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Saturday, September 29, 2012
What a week!
So, I haven't had a lot of time to write lately. Lots of good stories, especially about Jackson and Justin. Sarah is doing so well in 2nd grade! She said the other day that her daddy is nocturnal because he sleeps during the day sometimes. I guess it makes him semi-nocturnal. She loves school and has been doing well in her swimming lessons as well. She is swimming once a week at the YMCA and so are the boys. Justin is also "playing" flag football. He is a hoot! He pretty much refuses to play for the most part. He always has to "go to the bathroom" or he "needs a gummy" so I feed him one gummy at a time on the sideline. Yes, I know it isn't exactly what a good mom should be doing, but he plays better with a little positive reinforcement. He is also doing OK with potty training. He stays dry most of the time, but refuses to stay clean which means Mommy has had to clean up lots of dirty undies!
Jackson LOVES kindergarten. He is a little sponge and just soaks everything up! He loves to writing more than reading, which I know will change soon. He loves finding his "sight words" that he is learning in kindergarten. Recently, Jackson decided to make a trap in our back yard. Why did he make the trap? I have no idea. He decided to take some kite string and wrap it around everything in the backyard. SMILE. That made Mommy so happy. I spent a good 20 minutes unwrapping kite string from branches, trees, swingsets, and toys.
Justin's most recent excitement was yesterday. He decided he wanted to ride his bike, so he put on his helmet and rode the bike for 5 minutes. Then he headed inside with his step-stool in hand and climbed up on the counter, with his helmet on, and got cookies out of the cookie jar. I told Jon we didn't need a cookie jar!
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Jackson LOVES kindergarten. He is a little sponge and just soaks everything up! He loves to writing more than reading, which I know will change soon. He loves finding his "sight words" that he is learning in kindergarten. Recently, Jackson decided to make a trap in our back yard. Why did he make the trap? I have no idea. He decided to take some kite string and wrap it around everything in the backyard. SMILE. That made Mommy so happy. I spent a good 20 minutes unwrapping kite string from branches, trees, swingsets, and toys.
Justin's most recent excitement was yesterday. He decided he wanted to ride his bike, so he put on his helmet and rode the bike for 5 minutes. Then he headed inside with his step-stool in hand and climbed up on the counter, with his helmet on, and got cookies out of the cookie jar. I told Jon we didn't need a cookie jar!
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Friday, September 28, 2012
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Monday, July 30, 2012
Friday, July 13, 2012
July 13, 2012 (14th actually!)
Yeah! We are moving!!! After 1 1/2 hours of moving very slowly. We are on the road again!
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July 13, 2012
So we started our vacation with miles of backed up traffic and now at 12:30am on early Saturday morning, we are once again stuck in backed up traffic driving through Virginia. Thank goodness the kids are sleeping and the radio is playing good music. Love "Louisiana Saturday Night." We have been in traffic since 11:15pm and we are finally seeing that it's due to construction. UGH. Will we ever merge??
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June 22, 2012
We woke up around 6:45 on Friday morning and got the girls up and moving. They had to have all of their things packed up and ready to go by 7:30 so that we could get to breakfast by 7:40. We were late. Oh well. We had a tent full of girls who weren't able to get anything accomplished by themselves. Sarah and Grace had already had some help from Berly, our leader.
We ate breakfast and headed back to camp to break down camp. Berly had a leaders meeting so I took over delegating jobs to the girls to get our unit in order. We did well! Some of the girls swept out the tents, some cleaned the latrines, others picked up the unit. Our unit was in ship shape order and after that we worked on some butterfly activities in order to earn our buggy try-it.
At that point, it was time to eat lunch. We ate our last lunch and headed up to flag for Water Games! The girls had a ball at water games. They got to play a variety of games and even got to swim in the pool for a short swim. At the end of water games, we lined up for flag, said our good-byes and headed out. It was so funny to hear Grace. She said she didn't want to leave and wanted to live at camp! This was after she cried before lunch and said she was done with camp! I was so glad she and sister enjoyed camp. I loved watching them both grow so much at camp. Another successful week at Dellwood was complete! Both girls are excited for next year!
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We woke up around 6:45 on Friday morning and got the girls up and moving. They had to have all of their things packed up and ready to go by 7:30 so that we could get to breakfast by 7:40. We were late. Oh well. We had a tent full of girls who weren't able to get anything accomplished by themselves. Sarah and Grace had already had some help from Berly, our leader.
We ate breakfast and headed back to camp to break down camp. Berly had a leaders meeting so I took over delegating jobs to the girls to get our unit in order. We did well! Some of the girls swept out the tents, some cleaned the latrines, others picked up the unit. Our unit was in ship shape order and after that we worked on some butterfly activities in order to earn our buggy try-it.
At that point, it was time to eat lunch. We ate our last lunch and headed up to flag for Water Games! The girls had a ball at water games. They got to play a variety of games and even got to swim in the pool for a short swim. At the end of water games, we lined up for flag, said our good-byes and headed out. It was so funny to hear Grace. She said she didn't want to leave and wanted to live at camp! This was after she cried before lunch and said she was done with camp! I was so glad she and sister enjoyed camp. I loved watching them both grow so much at camp. Another successful week at Dellwood was complete! Both girls are excited for next year!
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
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Saturday, July 7, 2012
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Still Driving!
So...we stopped over the bridge for pizza! Justin liked the toys they had at the front of the restaurant and didn't eat a whole lot. He has had a pack of smarties and 3 suckers. :) Our dentist will be so thrilled! So, now we are back in traffic on the way to Corolla. 18 miles to check into the house. We left Elizabeth City at 11am and it's 2:15 now. So, we have gone approximately 50 miles in 3 hours. UGH!!! Hoping that we can pick up the pace soon!
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Vacation Elizabeth City
July 6-7, 2012
We spent yesterday driving and arrived in Elizabeth City around 5:00. Right in time for a huge storm! We headed to dinner at Applebee's since we couldn't swim. The kids were reasonably well-behaved at dinner. When we were finished, the storm had stopped and we headed back to the hotel for swimming. We tried to get the kids to bed by 10, but they are really horrible in hotels, Justin especially! I stayed in the car with him for the 2nd night in a row, trying to get him to fall asleep. Thurs night it worked. Last night it did not. He didn't go to sleep until midnight and because the hotel was so full we didn't have a port-a-crib to put him in. My back was killing me this morning. I had both Jackson and Justin huddled up against me.
We got up about 7:30 and ate breakfast and headed out around 9. We started out by going toward the water and found a little farmer's maket right on the water. We picked up some corn, squash, zuchinni, onions, and cantelope. The kids got some watermelon samples and boy were they yummy! We tried a special sauce that was also really good and picked up some of that as well!
After taking a brief walk on the water we decided it was just too hot to do much else at the farmer's market so the other item on the agenda was a hands-on science center that I thought the kids would enjoy. It was free and right by the market. Plus it was air conditioned. In the 90 degree heat that was welcome! The kids had a great time building with blocks, playing cafeteria (creating healthy lunches), investigating magnets, and sounds. Lots of things to do! We spent about an hour there and could have spent longer, but it started to get a little more crowded. It was great because we were the only ones there for a while!
Now we are on the way to the beach house in Corolla!!! However, we are stuck in traffic and it is really bad traffic. Hoping we won't be in this mess too much longer! It's 11:30am.
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We spent yesterday driving and arrived in Elizabeth City around 5:00. Right in time for a huge storm! We headed to dinner at Applebee's since we couldn't swim. The kids were reasonably well-behaved at dinner. When we were finished, the storm had stopped and we headed back to the hotel for swimming. We tried to get the kids to bed by 10, but they are really horrible in hotels, Justin especially! I stayed in the car with him for the 2nd night in a row, trying to get him to fall asleep. Thurs night it worked. Last night it did not. He didn't go to sleep until midnight and because the hotel was so full we didn't have a port-a-crib to put him in. My back was killing me this morning. I had both Jackson and Justin huddled up against me.
We got up about 7:30 and ate breakfast and headed out around 9. We started out by going toward the water and found a little farmer's maket right on the water. We picked up some corn, squash, zuchinni, onions, and cantelope. The kids got some watermelon samples and boy were they yummy! We tried a special sauce that was also really good and picked up some of that as well!
After taking a brief walk on the water we decided it was just too hot to do much else at the farmer's market so the other item on the agenda was a hands-on science center that I thought the kids would enjoy. It was free and right by the market. Plus it was air conditioned. In the 90 degree heat that was welcome! The kids had a great time building with blocks, playing cafeteria (creating healthy lunches), investigating magnets, and sounds. Lots of things to do! We spent about an hour there and could have spent longer, but it started to get a little more crowded. It was great because we were the only ones there for a while!
Now we are on the way to the beach house in Corolla!!! However, we are stuck in traffic and it is really bad traffic. Hoping we won't be in this mess too much longer! It's 11:30am.
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Friday, July 6, 2012
Driving
Ok, so much for the temperature reprieve. We are driving through the Richmond/Williamsburg, VA area and the temperature reading on the truck is 101 degrees. We just stopped and got out and yes it is HOT! We are about 20 miles out of Williamsburg. We are staying in Elizabeth City, NC tonight. Kids are ready to get out of the car and swim! Justin, thankfully, is asleep. Other two are at least behaving. Only a couple more hours!
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Thursday, July 5, 2012
Dellwood Thursday
June 21, 2012-Our day was packed on Thursday! We had no down time what-so-ever! It was a GO GO GO! kind of day. The girls hustled and bustled from here to there but it was lots of fun!
We began with flag and then stayed there and got ready to swim. We were first in the pool and I was so happy, because one of the much-loved aides, Woodstock, was going to swim with the girls. We had three aides, Tinkerbell and Miss India were the other two aides who were with us for the whole week. The other aides that we had were aides-in-training and their names were Starburst, Daisy and Cheerios. Only Starburst swam during our swim time with the girls and she usually spent most of the time going off of the board. So I was very excited to see Woodstock take over some of the play time I had been doing with the girls. I got out of the pool a little early and changed because we didn't have a lot of time in between swimming and our rock-wall climb!
Sarah and Grace grew so much more independent in the water through the week. Sarah spent much of the last swim sessions jumping off the side in the deep end with her swim buddy Alex. Grace hung in the shallow end with her swim buddy Ava. One of the best pictures of the week was when the shallow end girls (about 10) jumped into the water holding hands. I had a few pictures of Grace doing this with the group. Sarah was part of this until her swim buddy had to go potty and then their swim time ended. It was so much fun to see them grow in confidence in the water.
After the swimming adventure, the girls and I got to climb the rock wall. I didn't make it all the way to the top. I may have made it half-way. But I was the very first person from our group to actually climb. Sarah climbed and I was so proud of her! She didn't want to climb at all last year and this year, she tried and made it about a third of the way up. I was just so happy she tried! She wouldn't even put a harness on last year! Then Grace began to climb and I was completely floored. She climbed to the very top of the rock wall! Good for her!!! I was so proud of her too!!! After we watched everyone in the group climb up the rock wall, we thanked the rock wall expert and headed up to eat lunch. We had a cookout in our unit on Thursday. So we had hot dogs that we grilled out ourselves, apple smiles (apple slices, peanut butter and marshmallow teeth), and ice cream in a bag. The ice cream in a bag wasn't too successful. We needed a LOT more salt and didn't have it. So we had "milkshakes". After we cleaned up lunch at the unit we had to hike to the Math and Science Center for our Math and Science session. We had been looking forward to that for days! The girls got to meet a turtle and some lizards. They got to make a special bandana that uses crystals that expand to keep them cool when they dip it in water. After that, they switched groups and Sarah and Grace got to go in and play with earthworms. They even met a snake! Grace loved playing with her earthworm and actually kissed the worm as we left.
We headed to Crafts where the girls made their final crafts. The first one we worked on was a bookmark that the girls wove. It was pretty difficult for little fingers. The 2nd craft was candles that the girls got to dip. They all loved this!
After Crafts, we headed up to flag for the closing ceremony for the day. After flag, it was time for dinner. Fried Chicken, mashed potatoes, and green beans were on the menu and it was pretty good.
The all camp event was much different than last year, but as an adult, I appreciated it very much. We were able to participate on the retiring of many flags. The first flag we retired was HUGE! It was the size of the AUL flag. Massive! Watching them cut each stripe and place it in a fire was so interesting and very patriotic! After the cut each stripe, one of the 13 colonies was named. After the whole flag was retired, we watched as each unit retired 3 flags. We had a huge bonfire of flags that had to be watched for quite a while. As all of this was going on, we noticed a significant change in the weather. The temperature dropped to about 70 degrees as opposed to the 90 it had been most of the week. It felt awesome outside! We went into the lodge for the conclusion of the all-camp event and got to meet Juliette Gordon Lowe. There was a lady who was there and had studied a lot about Juliette Gordon Lowe and knew a lot about her and talked about her and gave the girls a lot of history about her. It was very interesting and the girls did a great job of listening! They had popsicles and then we headed back to our unit for smores and bedtime. Other than one tent that was a out of hand, everyone else really settled down and went to bed easily. I was very surprised that Sarah and Grace did as well as they did. The leaders and I sat out until about 11:30 and then headed to bed! We needed to be up at 6:40 the next morning!
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Vacation--Heading Out
7/5/2012-We are heading out to our vacation on the East Coast. We decided to take this a little easier while driving. We are driving about 5 hours tonight to Hurricane, West Virginia, then tomorrow we will drive to Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Excited to stay in some new places and see some new things! Then on Saturday we will drive about an hour to the outer banks of North Carolina! Can't wait to see the ocean!!!
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Saturday, June 23, 2012
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Friday, June 22, 2012
Camp Dellwood Day #3
Well, we are now on our way home! I didn't get the opportunity to blog on Wednesday about Wednesday so I will start now!
June 20, 2012-We arrived at camp, participated in the flag ceremony and then we spent the morning working on our Juliette Lowe 100 Years of Girl Scouts Patch. We started out learning about trail signs and learning how to use rocks and sticks to make directional signs on trails. The girls then took time and made some of the signs with small groups.
The 2nd station we went to was 100 years of Girl Scouting. We learned about the many things that girls did as Girl Scout throughout the years! There were large boards in one of the rooms at the Program Center and on them were Girl Scouts of the 1910's- through present time. It was very interesting and informative to read about how the scouts started and the many different things they have been a part of over the years! I have decided that we need to hit Savannah, Georgia one of these days! Lots of Girl Scout history there. The girls answered questions about this station with a buddy.
After that station, we went outside to learn how to tie knots. The girls learned how to tie square knots and one other kind of knot that I can't remember the name of.
Lunch time! Being at Dellwood always makes a girl hungry, so we headed to the lodge for food.
After lunch was a much needed swim. It was so hot this week. The highs were in the 90's most of the week. The pool was a welcome sight. After pool was something new! Outdoor cooking! We don't usually do outdoor cooking and it looked so interesting as we had watched other girls cook during the day.
The girls started out making pancakes on a vagabond stove. This is a large can that has the bottom cut out of it and is vented at the top. Inside of the large can is a small can filled with cardboard dipped in wax. This was the heat source. The cardboard was set on fire and the large can was set on top. The girls got to make pancakes on top of the large cans. The helpers sprayed it and poured the pancake batter and the girls got to flip the pancakes. They thought this was very cool! They got to eat them with yummy syrup! Sarah's burned, so Mommy made one and Sarah got to eat that one!
Then the girls got to see a mess kit and hear about all the different things a mess kit could be used for. The mess kit reminded me of Jenny's mess kit she had in Girl Scouts. We then headed to our next station, donut frying. The girls were able to make a donut by taking a Pillsbury biscuit and putting it into a pot of oil that was cooking over a fire. Well, the grownups put it in, but they got to poke the hole in the donut. They also got to see a stove made out of a box wrapped in aluminum foil. The box was used to bake brownies. Hot coals were placed inside the oven and then it was ready to bake. I had seen nothing like it. So cool!
We rushed out of there and headed to flag. We had flag duty Wednesday. Sarah had a speaking part and did very well. Grace helped to carry the flag out after we retired the colors. Our unit did a great job!
Well, we are on the bus and almost home on Friday night. I will blog later about the rest of the week. I'm now looking forward to a shower, beverage, and a bed! The girls both did really well. Grace was pretty tired around noon and wasn't a very happy camper, however, at the end of the day, she said she didn't want to leave and she wanted to live at Dellwood. Glad she enjoyed it. Thursday and Friday will be coming soon!
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Girl Scout Camp Day #2
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
So we are actually heading out for Wednesday, Day #3 of camp. But I thought I should get Day #2 written down while it is still fresh in my mind! Day #2 wasn't nearly as scripted for us as Day #1 was. We only had pool, lunch, and hopping on our schedule. We started out our morning at the flag as usual and then we attempted to teach the girls about signaling and morse code. It was interesting. Just not sure really how much the girls learned. They used flags to show dots and dashes. Left is dash, right is dot, center is end of the letter. I think it would be very hard to actually send a long message that way. I'm thankful for texting and emailing.
So we are actually heading out for Wednesday, Day #3 of camp. But I thought I should get Day #2 written down while it is still fresh in my mind! Day #2 wasn't nearly as scripted for us as Day #1 was. We only had pool, lunch, and hopping on our schedule. We started out our morning at the flag as usual and then we attempted to teach the girls about signaling and morse code. It was interesting. Just not sure really how much the girls learned. They used flags to show dots and dashes. Left is dash, right is dot, center is end of the letter. I think it would be very hard to actually send a long message that way. I'm thankful for texting and emailing.
After that we swam. It was a tad bit chilly at first, but I got in to encourage Sarah to swim. She thought it was too cold. Grace got in and swam with her swim buddy Ava, but Sarah sat on the edge whining about how cold the water was. I reminded her that when we were in Oakes, ND the water was about 13 degrees colder at 69 degrees, she could handle 82 degrees. Eventually, she got in. But she wasn't happy about it. I managed to go off of the diving board and even dove a couple of times. After swimming we changed and headed to the Lodge to finish up some game requirements for the patch we are earning this week. The girls played ring toss relay and upset the fruit basket (a version of musical chairs).
Then, lunch time! Again, the kids lunch was so-so. PB and J for the kids, which Sarah said was too dry. We hopped again and Sarah and Grace both grabbed rags and wiped down tables and picked up trash. Of course there was some whining, but the Lodge looked great when we were done!
We practiced for the flag ceremony for Wednesday afternoon. Grace will be carrying the flag and Sarah has a speaking part. She says, "Girl Scouts, please join us in Taps." She uses her big sister voice and does a great job!
We headed back to Pinewood and proceeded to learn about cleaning the latrine. I will have to admit, I like plumbing. I like functioning toilets. I am not fond of bugs or spiders. I get why some of the girls and aides didn't want to clean the latrine. YUCK! But we got it done! Grace put her fingers over her ears, but after I gave her a look, she walked up to the front and watched the rest of it. She was very good after that.
Next, BUGS and Lanyards!!!
So we split into three groups and one group played buggy bingo with me and Wendy "Crafty." She and I took turns taking pics of our girls at the other stations as well. The other stations were lanyards, which our girls loved and the final station, bug catching. I was shocked to see both Sarah and Grace running around to catch bugs. Sarah caught a daddy-long-leg! Wow! Brave! Mommy was never that brave! Grace was spending a lot of time running from the bugs, but then, I saw her and she was looking under the platform tent trying to get bugs. She finally caught a little ant and was so proud of herself! She even let the ant crawl over her. I think both girls enjoyed making the lanyards and I know they loved finding the bugs! Fun stuff!!! We headed to flag and headed home. Another fun and busy day!
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Girl Scout Camp
Monday, June 18, 2012--Camp Dellwood
Sarah, Justin and I headed out of the house at 7:00am on Monday morning. Sarah and I were boarding a bus at 7:30am at Hawthorne Elementary and Justin was going to be taking part in a week of his preschool camp. Sarah and I were heading to Camp Dellwood on the westside of Indianapolis. We took part in camp last year for the first time and had a ball and decided that we should try it again. Jackson decided not to join us this year. He participated last year as a Tagalong. But instead, this year, Jackson is going to Vacation Bible School with his buddy Joe.
We got Justin dropped off and headed over to Hawthorne and jumped onto the bus. We were heading to Camp Dellwood!
When we arrived we picked up Grace. She was already at camp ready to roll. We began walking down to the flag pole for the morning flag ceremony. I was very excited to see that 3 other little girls who were in our Daisy unit last year were also in Pinewood, our Brownie unit. I was also thrilled that I was working with the same leader, "Berley" who I worked with last year. She is excellent at leading girls at camp. We started out with the flag ceremony and after that ventured down to Pinewood, out unit which we will make our "home" this week. There are about 10 tents with 4 cots in each tent. They are platform tents with canvas coverings. I opened them up and they were also very hot and covered with lovely daddy-long-legs! My favorite!
After exploring the tents and running around the area, we lined up and headed up to crafts at the Program Center. One thing is for sure, you need your walking shoes at Camp Dellwood. We do a LOT of walking!
Sarah, Justin and I headed out of the house at 7:00am on Monday morning. Sarah and I were boarding a bus at 7:30am at Hawthorne Elementary and Justin was going to be taking part in a week of his preschool camp. Sarah and I were heading to Camp Dellwood on the westside of Indianapolis. We took part in camp last year for the first time and had a ball and decided that we should try it again. Jackson decided not to join us this year. He participated last year as a Tagalong. But instead, this year, Jackson is going to Vacation Bible School with his buddy Joe.
We got Justin dropped off and headed over to Hawthorne and jumped onto the bus. We were heading to Camp Dellwood!
When we arrived we picked up Grace. She was already at camp ready to roll. We began walking down to the flag pole for the morning flag ceremony. I was very excited to see that 3 other little girls who were in our Daisy unit last year were also in Pinewood, our Brownie unit. I was also thrilled that I was working with the same leader, "Berley" who I worked with last year. She is excellent at leading girls at camp. We started out with the flag ceremony and after that ventured down to Pinewood, out unit which we will make our "home" this week. There are about 10 tents with 4 cots in each tent. They are platform tents with canvas coverings. I opened them up and they were also very hot and covered with lovely daddy-long-legs! My favorite!
After exploring the tents and running around the area, we lined up and headed up to crafts at the Program Center. One thing is for sure, you need your walking shoes at Camp Dellwood. We do a LOT of walking!
At crafts, Sarah and Grace made two crafts. They made a bracelet with the many colored beads that represent the Girl Scouts. We also made a picture frame. The girls found out that we are a special session of Camp Dellwood. We are celebrating the 100th birthday of the founding of Girl Scouts this week. So our picture frame had a birthday theme. The girls had a good time and stayed cool in the program center while they made their picture frames. Then off we went to go to the lodge for lunch. Before lunch, we worked on a game in which the girls had to look at a tray and figure out what was on the tray. Then some things were taken off of the tray and the girls had to decide what was missing. They did pretty well with this game. It was called Kim's Game. Kim stands for Keep in Mind. We didn't know that and found it interesting.
Lunch is being provided to us again this year free of charge. It is standard government lunch and honestly, it's not the greatest, but Sarah and Grace both ate some things. The adults get a different menu of items and so far it has all been edible.
After lunch we had to hop. The girls asked, "What are hoppers?" Well, when we told them, they were quite disappointed. Hopping means we have to clean up after everyone else. So we got to "hop" on the first day. I think I saw Gracie walking around trying to find trash on the floor to pick up and I saw Sarah carrying a bag of trash out to the road! Great helpers.
After lunch, we headed up to the flag pole and got ready to swim. Grace was very nervous about the swimming test. Sarah was excited. Sarah didn't pass it last year, but was determined to pass this year.
So they both took their turn at the swim test and much to her dismay, Grace didn't pass the test. Sarah has had 14 weeks of swimming lessons at the YMCA and those helped tremendously. She passed the test and is now able to dive (jump) off of the diving board.
I swam with Grace and a little with Sarah, but Sarah stayed mostly in the deep end and spent time going off the board. After swimming we changed and got ready for the flag ceremony. It was extremely hot. Over 90 degrees and predicted to get hotter on Tuesday and Wednesday. I was glad the end of the day was near. The heat was starting to get to the girls. But the first day of camp was a huge success! We had a lot of fun and were getting to know the other 19 girls in our unit. Hoping for a great Tuesday!
Monday, June 18, 2012
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