Rosie went to her first overnight camp a few weeks ago. Some people have asked, “Is she nervous?”, or “How are you feeling about it?” or “Do you think she is ready?”
For Rosie, the answer is a resounding, “She was born for this.” What I mean by that is that she is going to crush it. She is the kind of kid that gets excited about crafts, loves to try new things, loves to make new friends, and thrives by being around other people.
Contrast that with my demeanor at 8 going to summer camp: Not super outgoing, thought crafts were lame, didn’t enjoy group sports, and didn’t exactly love being away from my room for a week.
She went to camp willow springs, which is about 2 hours away. This is a camp for kids Rosie’s age, and they have a sister camp, camp willow RUN, for teenagers. Correct me if I am wrong, but I think Evan was a counselor there.
Rosie went with her best friend, Meryl.
The camp seemed great. Taylor went for drop off, and I went for pickup. It was about 2 hours away, and the process was super quick: Drive 2 hours, get your kids, drive two hours back.
The ride back was pretty great. Normally excited kids talking and singing really loudly in the back seat have a short lifespan in our car.
not this time.
Her and Meryl sang their camp songs and told stories for about 30 minutes, lowered their volume (on their own choosing) and talked for about 30 minutes, complained for about 15 minutes, and then slept. It was great.
Mercy really missed her big sis. When we went to pick up Mercy from school that Friday, Rosie jumped out of the car so excited to see her little sis. Mercy, in true fashion, walked right past her. Rosie’s head sunk (she still smiled though), as she walked back to the car.
A few seconds later, Mercy grabs Rosie’s arm and pulls her close. We may never understand that child.
Country Concert
What was your favorite concert? What band would you pay top-dollar to see, past or present? These are the questions we asked lots of people over the week just getting excited to go to a concert.
Taylor found out about this show from our babysitter, River, and luckily our friends Andy and Laura were free that Thursday night.
It has been a few years since my last concert- maybe the Avett Brothers, NYE 2019? And this was my very first country concert.
Thomas Rhett at the Greensboro Coliseum was a lot of fun- better than I expected. Taylor had a blast. And thanks Zippy for babysitting and making the night happen.
This group in front of us- about 8 late teens if I had to guess, included two people who were going a bit WILD in the first part of the show. I am talking hair swinging, head banging, jumping up and down for each song.
They crashed and burned early though and were sitting by the second half of the show, much to my delight.
This was the little tribute I recorded for Rosie, a familiar song for her:
This and that.
We also went to see Taylor’s cousin, Cobe for his engagement party. It was a lot of fun, and we got to see all of the work the Haney’s did to their new house.
We stayed the night with Taylor’s other cousin, Brooke, in Raleigh. The cousins had a blast- Rosie has a rocking life with family and friends around every corner.
Anyways, sometimes people ask what I write about on this blog? And the answer is simple: I look at the pictures from the past week, and write about the things we have pictures for,
Unfortunately I don’t have many pics from the engagement party, or pics from the night with Brooke, so I couldn’t write much about them. Maybe next time?