CSW Boarding Students and the Very Busy, Super Long Weekend

Whoa. This weekend was so full, that I think we're all just a little exhausted from all the fun and bonding. Saturday night, we went to Kimball Farms, where we had our fun with bumper boats, tug-o-war, and mini golf (among other things.)

Then, Sunday morning we did a TON of get-to-know you activities, including one that looked a little like speed dating (but wasn't!). Sunday, we had our first family-style dinner, and I'm sorry to say I was so engaged in our dinner conversation that I didn't take a SINGLE picture. But the dining hall was set with table cloths, and we were randomly assigned to tables. We had chicken and eggplant Parmesan, pasta, bread, salad, string beans, and yummy cake for dessert. And in between devouring all of that food, we took turns answering fun questions. Some of the questions pulled out of the box on our table included: "What was the most embarrassing thing to happen to you?" and "What job would you NEVER want to do, no matter how high the salary?"  It was a really fun way to connect with each other.  Afterward, each dorm presented their fractured fairytales. Our dorm based ours on the rock-a-bye baby nursery rhyme, and it was SO good. This year, each skit had to contain the following:

• The line "What's in YOUR wallet?"
• Jane Moulding and her two dogs, Jethro and Charlie.
• A reference to each of the dorm parents and associate in each dorm
• A dance
• Singing

Although I'm sorry to report that the Barn didn't win (and thus had to give up our trophy from last year), you can watch the video and see for yourself how good it was. We're happy to be good sports and offer our congratulations to White Farm dorm, who won with their rendition of the Three Billy Goats Gruff.

Then, the returning boarding students presented a giant scroll of wisdom to the new boarding students. They worked really hard to come up with all the advice they wish they had known when they started here, so that the new boarders could get a head start. =)

Then, after THAT, we had our dorm meeting and superclean, and we celebrated Ronghao's birthday with brownie cake and strawberries and whipped cream. MMMMM. And, the birthday song, of course.