Evidence

Although he claims he didn't do it, there is evidence that Jack got into the Nutella today:

1. There were small, brown footprints on the floor in the kitchen
2. Chocolate was smeared all over Rudi's back
3. Jack was COVERED in Nutella
4. The Nutella jar was open and in Jack's reach
5. There was Nutella on the wall at about the same height as Jack's waist
6. Jack's lips and teeth were brown
7. There was a spoon covered in Nutella in the silverware drawer
8. Jack has done this before

I'd say he did it(:

Babysitting "Fun"

Babysitting is not an easy job.  Being the oldest though, it's something that I do pretty often.  I have a few experiences with Jack that need to be shared:

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Jack was watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse downstairs in the kitchen

Me: "Jack, let's go upstairs so I can do my schoolwork."

Jack: "Hawah dowt (Halle don't.)"

Me: "Jack come on!"

Jack with his sweet puppy dog face, "HAAAWAH DOWWWT!!!'

He won.

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Little kids constantly have to be entertained.  I was letting Jack play a game on my phone while I was watching him one day.  When he was done I looked to see what damage he'd done... He'd deleted three apps and pinned one thing on Pinterest!

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One day Jack was going downstairs to get his precious bear from the kitchen (that's what he told me anyway.)  It was taking him a while, so I decided to go check on him. When I got downstairs I smelled lemon in the air, and couldn't find Jack.  I called him several times, but there was no answer.  I found him in the closet under the stairs, armed with a Sharpie that he was using to draw all over his belly.  I removed the Sharpie from his possession and sent him to the corner.  I searched for the source of the lemon scent and found a can of furniture polish on the couch.  The couch and everything surrounding it was covered in a sticky, lemon scented liquid.

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The shoes, the marker, the mess, the thumb, the bear
Gotta love Jack(:

Noah

Noah, a godly man, overcame a great obstacle during his lifetime.  God told Noah there was going to be an expansive flood brought to wipe almost every living thing from the face of the Earth.  Trusting and obeying God, Noah built a colossal ark for his family and two of every creature.  Tired, but continuously faithful, Noah and his family waited for the storm to stop.  Successfully, they survived the storm and God made a promise to never wipe out the Earth with a flood again.

The brown pelican

  What kind of bird scoops its dinner up and out of the water?  This exceptional creature is the brown pelican.  Unlike other pelicans, the brown pelican dives head first from sixty-five feet above water down into the ocean to catch fish.  Other species of pelicans fly close to the surface of the water to find their prey.  Brown pelicans prey mainly on small fish that form schools near the surface of the water.  They will sometimes scavenge dead animals and eat invertebrates such as prawn and shrimp.  Populating on the coasts between North and South America, the brown pelican enjoys living on warm beaches with plenty of fish.  These birds have dark brown feathers and an oversized orange or yellow beak.  The brown pelican is a sizable bird.  From the tip of their beak to the end of their tail both male and female brown pelicans measure about four feet long.  In addition, their wingspan is about six feet wide.  Fascinating humans with their many remarkable traits, the brown pelican is yet another reason to head to the beach!

A brown pelican in flight

Sundae For Dessert

The aroma of chocolate fills the room as sweet sauce gets poured onto a scoop of strawberry ice-cream.   A cherry tops the delicious dessert.  The cold cream slowly turns into liquid inside of my mouth.  My spoon clings against the glass as I scrape the sides of the container, anxious for another bite.  The fruity taste of strawberries perfectly complements the chocolate syrup.  The bright red cherry enters my mouth and makes my taste buds dance.  Just one, two, three bites more and...
                                                         BRAIN FREEZE

The Coahuitecan Indians (essay)

  The Coahuiltecan Indians lived a difficult life.  They lived in southern Texas near Mexico.  The region where they lived was deserted and had very few resources.  Their diet consisted mainly of snakes, lizards, armadillos, prickly pear cactus, and javelinas.
  The Coahuiltecans were nomads, meaning they traveled from place to place to find food and natural resources.  They had very few tools and spent most of their time only surviving instead of spending time making pots, tools, and any other items that you may find the other Indian tribes making.  Coahuiltecans traveled in bands.  Bands were groups of people that lived together.  There were hundreds of bands and each one had about 150 people.
  Because their region did not have many resources, initially no one wanted their land.  This caused them to be weak warriors.  When other tribes eventually started to become interested in owning their land, the Coahuiltecans lost many battles. As a result, the Coahuiltecan tribe disappeared.  Today there are no known members of this Native American tribe remaining.

CCCC (Carolina Creek Christian Camp)

Christian: Carolina Creek Christian Camp was all about learning about God's word and getting closer to him. After every activity we would get together with the girls in our cabin and talk about how the activity was related to our walk with Christ (for example: almost all of the activities involved belaying and we had to trust the belayer to not drop us, so we would compare that to our walk with Christ by saying that we can trust God to keep us safe just as we can trust the belayer to keep us safe)



Crazy fun: There were a TON of activities including a 1,000 foot zip line, a giant swing, and the blob (I will explain that later). They also had kayaking, tubing, and banana boating. There were many more activities. Not only did they have those activities, but they also had two theme nights. The first theme night was nerd themed; they had games set up in the cafeteria room that were supposed to be the games you play on your phone such as fruit ninja or temple run. For the fruit ninja game they had chopped up bananas and apples that the "ninja" would throw at you to catch with your mouth. You would come to nerd night with your nerdiest clothing such as coke bottle glasses and bow ties. The second theme night was Duck Dynasty themed. We watched Duck Dynasty and played idiotic games such as toilet toss (you tried to throw a roll of toilet paper through a hanging toilet seat) and giant bowling (bowling with giant balls and pins) plus we also had a rubber duck hunt. Fun fun fun.



Caring: If you were to do something kind to another camper or if you were to do something godly you would be rewarded with points. These points would be added to your team's (cabin's) points and at afternoon chapel they would announce the team that had the most points for that day. At the end of the week they announced who the camp champs were. Those were the people in the team that had the most points overall for that week.



Cheer: There were cheers that we had for words, numbers, leaders etc. Here are a few:

For any number In this case the number is ten): TEN! one two three four five six seven eight nine ten. oosh ah ah ah ah boogitie boogitie boogitie ah (clap) a ah (clap) a ah (clap) a ah (clap clap) 

For the skit that they would do at afternoon chapel: Ski-it (clap clap clap) (we would repeat this getting louder each time until the people got on stage)

If someone said okay: Okay. Okay. okay okay okay. ooooookaaaay

To say goodbye: Bye. bye bye bye




Pictures:

This is the blob. The blob is basically a giant air filled pillow in the water. Someone sits at the end and the other person jumps onto the blob from about 15 feet in the air causing the person at the end to fly into the water. Because of my expression you can tell that it is really scary to be the person getting "blobbed".

My cabin in nerd gear

nerdy me

a really good picture that I got of our morning chapel stage

there were deer prints on almost every trail

half of my cabin

climbing the rock wall

me and my friend Adrienne at Duck Dynasty night

eating a family style meal at Duck Dynasty night

giant bowling

If you want to see more pictures go to carolinacreek.org and click on pictures then click on creekside week one and go through the days in the week.