Big Boy

Posted byNatalie King

Not having a full time nanny is a challenge, but has also been super fun for Xander. All of the staff have gone above and beyond to play with and give attention to both kids and it is so wonderful!  During all camp game this morning, Xander played Superhero with Jacob and he was absolutely thrilled to run around and save camp. 

But Xander’s new bestie is Leah. Today was all about Leah. It started after the all camp activity, when he decided to join her group.  He went with her to the talent show and sat next to her. I was a little surprised and also SO impressed because in between acts, I ask kids to tell me jokes while the next act gets up and gets ready. And guess who had his hand up every time?! He was making up jokes, which is hilarious. But I was SO impressed that he was so confident and speaking in front of everyone. 

While we were at the talent show, Nanny Meghan took Augustus to play. He “drove” the 4 wheeler, had some snacks and bossed her around. 

At lunchtime, Xander sat at the big kid table with Leah. Every time I looked over, he was chatting away. At dinner, he got right in line with her, grabbed a tray and completely ignored me. They ate dinner together too. At bath time, I asked him about it and he said, “I sit at a new table now”. Cool guy alert! I did go over and cut up his meat, because, ya know, he’s 3 years old!

After lunch and rest time, Xander was INSISTENT on going to find Leah. I told him she was teaching activities and he could see her later. He kept saying, “let’s just go look for her” and didn’t believe me that I make the schedule and so I KNEW she was at activities. Eventually Xander rode around on the golf cart with Becca while she took photos of all the activities. He was happy to be out and about and he also got to see Leah at some point in there as well.

hanging with the big kids

This evening, Xander hung out with Leah and for a while, they were sitting on a bench with a bunch of campers. I came over and was hanging out too, until Xander said, “mom, go out of here!” and shooed me away. He’s 3! Isn’t he supposed to still be my baby?! I thought I had a few more years until I was really embarrassing.

Augustus and I helped Meghan build a fire and then we took a golf cart ride. His new phrase is “big golf cart!” When we were driving down the rode, we saw a deer. We watched for a while and then it ran away. So then his new phrase was, “more deer!” which he said over and over. We drove around, but we didn’t see any more.

Eventually the big kids went to closing chapel and I took my kids home for bath time. Xander told me all about his day and it was fun to hear about all of his adventures. He sounded so confident and grown up. He’s gotten so much older over the course of this summer. It’s amazing to watch him grow! He explained to me that Liv is “Augustus’s nanny” and Leah is his nanny. I explained that a lot of people at camp get to play with him. He responded with, “no, Leah is my nanny now.” He did make it a point to mention that he loves his favorite Mary too, which I told her, because she was feeling a little sad today that he had a new best friend at camp. He’s definitely loving all of the attention and love he’s getting this week.