Nature's Classroom!!!(Zoe)

Ahhh! I loved Nature's Classroom! I was in the boathouse cabin. The only bad part of my stay was the WEATHER!!! It poured the FIRST day I got there!My mom came on the third day and slept there one night. She threatened to dance if we didn't behave. A lot of the kids in my cabin liked her alot. While there, I made up a song called Magical Pixie Whales. Inside joke!And eventually my whole cabin was singing it and passing it on to others!Lyrics are at the bottoms! Anyway, I enjoyed making candles. That was one of the many fun classes I took. I also took a class called Feed Yo Face. We used everyday food to give ourselves a facial. It was sticky and fun! One of the other classes I took was Arch Bridges. I built a bridge out of styrophoam with teammates.We couldn't talk to eachother while building the bridge so it was a bit of a challenge. We made the bridge sucessfully and actually got to walk on it! My other class was Boomwhackers. We learned lots about music, beat, and notes. Field Group was lots of fun. My Field Group leader was Jessie along with some of my other friends Jackie, Corrine, Allison, and Maya. We shared about ourselves the first day and came up with a "sentence off". It goes like this: I want a(mine) son that moe poe my rock extravaganza field Connecticut. It was sooooo silly. The second day of Field Group we took a 2 hr. hike up Sunrise Mtn. and played the game of camoflauge on the way. On the third day of field group, we took a 5 hr. hike and toasted marshmallows(YUM)!!!!!!!!! On the last day of Field Group, we took on a challenge course which was surprisingly challenging! The meals there were very good and I loved the entertainment(HUZZAH!!!!!) Inside joke!(Again) I loved transition time in the cabins. I bunked with my best friend Jackie and across from us were our good friends Alexa and Haley, which didn't exactly make it easy to sleep! During my stay, I recieved an IALAC bead which I am very proud of. IALAC can mean anything from I Am Loving and Caring to I Am Learning at Colebrook.It means you did something good. I took a picture of my friend Hailey with her IALAC bead for her, so she gave me the bead. Inside the cabins we enjoyed playing Zoo, lacrosse, and just hanging around and chatting(don't forget naps)! Our cabin was right on the water and we had a beautiful view!!! Underground Railroad(UGRR) was a blast.My mom was an abolitionist in thsi activity and she said she enjoyed it too! We all were treated as slaves and had to take this activity very seriously. For slavery is not a laughing concept. It was one of my favorite activities though very sad. At the begininng, they would tell us things such as, " You are seperated from your mother, father, sister and brother" and,"You are not a person, you are property" all while we had to keep our heads down as not to disrespect our "masters". I was almost going to cry! But, overall, I had the greatest exprience of my life at Nature's Classroom this week and I will NEVER EVER forget it!!!

Magical Pixie Whales Song
Chorus:
Magical Pixie Whales
Rockin' the seas
Wha-ho-hooooo

They're like Pegasus' in the water
With their unicorn horns
Lalala lalala hoo hoo

Chorus

They're not pixies
The're not whales
Nor are they unicorns
Wha-ho

Chorus

They're like Pegasus' in the water
With their unicorn horns
Lalala lalala hoo hoo

LAST TIME

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