Mimi Camp Day 2 - Italy

 

We left London last night and arrived in Italy this morning! 

We had hot chocolate and cannoli for breakfast. 

Thumbs up for cannoli. 

For lunch we enjoyed pizza and grape juice in plastic wine glasses (leftover from a wedding). 

We watched a video about Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii and the ruins. 

We tried to safely erupt soda bottle volcanos. 

It turns out that orange soda barely bubbles over with the mentos. You need Diet Coke to get a good volcano eruption. Lesson learned. 

We switched to designing mosaics.

Carefully designing mosaics. 

We enjoyed Neapolitan Cakes and Italian Choco Wafers for our snack. 

Turns out soccer is very popular in Italy, too. 

A quick pose at the playground.

We love colored pencils and were coloring mandalas. 

So many pencils. 

She thinks hers look like Taylor Swift's background dancers. 

Italian Ices on the front porch. 

We went outside to run off some energy. She is organizing the six youngest boy cousins. She convinced them to run time trials that she tracked on her Apple watch.  

Mimi Camp Day One - London!

 

Today was the first day of my European Cruise aboard my living room! Campers arrived for breakfast. 

Some arrived for a full English breakfast (minus baked beans and tomatoes). 

And some came for Lucky Charms. 

We chose a craft from the craft box. 

We played some "Footy". 

Then they played some Gaga Ball with grampa. 

Returned home for lunch at the pub.

Finishing up the fish and chips and celebrating a birthday. I swear I bought frozen peas. I can't find them. And I didn't even have a random can of canned peas. 

I put them in teams to design and build the London Bridge. 

The Gray Team. They were named after my couches. 

These two split from the brown team and formed their own partnership. 

The Gray Team Bridge. 

Louis's first bridge with my camp helpers behind him. 

Leo's bridge. 

Louis's second bridge. 

The Brown Team's bridge. 

Snacks for Afternoon Tea. 

Attaching the recipe to the bag of Dollar Tree Dinner items. 

Our dinner bags, packed and ready to go to the food blessing boxes. 

Ice Cream Break

Two Superheroes eating Superman Ice Cream cones on my porch. 

Getting ready for tomorrow's destination.  

The Eve of Mimi Camp

I took some pictures for their scrapbooks and I am busy frying bacon ahead of time for breakfast when we reach London.   

I was very excited about the canopies. Especially for my Paris Cafe.  We have tried several methods to attach them. The fourth method just failed when another fell. 

Guess what we are having for lunch.

Thank you Oriental Trading

The front door. Thank you Walgreens for the free 16 x 20 print. 

Flag by the door

And the passports, boarding passes and stamps are ready to go! 

More Pickles

 More pickles. 

I picked the perfect week for my Mimi Camp, didn't I.  The new plan is to stay indoors and let them destroy my house for four days while eating an abundance of ice cream.