Little Bear Campers were busy this week!
We had cold windy days, warm thaw days, snowy days and a bright blue sky sunny day. On Thursday we went down our hill to the Hartland Cross Country ski Trails under a bright warm sun. Little Bears were busy on snow shoes or skis touring the flat pastures and hay fields with great snow conditions that made for a terrific morning.
During our afternoons we worked with crafts in the hay barn. Doug led a leather workshop, copper tinkering, mask making, cooking, beading and bow drill fire makers made cooking fires with two simple pieces of cedar wood, dry plant tinder and a string.
Cooking and eating together three times each day was a big part of Little Bear Camp. Each main meal had three courses- appetizer for new taste tests, main meal and fruit desert. We ate outside under the trees in the snow and inside the log cabin. We had many kinds of fires and our special Little Bear cast iron frying pans and dutch oven. New vegetables we tried included jimcama, a nutty white crispy vegetable that is great raw in salads. Radish-egg plant for blue day was sauteed in butter and blue squid noodles with cheese sauce were a big hit.
Monday was Valentines Day, so we ate red pepper and red chili pizza, raspberries, strawberries, and anything red that tastes good! Tuesday was yellow day so we had bananas for snack on crisp bread, chicken noodle soup made with ingredients from or own eggs and chickens. Wednesday we ate Orange foods like butternut squash soup, mandarins and fried eggs up in the camp in the woods over fires.Thursday was blue day- blue corn chips, salsa, guacamole, squid ink colored pasta and shredded purple cabbage slaw with fresh pineapple. Friday was green day so every imaginable vegetable like celery, kale, chunks, fried eggplant and fruit melon salad with yogurt.
The sheep escaped only once and went peacefully back inside after looking around for a few minutes. The Little Bears collected eggs every half hour or so and the 37 hens got lots of cuddles and attention.
On Friday Little Bears were sad that the week was already over and many wished for several more days to play and do projects. Parents were treated to a wild little play about Cinderella made by the girls and poems written by our hardworking and loving intern Lily Adler for each Little Bear about their special gifts.
Thank you Little Bears for a wonderful week! It is our favorite time of year when we have beautiful snow, sun, a cabin full of Little Bears and life in the woods as we wait for spring to come.
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