Part two of our miniseries on the pleasures of Summerweek, courtesy of Danielle Fontaine, camp administrator. This time, she talks about the programs at Sunnyside and Van Cortlandt Manor. Take it away Danielle!

***You're on the lavish lawns of Sunnyside, the home of famous writer Washington Irving (the guy who wrote The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and a lot of other great stories). Ladies in hoop skirts and gents in top hats welcome you to the cottage where the story was written. Just like "Uncle Wash," you'll feel your creative juices flow on the hills of Sunnyside, over looking the Hudson River.

Walk away from the TV - we're creating and producing our own shadow puppet shows! Quill pens replace IMs! Leave your iPod at home and make your own kite, design a fantasy garden, listen to stories and sketch on the lawns surrounding the cottage, crank ice cream, and spend some time in the coolest amusement park ever - your imagination! Sunnyside's camp runs from July 14 until July 18. If you're up to some good old fashioned dirty work set your sites on the year 1800 and...

Meet me in the clay pits at Van Cortlandt Manor where you'll be making bricks that will help the country rebuild after the Revolutionary War. We have a lot of work to do on the shores of the Croton River: besides brick-making, there's tin punching, blacksmithing, and candle making. You'll learn a lot of necessary skills like making medicine out of stuff from the garden, cooking lunch on an open hearth (yum!), how to spin yarn and weave cloth to make clothes and quilts, and (whew!) haul water and go fishing.

Characters step out of the history books and tell about what's happening in the New Nation. Hey, there's fun to be had too - you'll play (and make your own) games like the Van Cortlandt children did. This camp takes place July 21-25.***

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