Camp Hard, Tank Hard

Okay, peeps.

Like with so many other things lately, I'm not managing to take pics of all the lovely events we've got on! 

In fact, I'm lucky if I snag one, where I once would have taken dozens! (Hello, VBS.)

And that includes Little Man's week of his classic day camp, that he just completed!

Here he is, on the final day of camp (already not feeling so well, though only my Mama intuition told me at that point).

He camped HARD all week. So much outdoor time--running, swimming, playing, outdoor gaming...all the things. For reference, here's a more detailed post from the last time he attended, along with Chicklet and her buddy:

https://delappenings.blogspot.com/2023/08/summer-camp-2023.html

It's seriously an incredible, and well-oiled machine, at this particular camp, and always a great experience when it's done with a friend!

My favorite part of the ending ceremony was watching Little Man do all the choreographed motions to the Christian message-themed song they performed, all about stayed tuned to God, and not all the other things in life that can distract you and cause stress. An evergreen message, indeed.

I'm sorry to say that, by the time we made it home the evening, after a burger meal out with his buddy, I could tell he wasn't himself. A thunderstorm interrupted his sleep, and by morning, he was officially down and out for the count.

OYE.

For anyone who's keeping track:

Chicklet was sick Week 1 of Summer...

Chica tanked at the end of Week 2...

The Hubby went down hard by mid Week 3...

Little Man tanked by the end of Week 3, and...

Yours Truly is the only one standing, and probably totally screwed--right as we depart tomorrow on an adventure. Yikes.

So...taking all the preventive meds I can and saying a lot of prayers.

More, soon, as we head someplace a bit cooler and a lot more mountainous!

Happy Sunday, peeps!

Over and out.

(NOT) Father's Day--2026!

Okay, peeps.

Last weekend, we did a whole shebang to celebrate the hubby's favorite things for Father's Day.

We went to a yummy, outdoor meal of GF/DF fried chicken, just for him...

We spent two days assisting him in the crafting of GF/DF croissants that were quite finicky...

We made him a back-up (successful) dessert of creme de menthe brownies for when the croissants inevitably quasi-failed (as so many GF/DF, complicated desserts are prone to do)...

We gave the approval for his order of a new pickleball paddle (pretty much the only present he ever really wants)...

And we had lots of chill, family time, per the hubby's request--including couch sitting and movie watching (with the volume raucous and loud on his sound system, just like he prefers)...

And then on Sunday morning, as I was retelling all the lovey tidbits to Older Bro, he paused and said, "You know it's not Father's Day this weekend, right?"

And...nope. Nope, we did not know it wasn't Father's Day.

Whoopsies.

I guess we were just off-calendar and oblivious...but it was meant to be, since the hubby's health tanked a few days later, and Little Man's shortly thereafter, so we haven't managed much, today, on actual Father's Day.

So...yay, for an accidental, early celebration and, yay, for all the glorious fathers who deserve all the love and chill time they want--today, a week ago, or any other day, for that matter!

Happy Father's Day!

And, now, for a throwback of some of my favorite Father's Day pics and moments of past years...

https://delappenings.blogspot.com/2017/06/a-splash-happy-father-day-weekend.html

https://delappenings.blogspot.com/search?q=father%27s+day

https://delappenings.blogspot.com/2022/06/fathers-day2022.html

https://delappenings.blogspot.com/2023/06/fathers-day-2023.html

Week 2/VBS and Son Time!

Okay, peeps.

We're tracking with our posting delay! OYE.

We're well within Week 3 of summer and I'm finally posting about Week 2, but...that's life, right?

Week 2 was supposed to be VBS service time for the girlies and mother-son time for Little Man and I, but...best laid plans.

OYE.

Things first started to go off the rails when we offered to keep one of Little Man's friends with us for a couple of days. This fun little friend is about to move (we're still in denial about this) and his parents needed to travel to deal with the closing on their new house.

So...there went two of my mornings with Little Man while his sisters were away.

But.

We regrouped by Wednesday and logged some precious quality time--all the more so, because it seems so rare, these days, even when we have it penciled in!

We launched our morning together with a superfluous LEGO purchase, in keeping with one of our favorite pastimes together. :)

https://delappenings.blogspot.com/2020/01/legos-are-new-puzzles.html

https://delappenings.blogspot.com/2019/10/holy-lego-batman-er-spider-man.html

https://delappenings.blogspot.com/2020/02/indulgedpart-1.html

After the tried-and-true LEGO purchase, we went with another golden quality-time activity: DOODLING! Keeping with our Pokemon theme, of course. ;)

After we finished the doodle, we repositioned upstairs (away from Coda girl and any choking hazards), to build our LEGOs and watch...you guess it: a Pokemon movie, ha. We're nothing if not committed to a theme!

By that time, our quality mother/son time was up, and it was time to grab the girlies from VBS, but...we were able to siphon off another few tidbits of odds-and-ends time together on Thursday, when we went for an actual hair cut, not at home...

It was a huge success to learn ways to style his hair--and not have to clean up after a home cut, ha. ;)

Then, on Friday, we had one final round of unexpected quality time when we started the process of cleaning out Little Man's room and closet. I think this picture is worth a thousand words:

Baha. Tidying up is never fun, and Little Man was also suffering from a severe case of Summer Ennui. After a couple of low key days, he was a bit antsy and lethargic, all at once.

But, never fear! We redirected that heinous combo with a quick trip to Hobby Lobby for some storage boxes and came home with...some hysterical, and inexpensive, LED canvas art to style up his room!

So. Freaking. Fun. An unplanned spark of joy, for sure. 

Luckily, Little Man is busy, busy, busy this week at a classic summer day camp. He comes home happy and tired each day, so there's zero ennui to be had, and all is well.

Meanwhile, we're still battling illness in the household.

First it was Chicklet (Week 1).

Then Chica (Week 2).

She spiked a 104-degree temp and even missed the final day of VBS.

Another fail of the week: I took zero pics of the girlies headed off to their VBS crew leader duties and it hurts my heart that I have no photographic evidence, this year!

Ugh.

Anywho...we're onward and upward with Week 3 (again, Little Man's day camp), but I'm sorry to report that now, the hubby is sick.

I'm really hoping we can all pull it together for our Week 4 travel, but only time will tell!

Okay, posting this quickly and then off to other errands, but here's hoping I can tackle another catch-up post, later!

Over and out, peeps.