Beth Missel baked a delicious bread, egg, cheese, and sausage casserole for breakfast. The kids ate it up, along with left-over pizza, and sweet breads (donated by Kudopan).
It turns out Ladder Golf was a fairly popular game! Almost everyone had their chance to master throwing the golf balls on a string - the object of the game is to play to 21 points. Each 'step' on the ladder is worth 3, 2, or 1 point. My father made my set from PVC pipe when he visited me here in Japan a couple years ago. You can find the game online and order it too!
Kids lined up (above) for gift the exchange. The American kids took great effort to pick something special for the Japanese kids. The raffle drawing to select a gift had American kids receiving American gifts so they did some swapping on the side. I'm not sure why it was done this way, but I do hope everyone was happy with their final selection. My kids were. Jesse got a wooden dinosaur that walks and Rachel got a cute box someone made with items inside.
It was really nice to see the different gifts the kids brought. I think this idea was much nicer than sharing candy or otherwise. The gifts make a nice keepsake. As you can see the kids are wearing their camp shirts they made too. They will keep these for many years to come too!
The camp was coming to a final close with certificates left to pass out to each camper. Julia, Keiko, and Sen Yamanaka shook their hands. The kids had to share a word or phrase they learned in Japanese. Some were very shy and didn't want to speak and others put some real effort into an answer.
Last duty before our guests' departure from the base... PACK UP! I couldn't help but post this picture of Julia running away from an insect! Ha-ha-ha! I think everyone had their share of mosquito bites from the night before too.
All in all, I think the kids had a fantastic time. The whole day spent on base you could see the kids really enjoying each other's company. It was a great "bonding" day. My daughter, Rachel, said that she didn't want camp to end. We started the week with our days mixed up and going by so slow...to now, not wanting it to end. We all gathered for the group camp photo before everyone left...see the next post in the blog.
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