and the cat spent fifteen years on the ship.

BSC: I liked when the pirate ship sailed off into the water, when we were in the water and sailing we saw a blue heron.
SRM: I loved that I was pulling up the sails and when the ship were rocking around and I love the most that when we first went on the ship and when the pirates sang songs and read stories.
DJM: I liked when we had orders to pull up the flag.
WB: I liked the story because it had pirates and the cannons that were everywhere but didn't move and didn't fire.  I liked the pirates because they weren't scary they were nice.
AGM: I liked spending time with mommy and I liked looking at the water with the sparkles.


So many people liked going on the ship and we are just showing the campers point of view not the parents and so many parents came, what do the parents think? Please comment down at the bottom!

Geocaching

FIRST GEOCACHE OF THE DAY: MORRISVILLE DOG PARK

OUR FIRST DISCOVERY EVER OF GEOCACHING WAS MORRSIVILLE DOG PARK! IN THE HOLDER WAS ARMY MEN, A WRENCH, A KALEIDOSCOPE, ERASERS, A LIZARD(FAKE), A JOKER, AND A LOG BOOK TO RECORD OUR FIND! OUR FIRST FIND HELPED US TO DISCOVER ONE MORE! MANOR PARK SOUTH.

SECOND GEOCACHE OF THE DAY: 

MANOR PARK SOUTH

IN THE SECOND CONTAINER WE DISCOVERED A BRACELET, A HAIR CLIP, PIN, AND A LOG BOOK. THIS ONE TOOK US A BIT LONGER BECAUSE IT WAS SMALLER THAN NORMAL CONTAINERS. SO IT WAS HARDER TO FIND, BUT FROM A KEEN EYE FROM A.L.J WE FOUND IT IN NO PROBLEM!

IN THE END WE HAD A GREAT TIME SEARCHING FOR THE ITEMS!



IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GEOCACHING CLICK HERE

Our day at Pennsbury Manor

We packed up in the car and we went on another trip, to Pennsbury Manor. While we were riding in the car, we saw a deer. 

We were almost there, when Dan the man told the kids some rules. So we went in and we watched a little movie about William Penn. When the movie was over we went to go on to our tour. First we went to William Penn's house, we saw the rooms, were they dined, and much more other cool stuff.       

Then we checked out the garden, and sniffed types of mints.There were lemon bombs, apple mint, spearmint, basil, and lavender

After smelling the mints, we were shown a reservoir where we got to fill it up and poke it with a stick. After fighting over the tools.... ---------------> 

We drove back to school to finish our great day with bowling! Where all the kids had a great time! 

THE BIG CRAZE!

The biggest craze lately for the campers is making shooters out of weeds. The three biggest fans of the weeds are DKM, JRG, and LRE.(shown to the left) Every trip we go on, they always seem to find them! We thought it would be a good idea to show you how to make one. 

HOW TO:

FIRST: Begin with a simple weed.

THEN: Take the end, root, of the weed and make a loop.

AFTER THAT:

Bend the extra piece of the stem of the weed down.

FINALLY:

You push the bent part towards the direction you want to shoot it at.

We do not know what these weeds are called, if you could tell us what the weeds are in the comments below. Thanks!

A great day to fish

Sometimes we go fishing two or three times a week. We went fishing along the canal and caught one fish. The fishing was a nice time but very hot! The campers liked it when their friend caught a fish because it gave them hope that they could catch a fish too. We walked a long time down the canal to get the perfect amount of shade. We fished for a while and finally WE GOT IT! JM caught a fish, everybody was so happy mainly JM. So we fished for a little more, then we started to walk back, and then we saw a ton of fish! So we stopped and everybody was fishing in that one spot. People were getting there lines tangled, everyone was trying there best to get a fish. The canal is pretty interesting, too, because its a long path of rocks instead of grass that scratches your knees. Hovering over the rock path are trees that gives shade, and if you far enough you'll have endless amount of shade, at least SS says that. When we go fishing we sometimes bring the little kids, the little kids get so excited, a little too excited that they scream and yell even though they don't realize that they are scaring the fish!The campers liked fishing so much, we will be doing it much much more... but LRE still wants his battle!

A day at the museum

Tuesday morning (second day of camp) the campers went to the Trenton, New Jersey State Museum. We walked a full mile to get there! We walked across the bridge, while we walked, some campers stopped and played with the weeds.

We finally got there and all the campers wanted to go somewhere different. Some campers wanted to see bones, some campers wanted to see the 9/11 Memorial, and some wanted to see the art.








We started to walk around, we saw many cool things. All the campers were looking for the "please touch" sign! They were all ready to touch something. The campers got to color and some got to make quilt.We finally saw the art, the Native Americans, and we also saw different types of rocks! On the way back we ate crackers on the bridge until we were back at the daycare, it was a great day...but LRE still wanted his battle.

  QUOTES

• I liked the museum alot... it was cool looking at the dinosaurs bones and rocks, said MEM
• I like looking at the pretty pictures!, said SS
• I liked coloring, looking at the dinosaur bones and pictures! I had a great time., said ZES
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Discovery Kids Camp Day 1

    
      On the first day of camp the campers wanted to play kickball, we were all hoping it was going to be a great day. These comments are what the campers thought of the game.


Thoughts of Kickball:

• "No steals in Kickball" JDE said, " It was really fun!"
• "It was very fun!" TJE said, "I like running the bases."
• "It was great and my favorite thing was kicking the ball." said DKM
• "My favorite thing about kickball was getting two 'homeruns'!" said LRE  (he crossed home twice)
• "My favorite part was running the bases and getting to first base!" said ZES
• "Kickball is really fun!" JDE says
• "I liked running the bases!" TJE said
• "I don't know......." JRG said

Conclusion: The campers all agreed they all had a fun time with their friends and are looking forward to doing it tomorrow... except LRE he wanted to battle everywhere we went!

Catch of the Day

Catch of the Day

Catch of the Day