Let the sun shine in

Of course, as I write this, it is well past the witching hour, and I'm in my pajamas.

I just got back from seeing HAIR for the second time, and I'll put it this way: seeing a Broadway show when *not* sick to your stomach is always a good time.

My summer has been absolutely bonkers, and in a good way. Last August I spent the majority of the month on the couch, courtesy of Epstein-Barr. (If anyone knows of a support network, please let me know) This summer, I spend some time on the couch every afternoon ... but it's recovering from ...

...block printing, creating exhibits with my campers, creating scrimshaw, making hornbooks, playing graces or tag outside, decoupaging boxes...

Phew. Looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow! Knitting post soon, I promise.

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!

One of the things I loved about History Camp were the projects we did with the kids. During the first session, I had come across twenty one-dollar flags at A.C. Moore's. It was a stick with canvas attached to it. Pretty simple, right?

So, after we visited the Arsenal on the first of many muggy Fridays, the acrylic paints were broken out, the bowls filled with water, the paintbrushes laid out.

We made pirate flags!

This is based on a real pirate flag, except my book about pirates is out in the garage (and it's late, I don't want to leave my room). Not all of my kids made pirate flags, some made American flags, some made flags about their elementary schools, and I'm sure there were a few imaginary countries created by my campers.

Stone Soup Wednesdays

Every second Wednesday of each session was Stone Soup Wednesday. Earlier in the week, the children would bring in assigned food, and on Wednesday, the children would make the soup (with heavy supervision, of course). I read the story, Lindsey, my intern, would do the butter lesson, Denise would build the fire ... and everyone would nervously help the children cut up vegetables, peel potatoes, and keep them away from the fire. The descendant of the historical house (my camp is located on the property) would come in with his wife and bake bread in the beehive oven.

So yummy.

Here are pictures from the Second Stone Soup Wednesday. It was during a hurricane, and all eighteen kids showed up. Camp is in a two-hundred year old barn ...