Session 9, Day 1

Hey everyone! We had a great first day here at camp.
We started things off with a carnival, and ended the night with cabin introductions!

Talent Show/Campfire

Hey everyone. Today was a fun filled day! We had former staffer Thomas come up and extertain the kids with his balloon animal skills! You can check out more of his work in the photo section.

Today we had the camera crew here to get some shots of programs and what we do here at camp. As such, we did "closing campfire" a night early so we could get it on camera. Campers enjoyed smores while watching their new friends perform their talents and listening to everyones pine cone wishes.

Briana sang Happy Happy Joy Joy for us...

Tamar kept us laughing with his comedy act...

and Jordan + crew did the Cupid Shuffle!

The smiles today were amazing!

Color Wars

Last night we have a great time with Paivika Color Wars! Every cabin group was assigned a color and they hade to decorate their float, and compete in many different events! :)

Camp is so busy!

Sorry for the lack of posting recently! We are so busy here at camp. Yesterday we had an all camp swim, the local firefighters came up to visit and we had a scavenger hunt all over camp last night! Here are some pictures:

Busy Busy Busy!!

We've been BUSY here at Paivika! Activities are in full swing and the energy is up! Campers have been going non stop since they arrived! Here's a few pictures of whats been going on...

Sports and Rec had a rousing afternoon of kick ball...

A dance group came up and did a special presentation for us...

Camper Mark twirled his sister, Counselor Jill, around on the dance floor...

and last night we were visited by Carlos Santana, the Jonas Brothers, Brett Michaels, and Elvis at our Mr.Paivika competition. Congratulations to Elvis who was our winner!!

The start of Session 7!

Session 7 opened with a flag raising before our Casino Carnival!

Campers and counselors competed in some friendly games of corn shucking...

A water balloon toss and a "pie" eating contest for the counselors...

and after the cabin games, campers were able to play casino games, get their faces painted nd enjoy some snow cones and cotton candy!

Yesterday we were joined by our " Paivika Champions"  in celebration of the 1st Annual Campership Campaign. The Paivika Champions are a group of Paivika Alimni back from the 50's and 60's helping to raise money to send campers to camp through our Campership program.

Thank you Champions for all you do!

And finally at campfire we got to meet all of our amazing campers for the week!

It's a little late, but good bye Session 6!

Session 6 ended with an amazing performance at closing campfire from our guys and girls group performing a dance they learned throughout the week in Fine Arts (to see those photos check out our photo section. )