My Camp report for Fall 2003


Well, this did not work out exactly as planned. I am writing my Fall Camp report in January. Again, Camp this last Fall was Wonderful! I was particularly happy to see Taffeta and Ms Farida since they were not at Camp this last Spring. There was an ample supply of hot cocoa, which was a very happy thing, as I love hot cocoa. Karen Marie organized a most excellent Camp. I particularly want to thank her for all the nice pictures she sent to me after Camp. I enjoyed making two little sand art castles and a sand art sun at the craft activity. I had never done that before and I think I would like to try it again sometime.

This time my newest Dollie Becky came to Camp with me and she attended the Dolls and Teddy Bears Soiree with me. Becky is a baby doll. I never had a baby doll before. One day while I was at a Dollie store, I was looking over all the Dollies, and though I did not care fore her outfit, when I saw her I knew she was my Dollie. I told Aunt Dixie about her one evening in GirlTalk chat and she said she would find a pretty dress for her. Aunt Dixie knows I love yellow so at Camp, Aunt Dixie presented me with a very pretty yellow dress for Becky which Becky wore to the party.

We had lots of free time, which I really enjoyed. That gave me a chance to read several of my favorite stories. I also watched cartoons on television with some of the other girls. We had a wonderful new activity at Camp this time. Spinner had the idea and Karen Marie lead us in making Memory Stars. We were provided with a bunch of pretty stars cut out from different colors of card stock. We wrote the names of girls who were not at Camp on the stars and place them on the wall of the dining room. In the process we had a wonderful time talking about the girls remembering our times with them. There were a lot of stars on the wall, which gave me pause to reflect on the nature of our group. At any given Camp lately we have more than twenty girls in attendance. We also have a group of dear friends not at Camp, some of whom could only come once, or attend as they are able. To all of you, please know that we do think of you and miss you and hope to see you again.

Karen Marie started a new tradition with a Camp Book. The idea is that those who have planned Camps will write in the book about their experiences and the book is passed on the girl who will plan the next Camp so she will have it for reference. Since I, with Daddy's help, have planned four or five Camps including the first two, I was given the honor of writing in the book first. I tried to write everything I could think of that would be helpful. I just hope others can read it.

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