Another gorgeous day in the woods. These 2 goofballs started the day with big smiles. We were at the dining hall by 8am and had time to ride bikes before anyone was even there yet!
Xander and Augustus and Katie played all morning and I was very productive in the office. I have spent a lot of time this summer outside, playing, enjoying camp. But every now and then I have to tell my boys (and myself) that I am here for my job and I need to do some paperwork!
After lunch, Augustus took another good nap (I think this is 3 days in a row!) and Xander and I went swimming, followed by paddle boating with Meghan. Xander and Meghan jumped out of the paddle boat and swam around in the lake with the other big kids who were paddling. When Christine and her family were here, Xander didn’t jump off the paddle boat, even though I knew he wanted to. So I was happy he was brave today. He had a great time. If I could make a list (including paperwork) of everything at camp, paddleboating would be the LAST thing I would choose to do- it looks fun, but it’s just a TON of work for little actual fun. Xander kept encouraging us to go faster, but it was pretty windy and we were peddling as hard as we could! He had fun though, so that’s all that mattered.
At dinner, campers got to frost their own cookies! That was hit with my boys as well!
After dinner, Xander worked in the camp store, Augustus got covered head to toe in dirt, followed by bath time and bedtime. Xander skipped the dance party (he said he “felt a little shy”) and so he took a bath and then we played. We played with PJ Masks until he said, “ok, I’m going to play by myself now” and dismissed me. But after that we played ninja and wrestled for about 10 minutes until it was time to calm down and go to sleep.
Ben and Patricia are good friends of camp (and me) and they are here visiting. So after the camper shower time, Meghan and I joined them at the beach for night time swimming. A great way to end a hot day. It’s been a long time since I got to do that, so it was really awesome!
