Kickball and Christmas...

Although beach weather had eluded us, we did manage to have a rousing game of all-camp kickball in the afternoon...


Some old friends stopped by with babies...


...and the game ended with a bench-clearing brawl!


The gray skies inspired a "Christmas in June" theme and Manny received a huge gift:


We all went to Edgartown for lunch on the docks and Dr. steve took this giant picture of us. He had to stand on top of a van to get the proper vantage point and right after he clicked the shutter he stepped back and fell off onto the pavement below. Luckily he's a doctor so everything was alright.

The Dr. Steve Files

Who knew that Doctors could take pictures? check out some of the killer pics our fine doctor has taken during our first two days...

Rain Won't Stop Us Now!

Our first full day here at Jabberwocky was a wet one, but we don't care about that. Actually we do. We wish the sun would come out so we could go to the beach and get hot, but until then we've got horses and rain ponchos too. Before we ventured out into the wild, we got a lesson on how not to scare horses:


And then we hit the trail!







Back at camp Elsie says she doesn't let a little wet weather get her down...


Matt L. showed us his work of art...


And after dinner we gathered around and had our first official "Challenge Night". This means people challenge each other to things such as this "chubby bunny" contest...it involves stuffing marshmellows in your mouth and saying "chubby bunny".



Paul challenged Peter and Miles to a reverse push-up contest, which turned into a floor dance-off.


And we all went to bed, full nearly to the point of barfing with tasty sweets and the goodwill of another fine summer begun anew.

We're Back and Bloggin!

Yes! Jabberwocky in July has officially begun! Tune in here for updates. We're going to go blog crazy this summer, posting videos and more pictures than you'd ever want to see of our motley crue. We're very excited to report that everyone made it off the ferry and is safe at camp, we think. We're still counting to make sure...Anyway, here's our first day report:

It was a cold and blustery day, and as the counselors rode over to Woods Hole to meet the campers, we all felt certain doom was around the corner.

But it wasn't! There were happy, wet faces waiting for us there. We assured the parents we'd take good care of their sons and daughters and grabbed them before they could protest and then we hustled them back on the ferry where a bumpy ride would take us all back to the land known as Jabberwocky. On board the ship, old friends were reunited...



...And waiting for us on the island shores were many strange people:








Rain would not deter us on this day. We marched up the streets of Vineyardhaven and arrived at our home for the summer...Camp Jabberwocky!


After we unpacked we ate a hearty lunch...


And met the new people, including Sam here, who informed us it was his birthday, so we sang for him.


And then after lunch Bubba rang the bell, which signaled it was time for the serious business of having fun to truly begin...