Take Off Your Mittens

One of the amazing things about this past winter was that all that snow and ice side-stepped our camp tour schedule. We didn't have to postpone any of our appointments with the many families who came out to learn about camp and talk about the warmer days of summer.It seems like we can finally take off our mittens and say that spring weather is here to stay, though we've had a few false starts and I think the snow removal crew at Blair Academy may still have their plows and shovels at-the-ready just in case.Most of us, though, are ready to stow the mittens and scarves and even try on our t-shirts and shorts to see if they're ready to go for the summer. In the camp office, we've been having the great T-Shirt Color Debate and we think we've finally decided on the colors for this summer's camper and staff CK-NJ shirts. It's still a secret, so I can't tell you yet (though you might be able to bribe me with some authentic Fig Newtons or homemade Frito Pie).Camp tours are fun because every family has different questions and every prospective camper brings his/her unique combination of curiosity, excitement, nervousness and anticipation. Some have never been to sleep-away camp before, others have tried it out. Some already know other campers at CK-NJ, and others don't know anybody at our camp yet. Some are obviously going to be playing sports all day, others will be dancing and singing and acting, and still others will be doing lots of lanyard, ceramics, painting and tie-dyeing. Most, though, will have some kind of mixture among their activities. And since all of them will be able to pick their own activities every day (because they go to Campus Kids!), they will be able to easily try out new activities, which some people think is the best part of camp (next to making new friends).Let me catch you up on our Weekend Tours photo gallery: (to see all the photos from our website blog, and entries that don't appear here, go directly to our website:
http://www.campuskids.com/njblog/campuskidsnjblog2011_04.htm

And the tours continue. I had a really fun day of tours yesterday. Today Stu, Mandy and Mitch are doing tours. As you can see from this photo, Mother Nature has finally decided that it can be spring at Blair Academy. Let's all enjoy it while we get a little bit more excited because camp is just around the corner.

Tom