John had his annual camp barbecue tonight. His group got to stay after camp ended for the day. They had an extra swim and did some other activities. Then they ate dinner. We got to join John after dinner. Gillian was so excited to go to John’s BBQ. She was jealous that he got an… Continue reading John’s Camp BBQ
Tonight at dinner, we had the kids tell us about their day. Gillian told me how she sailed her little sailboat in the regatta and ate mac and cheese for lunch. She also said “I saw Johnny when he was shooting his rocket!” John said “Yeah. I know that already.” I asked “Does she scream… Continue reading Embarrassing
This year Gillian is going to Camp Briar Hill with John this summer. She is super excited. For the younger grades, they do pre-camp barbecue. It gives the kids a chance to meet the other kids in their group and check out the camp. Gillian was very excited. And John was too. He couldn’t wait to show… Continue reading Camp BBQ
John has spent the past two summers at Briar Hill Camp in Freehold. I’m so glad that I found this place. This camp has all activities on the property, so I don’t have to worry about traveling for trips. They have instructional swim in the morning and free swim in the afternoon, plus they get… Continue reading John’s camp 2015
The last week of John’s camp they have a camp show. They had their show on Wednesday and Thursday this week. This year’s camp theme was Candy Land. John’s group, the Kit-Kat’s, performed “Sweet Caroline.” The boys did an awesome job! Here is their Wednesday performance. On Thursday, they did their first performance. Then the emcee then… Continue reading Camp Show 2015
I picked John up from camp today and he proudly said “Hey Mom, look what I found on a table today!” He held up a little toy telescope. I said “Wow! Aren’t you lucky!” He said “Not really. I’m not wearing any underwear!” Ok. Let me just pause for a second, everyday John goes to… Continue reading Lucky
In the car tonight, John told me about this week’s elective, Capture the Flag. He said “Well, we don’t have flags. We use frisbees.” I laughed and said “So it’s really capture the frisbee?” He said “Yea. We play pinnies and no pinnies. I like no pinnies. Cause when you play pinnies you gotta wear… Continue reading Pinnies
What do you do when you build a catapult at camp during your woodworking elective? Well, in our house, you plan a sneak attack on Daddy with marshmallows. We even had Gillian help with the attack!
Every week at John’s camp he has an elective. It is a special class only offered for a week and they spend about 45 minutes a day in the elective. John’s elective this week is rocketry. He came home on Monday telling us, “I got rocketry!” Daddy asked “Did you go to the moon?” John… Continue reading Houston, we have a problem…
Today at John’s camp they had pony rides. On our way home tonight, I asked him about the pony rides. He said “We didn’t get to ride them. We are too big. So we got to walk them.” That stinks that they didn’t get to ride the ponies. John’s age group isn’t the oldest at… Continue reading Ponies
John and Gill went up a hill 