More Friends at Camp!

Another SUPER fun weekend with friends at camp! This time around, Xander’s best buddy Skylar and her family headed to the woods.

Xander and Skylar met at daycare and totally hit it off. He came home talking about her every day. This past spring, I hosted several playdates for his school buddies and had a chance to meet the moms attached to the friends he talked about. And while I don’t consider myself someone who makes friends easily, I really enjoyed getting to know everyone and so, when Kate messaged me to say, “do you host people every weekend?” it seemed natural to say, yes, and “do you guys wanna come to the woods?” It turns out, yes, they did want to come and are a super awesome, very chill family who weren’t nervous about spending the weekend at a very aging rustic camp in the middle of nowhere.

We had SO much fun this weekend! Within minutes of arriving, Xander and Skylar were in their swimsuits and we were at the beach! We ate a ton of good food. We made s’mores. Saturday we jammed as much camp fun into the day as possible- we swam (twice), took a boat ride, paddle boarded, shot archery, threw tomahawks (grown ups), Xander and Skylar put on a show at the stage, rode bikes in the dining hall, made s’mores with sprinkles, and probably several other things I’m forgetting. This morning, we swam again and made an art project before it was time to say goodbye.

It was a whirlwind of fun and I am so happy they took a chance to come to camp and hang out with us. Now it’s not just Xander and Skylar who are friends, I think our whole families are friends.

I love being at camp for the summer and enjoy our life in the woods. But sometimes I miss our life at home with the people we don’t see for 3 months a year.  So it’s nice to have people who are willing to come to us and let our worlds overlap for a little bit. I also love sharing camp and hope everyone can see past the dirty corners and appreciate what a magical place it is.

Like all weekends, I’m exhausted and actually ready to go back to the regular camp routine to get some rest (which is sort of an insane thing to say if you know anything about the camp schedule!). But I am sad it’s over and I have been giggling as I look at the million photos I took. We had a blast!