This week started with the 4th of July. We had a bbq with a bunch of our friend and then did a few fireworks of our own before heading out to watch the city display. We tried to think outside the box on a viewing area for the city show so we wouldn't get stuck for hours in traffic, but our spot was a little less than ideal. We could see them well but they were a little low and far to really keep the kids' attention for very long. It was still a good time though.
Despite being up late on Monday night, reality started bright and early on Tuesday morning. This week all the kids had camps they attended. Merrick continued with his football conditioning camp which will run for the next several weeks. He also attended a basketball camp. He came home the first day talking about how there were several kids and a coach from the Gladstone basketball team and they were giving him the hard sell, trying to recruit him for their team. It was a nice little confidence boost for him.
Carrigan spent the week at a Minecraft themed cooking camp. She was SO excited for this camp and begged and begged to attend. Unfortunately it didn't quite live up to the hype. She came home very discouraged the first day when all the kids were loud and crazy, they hardly did any cooking, and they were told they weren't even allowed to use a knife. She stuck it out though, and it did get better. I think by Thursday and Friday she actually even enjoyed herself.
Elsie also got to attend a camp this week and it was also a cooking camp. There is a new youth cooking academy that just opened in the next town over and I was offered a free class since I am a teacher. Turns out Elsie's camp was much more legit than C.C.'s. She made an apricot crumble and even was allowed to use a knife (they use a kid friendly wooden knife). She was definitely unsure when it came time to leave me and go and I thought for a minute that it wasn't going to happen, but in the end she did it. She went into class on the condition that I stay outside for a while. Because of this (and because of the class Instagram page), she is the only one I got pictures of while at camp.
As for Jeremy and I, all the stars aligned with all the kids at camp one day and we were actually able to have a lunch date. It was a special treat and maybe a glimpse into the future when Elsie goes to kindergarten.
One other note before I wrap up this week's blog. This weekend Merrick wrapped up his baseball season. It was the state tournament and it didn't go as we had hoped. They had a great first game, winning 19-0. The second game was going to be tough. They were the team we would need to battle for second place (first place was already all but decided). We had a great back and forth game and in the last inning Merrick hit a walk off to win the game. Unfortunately after that high, we crashed pretty hard when later last night some extremely bad umping cost us a game we should have easily won. Just like that, instead of getting a chance to play in the championship game and earn a spot in the regional tournament, our season was abruptly over. Merrick was devastated. We all were to be honest. That is not how we wanted things to end. Life will go on. There will be much more baseball in the future, I'm sure. For today though, feeling are a little tender.
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