Even though it was a short week because there wasn’t any camp on Monday, we’ve had a very busy week at Our Place. Check out everything that we did!
We had poetry with Barry, which we do every Tuesday afternoon. This past Tuesday, we wrote stories for the first time, which was very exciting. We wrote about what we did on the 4th of July and about what the 4th of July means to us. Then we all shared our stories with each other so we learned what everybody did during the long weekend.
For our lunch outing this week, we went to Little Red Hen, a family-owned restaurant in Glencoe. They had a ton of choices and everybody seemed to really like it. Frank even mentioned that he wanted to go back there with his family. Joey got dessert and he liked it so much that a few more people decided that they had to get some as well, and they were very happy that they did. There were so many of us that we took over a large part of the restaurant and we had a great time!
We also went to Gilson beach, which we hadn’t been to in awhile because we have been trying other beaches in the New Trier Township. We ran into Keenan right when we got there, so we sat next to him and spent some time with him at the beach. Even though it was very hot outside, the water was freezing, which none of us expected. Travis seemed to be unaffected by the cold and was the first one to get himself completely wet. Soon a few more of us joined and many people spent the whole time at the beach playing catch in the water. A few people got snacks at the concession stand, and a seagull tried to eat our nachos! Katie and Frank thought it was hilarious and couldn’t stop laughing.
On Friday, we went to Millenium Park, which was the farthest that we have ever gone in the Our Place Mobile. It was a pretty long car ride, so we played Eye Spy on the way there. At first it was a little difficult, but we got the hang of it and played it all the way until we got to the park. We had a picnic and played cards in the park, and then we played Sharks and Minnows, which was Katie’s suggestion. Of course, we took a picture of us at the bean, and at the end we took off our shoes and played in the fountain for a little while.
We had poetry with Barry, which we do every Tuesday afternoon. This past Tuesday, we wrote stories for the first time, which was very exciting. We wrote about what we did on the 4th of July and about what the 4th of July means to us. Then we all shared our stories with each other so we learned what everybody did during the long weekend.
For our lunch outing this week, we went to Little Red Hen, a family-owned restaurant in Glencoe. They had a ton of choices and everybody seemed to really like it. Frank even mentioned that he wanted to go back there with his family. Joey got dessert and he liked it so much that a few more people decided that they had to get some as well, and they were very happy that they did. There were so many of us that we took over a large part of the restaurant and we had a great time!
We also went to Gilson beach, which we hadn’t been to in awhile because we have been trying other beaches in the New Trier Township. We ran into Keenan right when we got there, so we sat next to him and spent some time with him at the beach. Even though it was very hot outside, the water was freezing, which none of us expected. Travis seemed to be unaffected by the cold and was the first one to get himself completely wet. Soon a few more of us joined and many people spent the whole time at the beach playing catch in the water. A few people got snacks at the concession stand, and a seagull tried to eat our nachos! Katie and Frank thought it was hilarious and couldn’t stop laughing.
On Friday, we went to Millenium Park, which was the farthest that we have ever gone in the Our Place Mobile. It was a pretty long car ride, so we played Eye Spy on the way there. At first it was a little difficult, but we got the hang of it and played it all the way until we got to the park. We had a picnic and played cards in the park, and then we played Sharks and Minnows, which was Katie’s suggestion. Of course, we took a picture of us at the bean, and at the end we took off our shoes and played in the fountain for a little while.
We played 20 Questions on the way home, which was Emily’s idea. She started, and it took us almost the whole car ride to figure out that she was thinking of light bulbs. It was a little frustrating but we finally figured it out. Overall, it was a very successful outing!
We seemed to fit a lot into our shortened week at Our Place!
We seemed to fit a lot into our shortened week at Our Place!
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