Fins and Fishes
We set sail for watery party fun. We cooked up some fishy food, or at least decorated cupcakes in the attempt, after all which would you rather eat. We enjoyed many moments of watery fun and games. Watch out for the wet sponge and octopus landings! We made our own fishing rods, and fished for prizes in the centre “fish pond”. The week culminated with a fishing trip to Shannon Lake where we actually used our fishing rods to tease the fish. Of course, the size of the fish that got away grew bigger and bigger between the lake and the Centre, a fishy story if we ever heard one.

Together We Are Better
A week of cooperation and teamwork as we hiked to local parks with our parachute, flying discs, kid version croquet set, and humungous soccer ball to play games and enjoy McDuff Sports days. Every activity centered around working together and supporting each other. Highlighting the week was the Monster Truck course building and races, and the truck building competition. Very creative!  Even the Kidz in the Kitchen were involved, using waffles for wheels, fruit for rims, and maple syrup for oil. A tasty adventure indeed!

Hocus Pocus
This week was ushered in by Sam the Magic Man at the local Library. He set the stage for the week where we learned great magic secrets, and not so great potions as it turned out. We learned how to do several magic tricks in preparation for the Funtasia Magic Show on our last day of the week. ABRACADABRA!! Nothing can be more satisfying than watching the radiant smile of a child who has just successfully made their penny disappear to the delight of their audience. And the creative spark was kindled when each made their own magic box to hold their precious props.

Self-Expression
This was an opportunity to develop self-expression through paint, sculpture, drawing, clay, music and food. After all, pizza faces has just got to be one of the artistic events of the season. Each child had the opportunity to participate in karaoke singing and entertaining the crowd at our own rock concert, and they excelled at making their own paint from scratch that they used to create self portraits. And of course, the summer would not have been complete without celebrating our annual “Tacky Tourist Day” and the annual parade about town, although it didn’t take long before the tacky clothing ended up in the knapsacks in favour of cool breezes. Only the trip to the Kettle Valley Water Park and Playground provided the much needed “refreshment” to the summer heat.

Bear Family Reunion!!
The reunion kicked off with the Teddy Bear Picnic and everyone had their bear buddie along for every one of the games, and the challenge of the day was finding the pots of honey hidden about the park. Our favourite vocalist Matt Dufus joined us for the Bear Jamboree and provided music and artistic direction for the sing-a-long crowd. With some earlier planning and practice the Funtasia group performed their rendition of Goldilocks and the 3 Bears for the McBean tykes. The week ended with a mystery trip to the Grand 10 to see Underdog!!! Only Elvis had more impersonators than Underdog did all the way home to the Centre.

Hot Hot Hot but we're Cool Cool Cool
If you were thinking this was a trip to the lake or water park, you would be wrong. This week was about music and performance. The children made a variety of musical instruments, if you can call rainsticks, comb harmonicas and drums musical. Of course you just had to see the dance and karaoke recital of “Crazy Frog” provided for the McBean children to appreciate the talent of these young stars. Everyone took part in groups making their own combination fruit smoothies, which turned into a smoothie tasting event between groups. Judging by the interest, look for this to replace wine tours as the latest Okanagan trend. Another mystery trip to Planet Laser, where Flower challenged The Sniper to a showdown, and we aren’t telling who came out on top.

Under the Stars
Summer isn’t summer without camping, so we made our own version of campout, although it looked a lot more like a cardboard village than a campground when all was said and done. And camping isn’t camping without smores of course. The creative kids in the centre made colourful sand sculptures.

Safari Adventures
The Animal Olympics started off the week of adventure, but was called half way through on the account of weather. When we couldn’t find enough animals to satisfy, we made ‘em by creating our very own animal rock paintings. Not to be outdone, the Kidz in the Kitchen created their own jungle critters and swamp water. The snake lady from Jurassic Pals slithered her collection of critters into the Centre but the Funtasia group was just too cool to be scared. Not cool enough to get out of playing Crazy Croquet, however.

Carnival Party
The mystery this week was a bicycle trip along the Mission Creek Greenway followed by a picnic and playground time at the Mission Creek Park, and the inevitable bumps and bruises along the way increased the sense of adventure. Back at the Centre, the children made their own carnival midway with a variety of hand-eye coordination games. And for added flavour, the Kidz in the Kitchen made their own homemade ice cream.