We arrived on Friday night.. Well, I arrived from work at 4pm and spent a few hours moving tables about and putting out beds for the grown ups until the kids arrived at 6pm. They made us a card and bought us some flowers!
We played some outdoor games as the weathers been lush, and had hot dogs and ice cream outside for tea!
I think I was more excited than the children about that- I'm obsessed with eating outside now that we don't have any outside space at home.
The girls had new groups to work in, and made their badges in different colours to show which group they belonged to, and they started their diaries. Tats managed to get loads of really cool coloured carpet squares so the girls had one of those each to sit on and keep their diary, reading book, brownie pencil etc on.
After all our evening activities, we had a pyjama fashion show hot chocolate and biscuits and the girls went to bed. Ray, Abi and I missed the fashion show as we were desperately ironing transfers into 40 T-shirts ready for the next days activities. O_o It took us hours!
Not as long as it took the girls to go to sleep though!
After the T-shirts we put all the beds out and got ready to sleep ourselves- although, the young ladies were having none of it. I think the average was 4 hours sleep on Friday night, and thats probably being generous...
On Saturday we were up at 5:50. I made the coffee. The girls were up. They spent the morning doing crafty activities and making friedship bracelets and posters for their six boards.
We had eggy bread for breakfast- You scramble eggs with milk, dup the bread into it and then fry the bread until it goes golden. It's super yummy./ Although, better if it's made on a wood smoke fire outside.
The brownies weren't sure about it, although most tried it.
There was loads left over- I have 6 pieces (3 slices of bread) but Val managed to eat 9. I'm really impressed.
That will be my new target..
After breakfast we did out chores, played games in the woods, and had room inspection.. even that didn't encourage tidiness!
We then had cake at 11
Oh my god, I've never eaten so much food in my life as on pack holiday. the kids must have been totally stuffed all weekend!
After cake, we made circus props- We made Poi, Juggling balls, Decorated our T-shirts and decorated hula hoops- all ready to use in the afternoon,although the girls didn't know they'd need them.
The hoops we decorated with electrical tape to make them stripey and put a thin strip (1cm width) of gaffa tape round the inside to make them grippy. They looked awesome! possibly that was the post effective craft!
We made poi from long striped socks weighted at the toe with rice, and knotted to stop the rice escaping.
The girls decorated the t-shirts we made the night before with fabric pens.
The final activity was to make juggling balls from balloons and rice- in the end, we used flour. it was easier. but not by much. what a nightmare.
We had lunch, and Ray and Abi took the girls to play in the woods- which was perfectly timed for the circus skills man to arrived with all his stuff!
He was set up and surrounded by unicycled before the girls returned.
He put on an excellent show- and let us join in with the whole group activities- then when the girls got free reign on everything we helped them to use the unicycles and stilts.
In the evening we had Helen's excellent Lasagne for dinner- I love Lasagne!
And giant jaffa cakes- flan base, with orange jelly and dark chocolate melted on top. And everywhere else all over the kitchen.
And then a campfire in the woods! singing and smores! Whilst Abi, Ray and I lit the camp fire, Val and Tats took the girls out for a walk. They all managed to get stung by nettles. then bitten by mosquitoes.
We stayed out until 10pm and the girls were still not sleepy- we had to beg them to go to bed and it took them quite a while to sleep.
And then one of them had a milk tooth fall out! I don't have any kid and was stressing over the protocol for the tooth fairy- not to mention that with 30 of them on bunk beds one of them was bound to see me trying to sneak the tooth out and leave the money!
In the end I persuaded her that it might get lost, so to put the tooth under the pillow in the medical room (I kept the tooth safe for her mum the following day..apparently some parents keep them all?).
Sunday was started with sleeping in till 7:20 and bacon rolls. then chores, packing up the girls beds- and looking for lost socks and shoes and felt tipped pens.
They payed outdoors with their circus equipment and filled in their diaries until 11 when we had a cake break.
After that they started preparing for their bin bag outfit fashion show, whilst Helen made roast dinner and everyone else started cleaning, tidying, hoovering and mopping.
I don't know how such small people can make so much mess!
Their parents came at 4pm, we finally left about 5pm. I cannot explain how tired I am- How tired we all are! but the kids loved it, and begged for another one. The parents were all grateful and pleased, some gave us cards or wine or just verbal thanks- which is really more than enough.
My weekend seems to have passed in a haze of chaos and cake.
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