This morning villagers and counselors alike seemed in great spirits; smiles all around, healthy appetites and willing participation are nearly overwhelming.  It may have something to do with the sun and warm weather, but I’d like to believe that it’s the start of our new ateliers that has gotten everyone excited.  This time around we’re offering macramé extrême for those crafters amongst us who have already a basic knowledge of bracelet making skills.  Canoeing and archery are huge favorites as usual. 
Charles Baudelaire graced us with his presence during the lunch presentation today in honor of poetry day.  Food was transformed into verse and rimes seemed to just float around during dinner.  For this evening’s activity villagers divided into family and worked on Madlibs.  Next, we distributed handfuls of words from our word bank to give inspiration for a few lines of poetry.  It was a collective effort magnetic poetry activity, which was then passed to other families to get variety into our verse.  Once all of the preparation work was done we headed to Champagne for our Café Poésie.  Two villagers from each family came up to the front to read their couplets.  After all the families had read we had created a nice original poem.  This was a great activity for the campers to use their creativity and learn quite a bit of new French, and how to use it.

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