Love & Logic

There is this technique of parenting and working with kids called love and logic. I recommend everyone to really look into it. So we use these methods to work with kids not against them. I just want to mention some of my gem phrases that I love saying to our girls.

When they are whining about something and they want you to solve their problem you say: "Hmmm what are you going to do about that"

"Everyone at Birchwood knows... eg we use good table manners, we don't swim under the dock, we include everyone"

Or there's the "play dead". When they keep keep whining you just shrug your shoulders, "hmm sad-day" that's a classic.

Camp Updates

So I will be writing a succession of updates from my life here in Camp Birchwood!

Swine Fluuuuuu!

So get this we have had an outbreak of swine flu. HAHAHAHA! It's like legit so I shouldn't be laughing. Also, it's technically H1N1 aka R2D2 to us staff. We have had to quarantine girls and have their parents come pick them up. It's sad to have them leave, but best not spread the disease! Even our Peter Pan for the camp's play "Peter Pan" had to be ejected. Within the staff we have renamed the play "Peter Pig", and along with the the lost piglets. *Oink*