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August 06, 2006
Happy Camp V
A few years ago, Mom planned a get together where all the PA relatives would gather and play lawn games. She made a scoreboard. You got a point for participating and three points for winning. At the end of the weekend, there was an awards ceremony, complete with prizes.
So now it's Happy Camp V, and let me give you the guest list:
Grandma and Papa, the host and hostess
Mom and Dad
Mom's Brother and his Wife
Cousin #1, her Husband, and his Daughter, and a Friend of the daughter's
Cousin #2 and her Husband
Cousin #2's Parents-in-Law
Me and the Dude
Sister and my BrotherinLaw
the cousins' mother (the ExWife) and her Husband
whew! 20 people. Thankfully, not everyone stayed at the farm, but it was a ton of people to feed every day. It was well organized and really a lot of fun.
The games:
Badminton
Croquet
Bocce
Yolf (yard golf)
Sitting Duck (a bocce variation)
Holey Board (a homemade game kind of like a carnival game...throw the washers into the holes)
Horseshoes
Walk to Pond
Scattergories
Pinochle
Catch Phrase
Uno
Wienie Roast (roast your hot dog over the fire then eat it)
Shooting the Revolver
Many more.
It was a lot of fun! Here's the highlight: what we used for the Shooting Target. First let me say that the theme of Happy Camp is the Happy Face. We decorated using him as the theme. And so we had a little bit of a Happy Face Tablecloth left over, so that was the target. You know what my mom said? "What are you smirking about? Wipe that smile off your face. Take that, Happy Boy!" It was a laugh riot, the irony of ironies, and really funny.
I didn't win Happy Camp (duh) but I won a croquet game tonight--I even beat Dad!--and got to play more lawn games with my immediate family. That was the best.
Tomorrow: leaving for home. Amazingly, I miss it. I hate leaving Togetherness, and I am not exactly thrilled about facing The Real World and Responsibility again, but I miss my little home.
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