A week at Camp

When my mom was growing up they used to spend the entire summer up at Camp. Things were simpler then. I've never gotten to do that, much less spend an entire week there. This past week Jacob, Sabine, my mom and I did spend a week there. Late on day 5 we were joined by my sister, Marisa and Zach.

We left for Camp on Sunday evening during thunder storms. Sabine got her first ride in the van as we were taking the dogs too and needed the extra room. We had to install the carseat first and boy getting that base in perfect was a pain in the ass. The kids slept most of the way so we the trip went by fast.

Monday we did the usual stuff (picked blueberries, played with the Camp toys, went for a walk) and then went out to the island in the row boat. We took Mango to play around on the sand bar. This was Sabine's first boat ride. On Tuesday, in addition to the usual stuff, we went for a long walk on the old railroad bed. For this I put Sabine in the running stroller we keep up there. That was her first ride in a stroller. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday brought more firsts for her, as well as rain on and off ever day we were there. Each day it poured rain, then got sunny and hot before raining again, only to clear up again and maybe repeat the whole cycle one or two more times before the day was over.

Friday evening is when we were joined by the rest of the crowd. Zach and I decided to keep it a surprise for Jacob that he was coming up for the weekend because otherwise Jakie would have wasted the weekdays waiting for the weekend to come. I think Jacob was in shock when they all got there but soon after he and Marisa set to playing. My sister brought her little yippy dog, Benny, so Ginger and Mango had plenty of excitement meeting their new 'cousin'.

We left to come home yesterday but had to wait around for the rain to slow enough so we could load the car with all our stuff and then get everyone in. The ride home was a pain in the ass. We had to stop a lot for the baby and Jacob freaked out the last hour of the ride. The whole second half of the ride home he asked once a minute how long it would be until we got home. An hour from home he couldn't take it anymore and went berserk. Then 20 minutes before we got home he started sobbing and the only thing that would calm him down was giving him my cell phone to mess around with.

When we finally got home Jacob jumped out as fast as he could and ran screeching to the back yard. He wanted to see the deck that Zach had been telling us about, that's why he had so much trouble on the long ride. But what gives, he used to be so peaceful in the car. So the deck is half done and looks pretty cool. Also, a huge bonus surprise, Zach installed the window that needed replacing which I've been begging him to do for over a year.

Anyway, we're back and today was a crazy introduction back into the real world. Hopefully I'll have pictures tomorrow...