Friday was our last day of the first session! It was a great first week- maybe the smoothest we’ve ever had in my 12 years. Usually all the counselors cry, it rains every day and everyone is late to everything. But it was decent weather, the counselors were pro-level and life was good. I really enjoyed the kids, but like every week, by Friday, I was ready to say goodbye and send them on their way! Friday is tie dye day, and everyone looked awesome. 
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| 150 people at the closing program, and this child was unfazed. He walked right up on stage like he owned the place. |
Saturday
So after the campers left, and the post camp staff meeting ended, we loaded the car and headed home for a whirlwind weekend of fun. The birthday party was well worth the trip! There was a pool, a pj mask mask craft, pizza, 3 cakes, and a bunch of running/chasing/screaming. It was so good to see all of Xander’s school buddies. He had an absolute blast playing with his friends. We have SUCH a great group of kids and parents at his daycare and it was great to see everyone! I know he misses his friends and I am so glad he could be at the party!
When we all got home, Grandma Debbie came over for a visit. The weather was SO hot. I left for some errands and when I returned, my mom and the boys had swimsuits on and the hose out. I’m not sure who came up with the idea of creating a giant mud pit (Grandma), but when I came home from the grocery store, the top of the sandbox was filled with water and the yard was a giant mud puddle. I am a huge fan of kids + mud due to some fabulous muddy childhood memories. Xander can be kind of delicate when it comes to getting dirty, so I was very pleasantly surprised to see him rolling around.
Then we added the bike ramp into the mix, creating a mud slide.
We had a wonderful dinner and birthday cake left from yesterday. It was a full day!
Visits home are a sometimes a little bittersweet. We have such a wonderful life and I miss it when we are away. Fun weekends like this especially make me miss being home.
I know the summer will fly by, so I am going to enjoy it while it lasts. Because I also really love our life at camp.
Also, the traffic was RIDICULOUS everywhere I went today, so I’m ready to get out of the city and back to the woods. And it was HOT today. It gets hot at camp too, but living on a peninsula means that it is typically much cooler and breezier at camp.
Session 2 starts tomorrow. We’re heading back bright and early. Goodbye St. Paul, we’ll see you in a month (or so).