What a dumb day. No sugar coating, today was not great. Not with my kids- they are cute and wonderful. Look at that picture of a 3 year old in a robe. It’s been chilly the last few days and this morning was a robe kinda morning!Camp needed some extra hands this morning, so Katie jumped in to help a group and the boys and I went into town. We went to the grocery store, the pharmacy and the bakery. Less than 10 minutes into the drive, Xander was complaining about car sickness. When we walked into the bakery, he said he was going to be sick and I managed to catch his vomit in a plastic cup, until they could give me a bag. He felt fine after that, but I was firm that the treats were “to go” so that they didn’t come back up on the ride home.
We’re having a lot of issues with the kitchen and that continues to be a multiple-time-a-day thing to deal with.
After lunch, I thought all of us would nap because none of us slept well last night and Augustus was super tired all morning. But neither child wanted to nap and then Augustus had a meltdown as rest time was ending and Katie arrived. I left her with a screaming child, which was hard to do, but also, I was so frustrated I was near tears. Luckily, Katie managed to calm him down and get him into the strolled where he fell asleep pretty quickly. I spent most of the afternoon sitting with a sleeping baby/hiding from everyone. I answered emails and assigned cabins for next week, so it was productive, but also, I was too tired and crabby to be out and about.
Xander came back around 4 and was also tired, so we all hung out and rested until dinner.
More kitchen issues at dinner.
Primetime was fun. Xander worked in the store and was being super silly with everyone. Augustus was a social butterfly and wanted to hang out with all the big kids.
We went to the campfire for a little while and then I took Augustus home for a bath. While he was in the tub, Meghan was in crisis mode in the kitchen re-planning breakfast for tomorrow and the nurse walkied with a camper issue in the health center. I walkied Katie to come back with Xander (luckily they were right outside the door), and I ran out the door to go deal with a kid in a full on panic attack. I calmed the camper down and came back grab some snacks for her, and to tell Katie she was going to have to put Xander to bed (Augustus was already asleep). I went back to the health center and then on to camper shower time. Just as Meghan and I were driving home after getting 68 girls through 6 showers (it took about 1.5 hours), another walkie from a counselor who couldn’t get a kid to turn off her flashlight. That turned into a ridiculous meltdown (and involved Meghan sitting outside in the dark for an hour). And now it’s 11:30 and I’m tired and also still kind of wired from the ridiculous day of unfortunate events. I’m SUPER hopeful that both boys sleep well and wake up feeling good. I need to get a solid night of rest so I can tackle these kitchen issues, complete some maintenance, and follow up with the anxious kid and the stubborn kid. Tomorrow should be busy.