Sole Boy at Princess and Fairy Camp Feeling “Pretty Awkward”

Employees and fellow campers at a Princess and Fairy Day Camp, produced by Iowa City-based toy store The Fun Zone, reported that the only boy at the camp, six year old Carl Nicollet, appeared to be feeling “pretty awkward.”

Carl, who has thus far attended three out of the four two and a half hour camp sessions, has been documented displaying nervous and socially uncomfortable tendencies each day, even going so far as to attempt to hide in a storage closet to avoid being forced into a mermaid-themed dance party.

“It’s been really difficult dealing with Carl this week,” said longtime employee and resident Snow White impersonator Melody Nadelmann. “Ever since he saw the room full of girls the first morning, he’s ranged from anti social moping to active rebellion. The only project he showed even mild interest in was a castle-building exercise, and even that went south when he saw that you were supposed to paint it pink and decorate it with flowers.

“Honestly, I don’t know what his mom was thinking,” continued Nadelmann.

The various Fun Zone employees cited multiple examples of attempts to explain Nicollet’s behavior to his mother, Shelly Nicollet, but reportedly she refuses to hear it.

“Honestly, I couldn’t care less if my son ‘acts impulsive and violent during glitter parties’ or ‘tries eating the nail polish so he can go home sick.’” said Carl’s mother, using air quotes and mocking voices in the italicized phrases. “All I want is to have a couple hours with that little monster off my back in the morning, is that too much to ask?”

Carl, despite enjoying the Disney stories on which the day camp is based, does not seem to enjoy such activities as fairy wing decoration or jewelry box creation.

“I really just wish my mom had signed me up for Star Wars Camp instead,” said Carl Nicollet. “Or even one of those baby music classes would be better than this. The only fun part was when we were supposed to save the prince charming doll from a castle guarded by a dragon puppet, and even then I got in trouble for trying to strangle it instead of defeating it by blowing fairy dust on it like we were supposed to.”