"Okay everyone, hopefully everyone is here by now, if all the counselors would take their children up to the cabins. The cabins have each country on the front porch, take the next three hours to get to know your kids and let your kids get to know you," with that the cabin was filled with noise again as the main cabin began to empty. Clark carried Chris in his arms and held another young boy's hand.
Their cabin was third on the hill, the first was the nurses cabin, then the girl's cabin, then theirs. It was a large cabin, with seven bunk beds in the room, Clark and Pete set their bags on the bunks next to each other, and Daniel set his across from them. Chris set his above Clark's bed, Jeremy was over Pete's bed, Kyle next to them, and several of the other boys continued putting their bags on the various beds.
"Okay, go ahead and get set up, then in about an hour we'll start some name games," Daniel called.
After nearly two hours, of talking, Clark was fairly sure that he knew and would remember all the kids for the next two weeks. There was Jeremy who had a little sister and a puppy named Billy. Will, who loved to play the guitar, Jacob who wanted to be called Jake and hated chocolate, Charlie whose father was in the army, Matt who had an older brother about Clark's age and David who was being raised by his father.
The eight boys and three counselors trudged down the small hill towards the main cabin, the boys were already making great friends. Clark and Pete grinned at one another as they spotted Chloe and Lana standing beside one another.
"Hey guys!" Chloe greeted hugging her two best friends, Clark nodded at Lana, unsure what to think.
"Hey, how's the cabin of girls?" asked Clark grinning.
"They're wonderful, your sister fits in perfectly, no surprise, how are the guys?"
"Great, really fun."
The mixers were a success. As the experienced counselors had known they would be. The boys didn't mingle with the girls all that much, and vice versa, but they weren't really expected to. The mixers were intended to get the kids in each cabin to bond a bit with their counselors. This was particularly easy for Clark, Daniel and Pete, five year olds weren't hard to impress in the first place, and these seven kids seemed to love their counselors. The games started with sharing everyday information, then going a little further in depth. The kids were having a great time. Then game a few more games, starting with some trust games, where the kids had to fall back into the other's kids' arms. Then to the happiness of the boys, a game of tug and war between several different cabins.