July 7, 2014

  • Swim and Camp

    This was a busy weekend. Rone had his 'Claiming Ceremony' for Camp Half-Blood. It's a camp run by Book People, and is basically a week of live action role-play. The thing is, a God has to claim you, and Rone was really hoping Aphrodite wouldn't want him. Happily, Zeus saw Rone's great potential, and thus he was saved from working his charm for a week, and instead can use his lighting bolts.

    Cotton's having a Big Swim summer. I likely wouldn't call it that if either of her siblings had been big swimmers. As it stands though, I've got to balance being terrified when she jumps off the diving board and heads to the ladder with wanting to read my book. Both are valid, but more and more she doesn't need me watching. If we were living in Rainbow Lakes, where I grew up, she'd be hopping on a big girl, clamoring to be allowed to play Stump Tag.

    Heat finally hit, and it's hard to be mad at it, since it's July and all. The kids got to do sparklers, and we saw lots of homegrown firework shows after a great day of pool games and fun at Rob and Tarlie's.