Happy Camper

Addie has been looking forward to sleep-away camp all summer. Gran and I dropped her off Monday and I'll pick her up on Friday afternoon. Addie had a few moments where she said she was going to miss us but overall she was grinning ear to ear with excitement. The camp is awesome - all girls just about eight miles from our house put tucked up in the pines of the Santa Monica Mountains. She will get to do archery, crafts, swimming, hiking, ropes course, sing camp fire songs, and perform skits. I'm excited for her.

This is her third of four different camps this summer. Last year we did the same camp and I promised Addie we would do something different. This, while being a planning nightmare, will expose her to different places and activities and we can see what she wants to do next year. The next two weeks she is going to another awesome camp in a different part of the Santa Monica mountains. It's a day camp and she will get to ride a school bus that picks her up and brings her home daily plus she will get to go horseback riding - a first for her (not counting pony rides). After that we all hop in the minivan and spend two weeks in New Mexico visiting family. And then, Addie will be in second grade; school starts August 13!


Addie and her friend Danika. They will be at sleep-away camp together plus camp the next two weeks as well. They don't go to the same school so this is a fun way for them to spend time together.



When Addie is away her siblings play. and spin and fall down.