For 10 yrs now on this sunday night of july , we have dropped the other 2 kids off and come back to Trent alone . We sleep here and only go home to work for 1pm monday. And then all week we work super hard with no breaks all day and then each night of that week we go out to dinner the two of us .
That Sunday starts it all off
And this one was even better as we weren't alone but we had Bear !!!! He came home for a precious 17 hrs . We dropped off beauty at camp and it was so cool arriving and watching bear at work with the team welcoming all the new campers. They all surround the car as it arrives and dance and sing camp songs
When it was our turn they started all shouting beauty's name and then she got out of the car and ran into her brothers embrace. She loves those boys such more more than she lets on !!! Then we got to hug him and hug him again . A great thing about both boys is they are super super affectionate with us and have no issue on this on front of friends and co workers . Was soooooo amazing to see our boy
We laughed our head off minutes later when he was taken aside by his boss and told not to favour specific pretty girls and to keep professional on his welcomes . When bear told hom that girl was his little sister and not some hot chick he was after .... We all roared of laughter!!!
Beauty settled on quickly with her three camp besties and was in her glory to be there this year . We had little tears as we said bye to our girl- but she did not this year!!
Bear was in his glory to come home for a night . We went for groceries as per his request and bought a ton of snacks for the rest of his two weeks there . Then chose his fave dinner : steak and fries with portabello mushrooms and parsley sauce and oven baked chocolate chip cookies
He lay on the couch and watched soccer and had a nap and loved relaxing with his phone ( which be has to sneak there in the bathroom on his job breaks so is very coveted )
( one surprise to all
Of us is that even as instructors they wont let them have their phones in the evenings before bed or break times and we all found this over the top for 16.5 yrs olds . They are being treated like babies and like in prison! . I get the rule for campers but not for the monitors and we were all not too happy and like most of
The parents have just told him To lay low and use it for a few mins at night in bed .
If he had known that he would not have had any communication with his friends , the girl he likes , his siblings etc he never would have signed up for this month job . Summer is too precious and he works so hard at his studies and sports all year long- we decided he deserved to listen to music and be in contact with the world before bed ( some may not agree this was the right approach and maybe it was not but felt it was best overall )
I felt happy for him to see him enjoying himself here for the night .
We went on a sunny evening boat ride and he and i drove the boat to the trailer together for hubby and i to be able to bring on home on the lake for after work this week
We will watch a great movie after dinner and enjoy our boy .
We got to see chase also for another few mins on Saturday afternoon too . We hung out with beauty and her bff all day in the pouring rain in the pool at home and laughed and had great conversations .
It poured all weekend but it was all so nice to be with our girls too
If i am honest though it will be really wonderful too have them all safely back at camp and their summer jobs and have this work week alone ( with fun evenings as a couple ) and our first 6 days of vacation alone at the cottage the two of us .
I love being with our kids but i also love seeing them living their own lives ( and not having yo wait up for them
To get home at night )!
What an unexpected gift this weekend was and now looking forward to the next two weeks too with my Protector
