I got my kids back. One. Two. Three. Gosh I love these
children of mine. As nice as it was to be away from them for a bit-it felt
amazing to be back home the 5 of us too….
So first the boys this morning. Bear in the Sports-explo
program and Chase in the Super Challenge Sensation. They were so exhausted-you
should see the curriculum of these camps-made me exhausted just reading them!
My hear always pounds a bit when I get there –I am always
nervous. There is a ceremony where they present the awards and you can’t get to
your kid before it is over, but you can see them through the fence. I look at
them and they wave and smile and I think “Do they have friends? Are they happy?
Did they have a good time? Why aren’ t they smiling? And my heart beats faster…and
a headache comes on…..it’s as if I am
them..whatever happens to them happens to me.
And of course Bear wins the award of Camper of the Week
AGAIN…and of course Chases does not (criteria 1 is you have to participate in
every activity including the singing..that rules him out right there!)
Off to the sandwich resto we go where they make
sandwiches shaped like snakes and pacmans and we all just talk and talk and
talk..about everything. We are so happy
to all be together and share all the details of their lives and ours.
And what was the first question both boys asked when they
first saw us? Was it…what are we having for dinner? Was it can we get candy? Can I have my cell? No! it was…” how is
Beauty-how is she liking her camp??”
And when I told
them that the last news we got at visiting day was that she was heartbroken and
crying..they were heartbroken too. Bear said even the restaurant’s music in
combination with this depressing news was way too sad to handle and could the
resto pls change the melancholy beat?
So they worried and worried until we picked her up at 6pm
when her camp ended. We decided to let them go technology crazy for the
afternoon to get it out of their systems so gave them their computers and
phones. They had a blast and loved this since so rarely happens at Trent.
Then the four of us went on a long boat ride and had a
super long swim and it was just so peaceful and wonderful. I was so happy to
have those boys back. Made me think I will likely have to kill any girl who
tries to invade our happy home one day. I have no want or room for any
girls..thank you very much. They are MINE! (I will need to get over this
clearly..and quicklyJ
And then…we got to get HER. And she RAN towards her Dad
and threw herself in his arms, and them my arms and then her brother’s arms…and
she said thew second week, she had an AMAZING time. She was able to be the boss
of her brain and she is even going to write a blog about how she did it! She
prayed before our meal at dinner too (I
mean of course she wasn’t lonely-God was with her right??) and she said she is
going back there next summer!!! A miracle has occurred!
So we were all delighted and so relived and we gave her
the pacman sandwich and we brought her home. The boys made her play cops and
robbers with the bee bee guns Did bought them until we took our girl on a
sunset cruise the three of us on the lake to talk about camp and the second
week. The boys kayaked over to the neighbors and tried out their new water
trampoline.
We went for groceries and planned out two perfect dinners
and made one tonight. As our tradition goes, everyone gets to choose two things
each at the grocery store, and so now we have 6 crazy foods in the house (strawberry
syrup for milk, hot rods, some unrecognizable candy etc..) We had Moules and
Frites and Greek salad with wafer cookies for dessert. Before that I snuggled
with each of them for at least 30 minutes on the sofa and rubbed their heads
and backs.
After dinner Beauty so tired so went to her cozy bed and
boys stayed up and watched Modern Family with me. They were so tired too-could
tell Chase was getting crabbier by the second complaining about the negative
stuff about camps (aka they don’t feed them enough and he barely eats anything
at all. And the beds are not cozy and they have to get up at 6:20 etc….etc… etc…)
More than ever Hubby and I have decided that these next
few years count a lot and we are going to ensure they are filled with lots of
togetherness, experiences, trips and time together as a unit.
I have read 4 books on teenagers in the last week and have decided to have much higher expectations of my teens than the way the authors depict the average teen. No I actually don’t think my teen is drinking or smoking or attending wild parties behind my back and playing “spin the blowjob” .. I don’t think he wants to lock himself in his room away from us..and swear at us to our faces..I intend to keep us healthy, happy and together for as long as I possibly can. Am I for real?
I have read 4 books on teenagers in the last week and have decided to have much higher expectations of my teens than the way the authors depict the average teen. No I actually don’t think my teen is drinking or smoking or attending wild parties behind my back and playing “spin the blowjob” .. I don’t think he wants to lock himself in his room away from us..and swear at us to our faces..I intend to keep us healthy, happy and together for as long as I possibly can. Am I for real?
Just dare me ok? We shall see, I could be wrong, entirely wrong, but somehow I think the next decade will be wonderful. I intend to let it all play out and when my last child is 17 write a book on how amazing having teens was.
(and maybe I am just naïve and innocent….but this is how
I feel right now)
Today was just too heavenly to picture anything less.
