Camp Survival Guide

Well, I - um, I mean, EJ - survived her first-ever week away at camp. She survived it so wonderfully that she has already announced she will be attending for two weeks next summer! While she really enjoyed learning all the new songs at music camp (the concert on Friday was terrific!), she did say that the other kids got to do a lot more activities since two of the three periods each day weren't filled with music camp. She wanted to do some sailing and more swimming. IF she were interested in two weeks next year, she could do the other activities the first week and then still do music camp the second week. We'll see!

Here's a pic of Sophie enjoying the concert. After the concert, the campers had exactly four minutes to say hello to their parents before they were escorted back to their cabins (and the parents were gently corraled off the property. Of course, we were so anxious to give EJ a giant hug, but she ran straight to Sophie, whose face lit up with the biggest smile after not seeing her big sister for a few days.

And here's a pic of Sophie in the camper holding her bottle. She won't tip it up far enough to drink from it herself, but she does like chomping on it. She still isn't crawling but scoots faster than lightning, and is now pulling herself up on the couch! Particularly if EJ is up there to motivate her.

And tonight, we took EJ to the mall to get her ears pierced. She's been talking about it for a while. She wanted to get them done for her birthday, but we left for China on that day, and we didn't want to have to clean them while we were there. Then, because the starters have to stay in for 4-6 weeks, we didn't want that to bump into the camp schedule either, so we told her that after camp but before school (which starts on Wednesday), she could have them done. She was a trooper...far braver than I was at that age. I sat in the chair so many times with the gun aimed at my earlobes only to yell "Stop!" before they pulled the trigger. K finally took me for my 19th birthday to have them done!