Joshua's 1st Day of Camp and Day 2 for Jacob

Joshua was very sleepy this morning. But, we got him up early enough to take his time. Matthew took Jacob to Mom and Dad's for me so I could get Joshua to his camp. I only heard from Joshua once "I don't want to go to camp" (said his best whiney, 3 year old voice). I was trying to come up with ways to make him feel good about camp and at one point I mentioned "and you get to see Miss Wendy".

We got to church. My very big 3 year old got his lunch box and climbed out of the car with me without any hesitation. We found our room just fine. When we started to walk in to the room he burst in to tears asking me "where's Miss Wendy???? I want Miss Wendy". It was at that point I realized I had made a mistake. We had some very helpful people but I felt like I didn't have a choice but to take Joshua to Wendy so he could see where she was going to be while he was in his classroom.

Wendy did great (of course) and took Joshua down to his room and she knew Joshua's teacher because Miss Lori was Lauren's teacher last year. Wendy was able to leave Joshua with the teachers and he was no longer crying - and I did the "good mommy" thing and snuck out why he was happy and distracting.

The theme for this week's camp is "Down on the Farm". Joshua made a cow and decorated a barn with his favorite animals.



This was Jacob's 2nd day at Cub Scout Twilight camp. He had another fantastic day. Cannot believe the woodworking they are doing. He is so proud of his bench.

The best part was that Jacob has 2 crickets he has from something they did. He has part of a potato for the crickets to live on and he says he can keep them for "8 months". But the following is the conversation I hear from the back seat between Jacob and Zackary:

Jacob "Zack I have 2 crickets."

Zack "What do you mean?"

Jacob "In here, I can keep them for 8 months."

Zack "I only see one. Oh, there's another one, I think it's dead."

Jacob "No it isn't. Just shake it around and you will see it move."

Zack "Oh, I see - there it moved."

Jacob "They haven't had an anniversary yet but I know they are married."

I am shocked at this point that Zackary has no questions about this statement so I felt I needed to inquire.

Mom "Jacob, how do you know they are married?"

Jacob "Because I saw them sniff each other's butts like dogs do."

Yeah, kind of sorry I asked. I did laugh a little. And I did stop asking questions.

Here he is with his bench: