Thursday, August 25, 2011

Summer rewind

Today is the last day of camp for our last camper. School starts September 1 for Bumblebee, September 7 for the girls.

Bumblebee, the Pink Ballerina, and Princess Imagination have all enjoyed their camps. They had tons of fun swimming every day, playing sports, doing crafts, taking numerous field trips, and making new friends. Items left at home, such as swim stuff (Bumblebee, twice), or lunches (Princess Imagination, twice) were found and brought back to camp by Mom soon enough to prevent emotional trauma. Items left at camp (towels and lunch boxes, both) were recovered by campers and brought back home soon enough to prevent Mommy anger. We finished the camps with the full complement of swim suits, towels, lunch boxes, and even children, as when we started. There were no broken bones, no lacerations, no lost/misplaced children, only a few very mild sunburns (our Pink Ballerina turned red), and one sprained ankle (also the Pink Ballerina).

Along the way, the library and book store were visited and many books were read. The Pink Ballerina finished her required school reading the first week off from school. Princess Imagination just finished her book and her first draft of her report.

The Mominator even had a few precious hours to herself on camp days so she could do things like (grocery shopping and laundry) (watch TrueBlood on demand and White Collar on hulu) take Yoga classes and exercise, as well as teach crochet classes for the Guild.

Hubby recently changed jobs, so he had no vacation this summer. Instead, we have been having a staycation. We have been on some day trips together. My personal favorites were the trip to the Museum of National Sciences in Philly (where real live butterflies landed on our children), and canoeing on Shark River. We’ve gone to several movies, yes, In The Theaters$$ (Maude, forgive me), and bought other DVDs to enjoy at home. We've sat on the porch, watching the fireflies, getting eaten alive by mosquitoes, and listening to the crickets. Also, hubby feels that staycation includes going to restaurants. Frequently. Love that man!!

It was, indeed, a very good summer.

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