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| He looks terrified, but he was having a blast! |
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| Playing with the big kids |
After lunch and rest time, things did not go as I had planned. Augustus was not interested in napping. Then we had a guest arrive. So I handed both boys off to Leah and I have no idea what they did for the whole hour. I heard something about being puppies. She is SO amazing at playing with them and they have the best time every time they are with her. She is very fun! When the hour was up, Leah had to go lead swimming and Liv took over. I was hoping she could walk Augustus and get him to nap, but he was not happy about it. Xander wanted to swim, even though it was 60 degrees outside. I tried talking him out of it, but Leah was at the beach and he was not going to take no for an answer. While he got changed into his suit, Augustus was saying, “swim suit” and crying. I felt TERRIBLE. I knew that it was WAY too cold for either of them to swim and that Augustus NEEDED a nap, but I still felt guilty as I left a crying baby to take Xander swimming.
I couldn’t believe he got in the water, but at this point, I think he would follow Leah anywhere. Luckily she switched from swimming to lifeguarding halfway through and he quickly got out and dried off.
After we changed into dry clothes, he said, “where is everyone?” Most of his favorite staff were leading activities. Luckily Jacob was free and agreed to go to archery with Xander and I.
When we were finished, we had some quiet time until Augustus woke up and we all went to dinner.
After dinner, the kids went to primetime and I met with some homesick kids (we have several this week!). Then I took Augustus home for a bath. He’d been crabby from the time he woke up from his nap, so it was time.
Xander went to the campfire. I was sad I missed the last one. He came back covered in dirt. When I asked him about the campfire, he told me he made a s’more and watched the skits. And then he sang me several camp songs while sitting in the tub. It was so cute I almost burst into tears. I have been singing camp songs for 20 years. And now my baby is singing them. I don’t know why it was making me emotional, but when he said, “this is a repeat after me song, and a do as I do song. 1, 2, 3 kick it” and then sang a song, I was legitimately choked up. Then he sang the animal song and when he finished, he said, “I made that up” which actually made me burst out laughing. Another great day and another “last of the summer.”
