Welcome to Dreamland

Hello from Erica of Madatz!

Today was an adventure for all of Machaneh Galil.  We had Revo, a day in which the Madatz took over camp and transported all the campers to Dreamland.  The morning started off fairly normal, until Toby came and spit water at Sara Zebovitz at the end of hitkansut (flag raising) and then ran off.  Sara had everybody follow Toby down to the pool, for crime and punishment.  The madrichim were thrown into the pool, one by one, each for a different humorous reason.  Once all the madrichim had been thoroughly punished we all went to breakfast for a whimsical meal of create your own pizza, with topping like strawberries, bananas, blueberries, and other fruit, but not to forget the chocolate chips, fudge, marshmallows, and whipped cream.

Madrachim get thrown into the pool

After eating breakfast, the day continued on the basketball court, with a costume session, complete with many different articles of clothing to wear and paint to decorate your face and body with.  Since we were in this crazy Dreamland, we all had to look like we were in this crazy dream.  After assimilating into the dream world, we decided to explore with a carnival around Dreamland.  Toby and his friends, Batman, Bob the Builder, and Fungi, were being lead by Sandman.  We went all over Dreamland, finding places to do sword fighting, tight rope walking, soap wrestling, go on a slip and slide, have a dance party, and even get some hydration.  Everyone came back together for a water fight leading to a pool party, where all of Dreamland chilled out.

The Madatz lead camp for the day

Soon after, some of the madrichim broke into Dreamland and Toby led the campers into a chase after them and to the chadar (dining hall) for a lunch of mini sliders and french fries.  At the end of lunch, the mood turned a little darker, as the Posh the Dinosaur scared off Batman and Fungi, and the Sandman showed herself as an evil being and took over the Dreamland.  The campers had some chofesh (free time) until we all went to the moadoan where the Sandman ran in and locked us all inside to watch propaganda (actually Alice in Wonderland).  For a mid movie treat, Toby brought us brownies that had oreos and cookie dough mixed in.  At the end of the movie, we realized we were trapped inside of a nose and got out by having a slime fight on the basketball court.  We threw sponges soaked in green water and mud at each other.

Chanichim enjoy a day of delicious food, mud fights and dressing up!

We got out of the nose and all the campers cycled through different activities to help us defeat Sandman.  The last activity was a real success and after a dinner of grilled cheese mozzarella sticks sandwiches and ice cream sundaes, we escaped Sandman's grip by slipping away on benches that led to a messibah (party) in the moadoan, where we could enjoy the last bit of time we had in Dreamland.  We had won Dreamland for ourselves and showed that no evil Sandman could stop machaneh.  The whole day was a dream come true!