First camp out of the season

Friday was the first camp out of the season. Emma was beyond excited. It was the hottest most humid day of the summer so far. Daddy is on call again, so Emma and I trucked it around camp. We stood on the bridge as Emma dreamed of riding the zip line. Only a couple more weeks till she is 9 and can ride on it. We then settled down for the kids skits. Emma did great. She was thunder chicken, and had the cutest squawk. Only problem is momma is not very good with a video camera, and somehow I had it on pause instead of record..... SIGH. The kids got signed back in, and all the parents made that long walk out of camp. Unfortunately we had the worst thunderstorms Friday night and the kids didn't get to do their night swim. They did get some smore making in, and the girls finally went to bed at 2am.

Back at camp in the morning to pick up my tired, dirty camper...... We picked up bugger from her hair cut, and went home to give the stinky child a bath. The rest of our weekend was pretty quiet. Scott spent most of it at work, and Emma and I chilled out.

Although, I am now the boxing champion on Wii, I finally figured out how to beat her..... much to the dismay of Emma.

This week is a short one for me, and then we leave on Saturday for the beach. Can't wait. Mimosas on the deck at sunrise anyone ??????

2 weeks of summer over already??????

So the first session of camp is officially over, and Emma has graduated swim groups. She is now a Guppy. She proudly displayed her patch last night when she got home with her swim report card.

Tonight is the first camp out, although Scott is on call again. Hopefully the weather will hold out, as it is supposed to be another hot one today.

T-4 business days till the beach. YEAH

Did someone turn up the heat?

UGH!!!!! It has been very hot and steamy. Scott had a rough week at work, and is down one service tech, and it is on call week. So on Saturday morning, while in the middle of making a great pancake breakfast, his pager went off. We finished up and cleaned up, and headed off to the pool for the day, so we could keep him company in between his calls. Emma had a blast swimming. She is getting so much better and is actually venturing out of the shallow ends. We met a new little friend Noah, who was the 2 year old grandson of one of the residents. He declared he was going home with us, and Emma had a blast teasing him. This is the first time I have ever seen her actually play with a little child. I am keeping my fingers crossed she doesn't try and terrorise Morgan like this at the beach:)

After a long afternoon at the pool, we stopped for a quick bite to eat. It was a long hot day!!!!

Sunday morning, we were awoken by the sounds of Scott's pager going off again. But we got in some breakfast, and off he went again. So Emma and I geared up and did some running around, Target and Kroger. Once we got back she helped me get the potatoes ready and eggs ready to make potato salad, and helped me with the cheesecake. Have I ever said I LOVE MY MIXER!!!!!!!!! It works awesome:)~

We had a quiet evening last night once Scottie finally got home, Busy packing for the beach, can't be live it is less than 2 weeks away.......

This week should be quieter for Emma and I, but Scott has a long road ahead of him with these current problems. Hopefully, they will get a new guy in there quickly, and that will alleviate some of the stress. Summer is the worst time of year to be down a man...

Emma has camp out this week, and our first parents night. The "Divas" are already working on their skit for Friday. Be afraid, be very afraid of these girls, it is a lot of attitude in those little bodies.

Summer is in full swing

So what do you do on a hot steam 90 degree summer night. Why you go to the YMCA for family swim night of course. The school year is but a week behind us and we are right back into our normal routine. Here is a picture of Emma in her new swim suit at family swim night. She was a little put off by momma because she was actually having an adult conversation instead of swimming with the kids in the pool...... This after the girls insisted I jump off the diving board and then proceeded to tell me, I do the best cannon balls because I make the biggest splash, lol. Thanks I think?????

Poor Scott is on call for Father's Day weekend, but we plan on making him a cheesecake and breakfast on Sunday. The heat is back and it is supposed to be near 100 on Saturday. I am sure, Scott will end up being at work, so Emma and I can get a head start on our tans........ Happy Friday :)~

What to do on a rainy summer evening?????

Why you catch fireflies of course. Emma and I were all alone last night.... no boys in our house only girls. After the rains subsided, we went out to look at the veggies and how they were growing........ Well instead of the veggies we found hundreds of fireflies. We ran inside and thanks to Nana's applesauce jars, we quick made a home for some of the fireflies we caught........

We gave them a nice home with some leaves, but decided at the end of the night to "set them free" so we could catch some more the next time......... Almost one week down of summer vacation. Is that possible?????????

Cocoa Bean

Scott thought this was just hysterical this weekend. I was laying on the floor playing Mafia Wars on Facebook. I know big surprise there........ Cocoa, who is 82 pounds according to the vet last week had to squeeze her butt in next to me to lay, while Bugger warmed my feet........... Emma was sitting on the chair next to me playing her DS.

I have no personal space :)

Rain Rain go away

What a yucky first day of camp. As you can tell, we never get rain, and today it decided to open up and be an all day affair. Signing in at camp was a feat this morning, as everything was wet and muddy!!!!!!!!! Hopefully it will stop for a bit so the kids can get some swimming in today. Emma was beyond excited this morning to be part of the X-UNIT. And happily skipped off to the bottom of the lodge where all of her friends were waiting. We saw many of her favorite counselors, and the first camp out is planned for June 26. WAHOO!!!!! Only a couple more weeks and she will be back in Buffalo for a visit.

Although last night, when she found out Hannah Montana was supposed to be here for a concert with the Jonas Brothers and Selena Gomez, she thought about asking if she could just stay, but uh no no way, I told here, there was no more spots left at camp......... lol

Poor thing, so we are back to the grind, I have a 2 day trial next week and work is busy as ever, Scott is going to be in NC for classes 3 times in the next 2 weeks and he is on call this week. Should make for an interesting couple weeks...... stay tuned for updates and pictures (unlike some people...... **cough cough** Missy & Michael :)