The highlight of my summer so far was our family camping trip to Camp Nan Ke Rafe. This camp is in Brewster, MA- just 20 minutes from my house! It is a camp for special needs families to relax and have fun. The organization that makes this possible is called Dream Day Cape Cod. Because of their efforts, our 5 days at camp were completely free! My family was so thankful for this opportunity. Here are some highlights of our week.
On our first night, my Mema came with Liam, Addy, Mom and me. We stayed in a cabin. I got to sleep in a bunkbed! It was so hot the first two days! We also had a camp fire the first night. All of the counselors did skits and sang songs. We also made s'mores!
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| Outside Cabin #2 |
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On the second day we made some crafts, went fishing and canoeing. I caught a fish! Mema had to go home, but Dad came for the rest of the week!
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| Addy making some Xmas ornaments |
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| Waiting for my crafts |
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| The fish count for the day! |
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| Addy and Mema at the pond |
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| Mom and I canoeing with Counselor Megan |
Later on the first day we made tye-dye t-shirts. Then we had a carnival with games and karaoke.
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| Liam getting ready to dye his shirt |
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| Mema and Addy |
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| Playing carnival games with my family |
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| Fun with hula hoops! |
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| My carnival trick! |
On our third day we did some more fishing a boating.
We also did some really fun activities like Paint the Counselor, arts and crafts and face painting. It rained a lot on this day, but we still had fun!
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| Painting Counselor Jenny |
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| Painting with Dad |
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| Aargh, matey! |
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| With our new friend Maeve! |
On our fourth day we did the low ropes course and climbing wall. We all worked together to complete the elements. I got to try out two of them. Here I am walking along a beam with some help from Megan, Emily and Liam.
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| What a great little brother! |
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| Liam on the climbing wall |
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| Addy on the climbing wall |
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| Liam and Addy working together |
We went to an Orlean's Firebird's game with our new camp friends.
On our last night we had a camp fire with more skits and songs. My dad even got to be in it! Everyone got camp awards and mine was for being Mr. Cool- they all liked my shades.
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| Our fun camp counselors |
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| See my Dad? |
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| Award for Mr. Cool |
On our last day we went whale watching! We saw three finback whales, but didn't take any pictures! One of our favorite things we will miss about camp is our new friend Maeve- she has a very bright spirit! Here we are playing in the sprinklers and saying goodbye.
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| Staying Cool in the Sprinklers |
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| Bye Maeve- we'll miss you! |
