I recommend the Disney movie Eight Below. It was a lot of fun and the story keeps your attention. Well, Rachel and Joanna weren't always engaged, but most of us were.

Oh, I had to geek out and use a projector to display the movie on our ceiling. We all laid down and looked up. Fun!

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Day 2 - Full Day of Fun

Very cold at night - below freezing. Here is frost.


At this camp, we were served all our meals. Normally, we make our own, but it is okay to be served occasionally




Captured lizard.

Competition

One event was to catch a catapulted water balloon in a sheet




Another event was to build a fire.


The team had to build a fire with very little material that was no higher then the metal wire, but hot enough to break the string above it.


Bamboo spear throw. Cool!


Not an official event, but there is always time for dirt throwing


Ever heard the story The Crow and The Pitcher? Here we have to fill up a tube holding a ping-pong ball with water from a sponge. The boys have to fill up the sponge by running to the orange kid pool about 50 feet away.

We won this event!!



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Elijah and I with the Royal Rangers from our church had a "survivor" camp-out at Camp Featherstone near Lakeside, CA.

Day 1 Arriving and Initial Explorations

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I (Leslie) met some e-maginary friends at the Zoo today: Brown-Eyed Girl/Amy and SugarPlum/Heidi. I "know" them from the homeschool forums that I frequent. We had a great time, and the kids made some new buddies too! (though it was funny trying to figure out what to call one another; we finally settled on "Mrs Girl", "Mrs Plum" and "Mrs Yet" (since my screen name is NoUglyOneYet). I'm so glad that we were able to meet-up!!

First stop: the reptile house (eek!)



Checkin' out the Galapagos Tortoises (they're HUGE!)



Joanna & Heidi's youngest daughter check out the Gharial skeleton. They really hit it off and enjoyed playing together (the girls, not the skeleton!).



Amy gives Joanna a boost to see some creepy-crawlies. It was nice to have a kid-less mom along to lend a hand with all the little ones! (Amy was enjoying an adult-only vacation, and left her 7 kids at home in Texas!)



Amy teaches Rebekah how to make a rubbing. Rebekah is now making rubbings of everything! Thanks, Amy. :)



Elijah gets a little help in being a monkey.



Abby provides the boost that Joanna needs to be monkey-fied too!



The boy gang stops running amok long enough to accost the gorilla statue.




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She loves her slide.





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