Grass, dirt, rocks, sticks and more

There are few things as exciting as when the lawn crew comes. We had a front row seat while they weed whipped our yard and then we headed out to watch the riding mowers cutting the field. 

We spent almost all day outside. Xander drove his jeep from one end of camp to the other, checking out the mud pit several times, stopping to (attempt) to shoot some slingshots, and checking in on Ross, Julia and Meghan to see what they were doing every few minutes. Xander is the ultimate supervisor because he likes to keep close tabs on everything they do.


Ross was using a sledgehammer to demo a giant stone bird bath today. We spent about an hour watching and attempting to help. Xander spent some time hitting it with a stick and climbing all over. Then when Ross got out a shovel, he went back to our house to get HIS shovel, . Some days it’s like we’re running a montessori school over here… but really, what else are little boys supposed to be doing all summer, if not hitting stuff with sticks and digging in the dirt?!

Tomorrow we have 6 staff arriving for lifeguard training, so camp is about to get much busier with lots of new faces. I’m eager to see how the boys respond to all the new people and the commotion that they will bring. Camp has been pretty quiet for these last few weeks, but the exciting part is coming…