Arts, Crafts and Climbing

A week ago Monday the oldest went off to camp for two weeks. The kids all ride in such deluxe buses these days with bathrooms and on-board movies. I can't wait until she comes home on Saturday although only for a week until she is off to college.

Middle daughter decided to try her hand at beading with a loom. She had tried a few years ago without success. This time it is working! I used to do loom beading when I was a kid.

Then we had a birthday to celebrate. Sweet 16! Middle daughter will be helping her friends celebrate too. She has some parties to attend.

Here is the finished bracelet. It turned out well. Her younger sister wants one now, of course!

I finished my third knit-a-long. It is hard to see it in the picture, but the design is a smiling starfish. Fun!

Hubby's company has done volunteer work at a Y camp over the years. On Saturday, volunteers and their families were invited for a meal and to do the camp activities. It was rainy in the morning and I think that kept people away. We basically had the beautiful place to ourselves with the exception of the camp employees. The girls got to do the climbing wall.

They had fun on this slide called The Hole. The corrugated pipe goes down a steep hill. The kids ride down on sleds. It doesn't look like it, but they shoot out the bottom pretty fast.

The last stop was a really nice pool that went from 3 to 9 feet deep. The youngest had fun diving in the deep part to retrieve all of the rings that had been left there.

Sunday was a day for painting at the art museum. Wouldn't it be nice to have room in your house to set-up an easel and paint?

We also got to babysit my one year old niece. She had never been left anywhere before with someone she didn't really know. We haven't seen her much due to concern over her immune system, but that is in the past now. The first fifteen minutes after dad left were kind of rough, but then we had a great time. She has a favorite blanket that she loves to play peek-a-boo with. We took her for a walk, blew bubbles and hung out. Come back again sweetie!