Camps--Week 1

During the first week out of school, Laiken went to Girl Scout Twilight Camp. She had a great time doing all of the activities and meeting the other area Girl Scouts. We had to make "swaps" for the girls to trade to put on their hats. Well, you know how creative I am, so I really struggled with this. Laiken had lots of great ideas that required about 72 supplies each and a minimum of about an hour worth of production to make each tiny swap. Since we had to make about 200 of the swaps, I was all about simplicity. We finally agreed on the following ones--creative enough to meet Laiken's standard, easy enough for me to round up the supplies.

I did let Laiken take all of the creative license that she wanted while decorating the bucket that she had to carry around all week. This is what she designed:

Carson spent the evenings that week at the FC Dallas Soccer Camp. I really have never known any kid with more endurance than Carson. His energy level at the end of playing is the same as it is at the beginning. Every night, we had to wait for him to come off the field after taking just a few last shots or dribbling down the field one more time. Of course, he was star-struck, too, at getting to see some of the players. This is the second year for this camp and I think it was even better this year. Maybe that's because it didn't rain every night like it did when he was there last June!

Nolan spent a lot of time just hanging out and telling me that he "is old enough to do doz camps." I'm guessing that next year, I'll be booking camps for all three of them!