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Jun. 27th, 2008 11:03 amThat is the name of the robot at the YMCA. He visits every morning assembly (introduced by the strains of that "I got a secret" robot song from the 1980s, and the kids chanting, with arm motions, awesome-o-o!) and there's a little improv skit involving him and a couple of other counselors, and then his arm spits out a note card with the thought of the day, which is a little message about being a good friend or something like that. It's a cute way to do a "lesson" without banging the kids over the head with it.
As you may have gathered, last night was Family Night at the YMCA day camp. The counselors are a bunch of wacky college kids, there are lots of improv skits (the camp director appeared as Bare Belly Bill, apropos of the pirate theme, wearing a tiny little striped red shirt that left his belly indeed bare), and chanting, and cheers, and warm-up dances performed to "Istanbul was Constantinople," and my husband was basically another 7 year old camper in the mix. Dillo loved the robot and the gymnastics room and did a lot of running. It went too long and there were tears and recriminations as we left, and bedtime was a mess. But it seems like a good camp. Casper was in the mix and knew the score and jumped around like everyone else.
As you may have gathered, last night was Family Night at the YMCA day camp. The counselors are a bunch of wacky college kids, there are lots of improv skits (the camp director appeared as Bare Belly Bill, apropos of the pirate theme, wearing a tiny little striped red shirt that left his belly indeed bare), and chanting, and cheers, and warm-up dances performed to "Istanbul was Constantinople," and my husband was basically another 7 year old camper in the mix. Dillo loved the robot and the gymnastics room and did a lot of running. It went too long and there were tears and recriminations as we left, and bedtime was a mess. But it seems like a good camp. Casper was in the mix and knew the score and jumped around like everyone else.