Postcards from Camp: Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Company B

Dear House,

Yesterday I did get to watch mariachis and dance in front.

Signed,

Terrence R.

Dear Dad, Mom and Ccoyle,

Some of the heritage that I learned was that soldiers carried flint and steel with them.

Signed,

Holden A.

Dear Family,

Yesterday, I learned that Hispanics have good music skills.

Signed,

Moses S.

Dear Mom,

My favorite thing yesterday was making the tortillas because they were good.

Signed,

“Bob” [James C.]

Dear Bailey,

My favorite activity was tortilla making. My tortillas were round and delish! I miss y’all lots and I’ll see you Friday!

Signed,

Ashley W.

Dear Mom,

My favorite activity was painting retablos. I painted a cross for someone.

Signed,

Savannah S.

Dear Mom and Dad,

I made tortillas and min was as big as my face! I also made retables and dug in the dirt trying to find objects. I love you and miss you! I will see you soon.

Signed,

Jamie H.

Dear Mom, Dad and Tyler,

I miss you so much! Yesterday we played a game called Clues in the Dirt. We pretended we were archeologists and we found a bone, possibly from a bird.

Signed,

Samantha A.

Dear Mom,

We did tortillas. It was one of my favorite activities because we got to roll the dough, put them on a grill and put cinnamon and butter on it to eat!

Signed,

Nicolas T.

Dear Mom,

Today I learned about the Mexicans and how their solders work and many other random things.

Singed,

Delling D.

Dear Mom and Dad,

I got to paint a retablo and it has a brown background and family in blue.

Signed,

Connie F.

Dear Mom and Dad,

WE got to do the flag raising and make tortillas, art out of wood and clues in the dirt.

Signed,

Carmen G.

Dear Family,

Yesterday we had an awesome activity. We listened to the mariachi band. I liked it because it involved music.

Signed,

Morgan W.

Company A

Dear Mom and Dad,

Yesterday the thing I liked most was the mariachi band because I like music. I can’t wait to see you in three days.

Love,

JaRayl P.

Dear Family and Friends,

I had too many favorite parts of yesterday! I loved making tortillas, I loved painting retables, and I loved listening to mariachi bands! So Mexican day was definitely my favorite day so far.

Signed,

Joscelyn A.

Dear Mom,

My favorite part of yesterday was when we visited a different fort/mission because we went through some sort of maze.

Signed,

Joseph C.

Dear Mom, Dad and Jerry,

I love y’all and miss y’all! How is Rosi doing and baby girl doing?

Love,

Arrial

Dear Dad,

Yesterday, I danced in a conga line during a song from a mariachi band. It was fun because the songs were energizing.

Signed,

Batman

[Zachary R.]

Dear Mom and Dad,

We did retablos, that was my favorite thing! I love you and miss you.

Love,

Clayton J.

Dear Someone,

Yesterday a band came and played and sang songs. It was realy fun because we got to dance on stage! Also, one of them played the Harlem shake!

Signed,

Someone/Me

[David D.]

Dear Family and Friends,

We saw a mariachi band and they were great. We also painted and made tortillas, I made a corn and a flour tortilla and put butter and cinnamon on them.

Signed,

Ivory G.

Dear Mom,

Yesterday was Hispanic Day and even though we did plenty of fun activities, I think my favorite was making corn and flour tortillas!

Signed,

Christian V.

Dear Mom,

We made tortillas and then we got to eat them. One was corn tortillas and the other one was flour tortillas.

Signed,

Tyshun S.

Dear Mom,

My favorite activity was the retablos, because it was interesting to learn that it was an important part of Mexican culture.

Signed,

Gracie W.

Dear Mom and Dad,

I got to dance with a mariachi band. It was my favorite because they did funny things.

Signed,

Will C.

Dear Mom,

My favorite activity was the mariachi band that came to sing to us. It was really fun. Love you.

Signed,

Gaven A.                                                                          

Company C

Dear Family,

Please send me an email, today was really awesome.  The week is going by really fast and I can’t believe it.  I can’t wait to see you all.  My favorite was making the flour tortillas.  I love and miss you.

XOXOXO,

Jasmin S

Dear Family,

Today was Hispanic day.  I enjoyed making flour tortillas because when we added cinnamon they tasted great.  I miss you, only 4 more days of camp left.

Signed,

Daniel X.

Dear Mom and Dad,

Hispanic Heritage day was awesome!  First we went to the presidio and a museum.  Then we did an archeological activity!  My favorite was of the week so far, was shinny.  I was the goalie and the music man, I made up cheers for our team.  Our team won 6 to 0!

Signed,

Xavier A.

Dear Daddy and Family,

Yesterday we made wonderful tortillas and we heard mariachi music and they were speaking Spanish and did not know what the heck they were saying. I got to play shinny and the people kept saything that I hit them and I started to cry because they were accusing me of something when I was all the way on the other side of the field.  I loved painting but I can’t explain why, I just liked it. I don’t have much more room so I just want to say that I love and miss you!

Signed,

Gavin B.

Dear Mom,

Making the tortillas were my favorite.  I loved my flour tortillas with butter and cinnamon.

Signed,

Alexandra V.

Dear Mom,

Yesterday, I went to the Menard museum, after that we went to the fort and found out how it looked like back in 1757.

Signed,

Phillip N.

Dear Mom,

Yesterday was Hispanic Heritage day and the mariachis came.  They are really great.  I liked their “Mariachi Traje,” it was black with red.

Signed,

Samira S.

Dear Mandy,

I saw a bunch of cool things like old telephones, I also learned that the Hispanic heritage named a lot of the roads and rivers.  I even got to see and walk in their presidio.

Signed,

Morgan T.

Dear Mom,

I learned how to do a Mexican dance when the girls were playing.  One of them helped me with dancing it was cool!

Signed,

Mikayla H.

Dear Mom and Dad,

My favorite activity today was the mariachi band because they played awesome music!

Signed,

Simon

Dear Mom,

We all had a lot of fun, but one of my favorite things we did was dance with the mariachi band.

Signed,

Collyn S.

Dear Dad,

Yesterday was interesting, one of my favorite activities was the mariachi band.  Well, only three days left.

Signed,

Diego M.

Company D

Dear Elvis,

We learned that they there are bands called mariachis.

Signed,

Erica W.

Dear Mom and Dad,

I went to Menard, and got to visit the museum and the presidio.  I got to make corn and flour toritillas.

Signed,

Andrea S.

Dear Mom,

Making tortillas was the most fun, and I can teach you how to do it when I get home.

Signed,

Tyler H.

Dear Dad,

My favorite thing was the mariachi band, it was so funny, during the song the guys would sometimes flirt with the girls and Mr. Buddy was having some fun too.

Signed,

Elijah H.

Dear Family,

I learned how to make tortillas, corn and flour ones.  I’m fine, don’t worry about me.

Signed,

Thomas R.

Dear Mom, Dad, and Ty,

Yesterday we learned out to make corn and flour tortillas.  We also made retablo (paintings on a wood block).  I loved the mariachi band, they were amazing!

Signed,

Jillian A.

Dear Mom,

Of all the Hispanic heritage activities my favorite was the tortilla making station because it was fun and the flour tortillas were delicious.

Signed,

Aly C.

Dear Kira,

On Tuesday, we made our own tortillas.  They were really tasty! We also listened to a mariachi band, they had violins, and danced along with them.  We went to the Presidio and painted a retablo.  My retablo has chickens!

Signed,

Shastia A.

Dear Nicholas,

I learned how to make tortillas yesterday.  I will teach you how to make them when I get home.  I mish you very much, and I will see you soon.

Signed,
Antonio S.

Dear Mom and Dad,

Yesterday we made tortillas.  First we made dough, then we rolled them out.  After that, we cooked them, and put butter and Cinnamon on them.  It was good!

Signed,

Nick H.

Dear Mom and Dad,

Yesterday I painted a retablo.  I also made flour and corn tortillas and went to Menard to visit a museum and the Presidio.

Love,

Derek S.

Dear Mom and Dad,

We made tortillas on Hispanic heritage day.  It was my favorite because we got to put cinnamon and sugar on them to eat.

Signed,

Angel M.

Dear Dad,

Today I made tortillas.  They were super yummy.  I can’t wait to come home and make them for you.

Signed,

Madelon C.

 Company B

Dear House,

Yesterday I did get to watch mariachis and dance in front.

Signed,

Terrence R.

Dear Dad, Mom and Ccoyle,

Some of the heritage that I learned was that soldiers carried flint and steel with them.

Signed,

Holden A.

Dear Family,

Yesterday, I learned that Hispanics have good music skills.

Signed,

Moses S.

Dear Mom,

My favorite thing yesterday was making the tortillas because they were good.

Signed,

“Bob” [James C.]

Dear Bailey,

My favorite activity was tortilla making. My tortillas were round and delish! I miss y’all lots and I’ll see you Friday!

Signed,

Ashley W.

Dear Mom,

My favorite activity was painting retablos. I painted a cross for someone.

Signed,

Savannah S.

Dear Mom and Dad,

I made tortillas and min was as big as my face! I also made retables and dug in the dirt trying to find objects. I love you and miss you! I will see you soon.

Signed,

Jamie H.

Dear Mom, Dad and Tyler,

I miss you so much! Yesterday we played a game called Clues in the Dirt. We pretended we were archeologists and we found a bone, possibly from a bird.

Signed,

Samantha A.

Dear Mom,

We did tortillas. It was one of my favorite activities because we got to roll the dough, put them on a grill and put cinnamon and butter on it to eat!

Signed,

Nicolas T.

Dear Mom,

Today I learned about the Mexicans and how their solders work and many other random things.

Singed,

Delling D.

Dear Mom and Dad,

I got to paint a retablo and it has a brown background and family in blue.

Signed,

Connie F.

Dear Mom and Dad,

WE got to do the flag raising and make tortillas, art out of wood and clues in the dirt.

Signed,

Carmen G.

Dear Family,

Yesterday we had an awesome activity. We listened to the mariachi band. I liked it because it involved music.

Signed,

Morgan W.

Company A

Dear Mom and Dad,

Yesterday the thing I liked most was the mariachi band because I like music. I can’t wait to see you in three days.

Love,

JaRayl P.

Dear Family and Friends,

I had too many favorite parts of yesterday! I loved making tortillas, I loved painting retables, and I loved listening to mariachi bands! So Mexican day was definitely my favorite day so far.

Signed,

Joscelyn A.

Dear Mom,

My favorite part of yesterday was when we visited a different fort/mission because we went through some sort of maze.

Signed,

Joseph C.

Dear Mom, Dad and Jerry,

I love y’all and miss y’all! How is Rosi doing and baby girl doing?

Love,

Arrial

Dear Dad,

Yesterday, I danced in a conga line during a song from a mariachi band. It was fun because the songs were energizing.

Signed,

Batman

[Zachary R.]

Dear Mom and Dad,

We did retablos, that was my favorite thing! I love you and miss you.

Love,

Clayton J.

Dear Someone,

Yesterday a band came and played and sang songs. It was realy fun because we got to dance on stage! Also, one of them played the Harlem shake!

Signed,

Someone/Me

[David D.]

Dear Family and Friends,

We saw a mariachi band and they were great. We also painted and made tortillas, I made a corn and a flour tortilla and put butter and cinnamon on them.

Signed,

Ivory G.

Dear Mom,

Yesterday was Hispanic Day and even though we did plenty of fun activities, I think my favorite was making corn and flour tortillas!

Signed,

Christian V.

Dear Mom,

We made tortillas and then we got to eat them. One was corn tortillas and the other one was flour tortillas.

Signed,

Tyshun S.

Dear Mom,

My favorite activity was the retablos, because it was interesting to learn that it was an important part of Mexican culture.

Signed,

Gracie W.

Dear Mom and Dad,

I got to dance with a mariachi band. It was my favorite because they did funny things.

Signed,

Will C.

Dear Mom,

My favorite activity was the mariachi band that came to sing to us. It was really fun. Love you.

Signed,

Gaven A.                                                                          

Company C

Dear Family,

Please send me an email, today was really awesome.  The week is going by really fast and I can’t believe it.  I can’t wait to see you all.  My favorite was making the flour tortillas.  I love and miss you.

XOXOXO,

Jasmin S

Dear Family,

Today was Hispanic day.  I enjoyed making flour tortillas because when we added cinnamon they tasted great.  I miss you, only 4 more days of camp left.

Signed,

Daniel X.

Dear Mom and Dad,

Hispanic Heritage day was awesome!  First we went to the presidio and a museum.  Then we did an archeological activity!  My favorite was of the week so far, was shinny.  I was the goalie and the music man, I made up cheers for our team.  Our team won 6 to 0!

Signed,

Xavier A.

Dear Daddy and Family,

Yesterday we made wonderful tortillas and we heard mariachi music and they were speaking Spanish and did not know what the heck they were saying. I got to play shinny and the people kept saything that I hit them and I started to cry because they were accusing me of something when I was all the way on the other side of the field.  I loved painting but I can’t explain why, I just liked it. I don’t have much more room so I just want to say that I love and miss you!

Signed,

Gavin B.

Dear Mom,

Making the tortillas were my favorite.  I loved my flour tortillas with butter and cinnamon.

Signed,

Alexandra V.

Dear Mom,

Yesterday, I went to the Menard museum, after that we went to the fort and found out how it looked like back in 1757.

Signed,

Phillip N.

Dear Mom,

Yesterday was Hispanic Heritage day and the mariachis came.  They are really great.  I liked their “Mariachi Traje,” it was black with red.

Signed,

Samira S.

Dear Mandy,

I saw a bunch of cool things like old telephones, I also learned that the Hispanic heritage named a lot of the roads and rivers.  I even got to see and walk in their presidio.

Signed,

Morgan T.

Dear Mom,

I learned how to do a Mexican dance when the girls were playing.  One of them helped me with dancing it was cool!

Signed,

Mikayla H.

Dear Mom and Dad,

My favorite activity today was the mariachi band because they played awesome music!

Signed,

Simon

Dear Mom,

We all had a lot of fun, but one of my favorite things we did was dance with the mariachi band.

Signed,

Collyn S.

Dear Dad,

Yesterday was interesting, one of my favorite activities was the mariachi band.  Well, only three days left.

Signed,

Diego M.

Company D

Dear Elvis,

We learned that they there are bands called mariachis.

Signed,

Erica W.

Dear Mom and Dad,

I went to Menard, and got to visit the museum and the presidio.  I got to make corn and flour toritillas.

Signed,

Andrea S.

Dear Mom,

Making tortillas was the most fun, and I can teach you how to do it when I get home.

Signed,

Tyler H.

Dear Dad,

My favorite thing was the mariachi band, it was so funny, during the song the guys would sometimes flirt with the girls and Mr. Buddy was having some fun too.

Signed,

Elijah H.

Dear Family,

I learned how to make tortillas, corn and flour ones.  I’m fine, don’t worry about me.

Signed,

Thomas R.

Dear Mom, Dad, and Ty,

Yesterday we learned out to make corn and flour tortillas.  We also made retablo (paintings on a wood block).  I loved the mariachi band, they were amazing!

Signed,

Jillian A.

Dear Mom,

Of all the Hispanic heritage activities my favorite was the tortilla making station because it was fun and the flour tortillas were delicious.

Signed,

Aly C.

Dear Kira,

On Tuesday, we made our own tortillas.  They were really tasty! We also listened to a mariachi band, they had violins, and danced along with them.  We went to the Presidio and painted a retablo.  My retablo has chickens!

Signed,

Shastia A.

Dear Nicholas,

I learned how to make tortillas yesterday.  I will teach you how to make them when I get home.  I mish you very much, and I will see you soon.

Signed,
Antonio S.

Dear Mom and Dad,

Yesterday we made tortillas.  First we made dough, then we rolled them out.  After that, we cooked them, and put butter and Cinnamon on them.  It was good!

Signed,

Nick H.

Dear Mom and Dad,

Yesterday I painted a retablo.  I also made flour and corn tortillas and went to Menard to visit a museum and the Presidio.

Love,

Derek S.

Dear Mom and Dad,

We made tortillas on Hispanic heritage day.  It was my favorite because we got to put cinnamon and sugar on them to eat.

Signed,

Angel M.

Dear Dad,

Today I made tortillas.  They were super yummy.  I can’t wait to come home and make them for you.

Signed,

Madelon C.