A Day at Day Camp

A Morning at Camp Peirce Webber

7:30 a.m., Downeast School. The buses have come. Which one is ours?

Here we go, mama made sure we are safely on the bus.

'Bye bye' mama, see you later!

First stop, Bangor Y at Hammond Street. After roll call inside the Y, we come back out to get onto the bus with our counselor. Here's the youngest group, that's us.

On the road, we are almost there!

Finally, entering Camp Peirce Webber.

Off the bus to our gathering area. Where is Ethan?

We have to listen to our counselors every morning.

Let's just follow the crowd.

Off we go to our 'house' to put down our stuff.

Then it's snack time in the shade before we start the day.

Grapes, so refreshing!

More instruction, we have to listen.

Oops, he raised the flag upside down! He had to do it again!

Snack time is over, let's do something else.

I'm ready for the "Green Light, Red Light" game, got to listen carefully and be prepared!

It's Green Light, I'm running. Where is Isaac? He didn't want to play.

Wow, we can take a short rest now.

Oops, we both had to see our counselor. I scratched Ethan quite good under one eye.

Our fun playground during free time.

Just because the counselor said to go to the playground, must I? I didn't want to. Why didn't everyone else wait till I want to go before they leave? I cried and cried, and my counselor had to come back to get me. I have a hard time following instruction sometimes.

Another counselor had to talk to me.

So now I decided to join in the fun.

It was a lot of fun, I don't know why I didn't just make the right choice at the start.

I love following what Ethan does.

I am agile!

I just can't quite do everything Ethan does.

But I can get on the swing myself!

See, I did it!

Oh, the joy of running in the open, so free!

Sliding down this big slide is exciting.

The counselors trying to keep cool in the shade.

Here, I am crying again to see the counselor.

What is the matter now, Isaac?

The outdoor pool where we swim every day.

Good thing we just finished swimming lesson, not as scary.

One, two, three, jump. . . I need to hang onto someone.

My teacher is helping me to get ready for a back float. But no noodle?

We need a break from the water!

One, two , three, go. . . I am brave!

Not so bad once in the water

Oops, got to hold onto my swimming trunk!

Time to dry up like Isaac earlier; it has been fun though.

This is for real !!

Ever since day camp started, our Lego box plus all our toys have magically disappeared. Yeye said Mama will wave her magic wand tonight, and everything will MAGICALLY appear again on Saturday morning. We shall see, shall we not? We have developed a love for books from the library. I should REALLY spend some quality time with Isaac. I read a couple of books to him. I really enjoyed it. It was a good bonding experience.

Ethan and Isaac do a lot of things together, such as playing house, using Lego pieces to build airplanes, and reading. Tonight, he actually read to Isaac. It was so cute. We had to take a picture of this memorable occasion. 

Look at all our fun activities

The last day of swimming lesson

Too bad this is the last day of swimming lesson. We had so much fun learning how to swim. It would soon be over. We made it the best of the lesson.

Swimming lesson is always fun. Before the lesson, we warm up with our friend Emily Strong. This is a must.

We still have time. Let's do more warm up exercises.

We're kicking water at the deep end of the pool, but sure don't like water being splashed onto our faces.

Look at me, swimming at the deep end of the pool!

I am so brave. I am hanging on at the deep end of the pool without any help.

With a little help, I am treading water.

I am doing a back float. Look at me go!

The Bangor waterfront

Here's the Penobscot River that we crossed over by car many times.

Oh look, two men getting ready to go into their kayaks.

We really liked watching them. There's that special paddle.

Here goes the first man, paddling out into the middle of the river.

Wonder they are are going, looks fun.

Our best found on the waterfront, a cannon!

Ethan told mama all about how the cannon works. It uses oil to blow the ball out!

Why not imagine firing a cannon ball across the river to defend Bangor!

We've been running and running, so tired, let's go home!

Picking strawberries at Adam's Farm

Strawberroes, strawberries everywhere, so exciting!

Mama is busy looking for the best and juiciest picks.

Oh, oh, I found one to put in my basket.

Me too!

Yum yum, maybe we eat more than we pick!

How can I resist this big, juicy one?

Should I eat these or should I put them in my basket?

Enjoying the fruit of our labor, ice cream with strawberry-rhubarb pie that mama made.

I love it, mmm. . .

Games at Home

We are good at putting a 63 piece Lion King jigsaw puzzle together.

How about Chinese checkers?

We only like the jumping part, too hard to think of strategies!

I love reading certain books though I can't quite figure out the words yet.

I am Ethan Spencer Tang, yes siree!

Why this picture?

Don't worry, we are till alive and kicking. The grandchildren have not driven us to our early graves.

When we first drove passed this Catholic cemetery, Ethan and Isaac exclaimed: "This is the Dying Place." We drove by this "dying place" at least twice a day 4 times a week during swimming lesson time. We've since taught them the proper term - cemetery. To day, as we went to the Bangor water front. I asked them to look, look and see the "dying place." They told me that I have forgotten this is not a dying place, it is a cemetery. HOW FUNNY!!