Monday, July 13, 2009

Talented

Today was the second day of camp and we had a lot of fun although it was extremely exhausting. In the morning we played some games with the kids that relate to learning about Kenya. They made masks of animals and then made bows and arrows out of sticks and strings and played a hunting game. Then Danny and I taught the kids a dance to the song "In the Jungle". We performed for the entire camp during breakfast.
It was hilarious. We got the dance moves from a YouTube video that Edna showed us of a hippo and a dog dancing to the song. After breakfast, Danny and I lead the group in a Yoga class that the kids really enjoyed. We did Yoga positions and had the kids say the nam
e of the animal in English that the position represented. Nora and Lori were at camp and they watched and thought it was really great.
After Yoga, a woman brought animals to the class and taught about the different animals and we all got to pet and
hold the guinea pig and baby chicks. After camp we went to tour the city of Akko. It was very cool. The "shuk" (market) smelled terrible because they're famous for their fish. It was seriously making me gag as we walked through. We went to a couple very cool museums, one was of an ancient Turkish bathhou
se, or as us Jews would call it, "shvitz". Tonight we are just hanging out and probably going to bed early because we are all so tired from our long day.

3 comments:

  1. We just got done chatting...Happy Birthday!!!
    These campers are adorable and it looks like a lot of fun at this day camp. Love you!

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  2. happy birthday hilly!! we love reading these and hearing all about the amazing stuff you're doing! so glad that you're having so much fun! love you!
    ~stef and shalom

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  3. Danny and Hillary, You are making amazing memories for these kids. So nice to see you still have the little kid in yourselves as well. Love, Aunt Donna

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