EJ at camp

Well, EJ is away at camp this week and things seem awfully quiet here at the H house without her. We left just after lunch on Saturday and got the camper all set up just before a nice storm came through. Once we were settled in, we decided to take EJ out to dinner to a favorite Italian restaurant there. Later that night, she found her camp friend EB.

At 2 PM yesterday, the cars started lining up for check-in. She is in a different cabin this year, but one in the same row as last year, about 50 feet off the lake. We got her all set up and Sophie made herself at home. As much as she wanted to stay, we figured that a near 2-year-old in a cabin of 8-10 year old girls could wreak havoc so we bailed with the little one. Sophie is like a rock star at camp, though. We had met some other girls from camp that morning, and they spied her as we were checking in EJ and they came running over...she loved the attention!

Here's a shot of EJ, Sophie, and camp buddy EB on EJ's bed in the cabin. As you can see, there is a screened window at the foot of EJ's bed. The first thing she said was that she hoped it didn't rain or she would get all wet (there are no windows on the cabins, just screens!).


And I'm including this shot of EJ through the cabin door, because I want to prove that I've been working on my french braiding!


We stayed at camp last night and returned home this afternoon. We're going to work a few days this week and head back up for an extra day or two this weekend. Sophie and I might go back up on Wednesday night or Thursday morning, and K will return Thursday evening. We pick EJ up on Saturday at lunchtime, and we'll stay one extra night after that.

Then, there's one more week until school starts. We're hoping to visit a local amusement park one day that week and then we're going to go to Burlington VT for a long weekend to visit the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory, Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Factory, the ECHO Lake Aquarium, and the Shelburne Museum, where I just noticed that there is a Warren Kimble exhibit (I have a Warren Kimble kitchen, complete with dishes and two signed prints!). We found out that the Jonas Brothers are going to be in Burlington that weekend for a concert, but the tickets are all sold out and going for outrageous prices online. EJ is still excited that she'll even be in the same zip code as them and is convinced that we'll see them out walking around the streets of Burlington!