Last week Kirsten’s came up for four days to participate in Camp Sarah Jane. Camp Sarah Jane is when Bryan and Sophia stay here and do all sorts of crafts and I spoil them along with my kids.
The kids arrived on Monday morning. They had some time to play in the pool before rain came in. While it rained the kids made friendship bracelets and pins and dug for fossils. Bryan and Sophia both tried to spin. Once the weather cleared up the we walked down to the park to do some creek stomping, tree climbing, and playing in the sand. I made the kids Camp Sarah Jane t shirts and made them pose for several photos together. The kids fell asleep easily that night.
On Tuesday we were really busy. We spent all morning walking. Bryan and Sophia hung out while Audrey and Elliot had swim lessons. After that we went next door to Dollar Tree where I said they could each buy four things. It was very interesting to see the differences in what everyone chose. We headed to the library to pick out books and play some “songs” on the piano. After that we walked to three different parks. I had 10,000 steps before noon. The afternoon the kids spent in the pool. I was so tired we got take out Mexican food for dinner, primarily so I could get a big margarita. We all slept well that night.
On Wednesday we stayed in the yard. For camp I taught each kid one recipe they wanted to learn how to make. For Sophia it was cinnamon sugar sourdough waffles. The kids ate outside. We put Mentos in a 2 liter of cola to make a fountain, and after that the kids were able to try pop. They all decided the like it. We celebrated ice cream o’clock (every day I would yell “ICE CREAM O’CLOCK” at some point and give them ice cream treats). They painted faces. They swam. I talked to Bryan about not playing on concrete porches in roller skates. They played water Twister. We tie dyed. We all slept well.
On Thursday we were kind of lazy. The kids wore their tie dye, painted stepping stones, celebrated one last ice cream o’clock, watched Paw Patrol, and hugged goodbye.
It was an exhausting and fun week. I am lucky to have so many great kids in my life.
mildlygranola 
You are a great Mom and Aunt-style person! That sounds like just a wonderful time for the kids, and like you had fun doing it too 🙂
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It was so much fun. I need to start planning what we will do next year.
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And these are some lucky kids, too! You will remember these days fondly.
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We have so much fun together. I feel like I’ll blink and they will hate spending time with me.
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I want to go to Camp Sarah Jane! Ice cream o-clock is a terrific concept.
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I think an adult camp would be so much fun. I think you should start ice cream o’clock at your house. It makes the day brighter.
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Do you offer camp for adults? Sounds like so much fun. How did you come up with enough activities to keep the kiddos busy all day?
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I wish there was a camp for adults. I think it would be so much fun. I just picked activities that my kids always want to do and I never want to do and did those things. We also tie dyed because I will do it once a year and Kirsten will never do it.
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I always thought the Dollar Tree was perfect for kids to get a treat – 4 things seems pretty cool to choose when you are a kid. What a fantastic camp you created!
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You are an amazing Mom by the way!
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Thank you!
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Did you at least get a few quiet minutes while they read the library books??
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Nope. But we had a quiet week last week which was needed.
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What a super cool and fun camp you organised. Sounds exhausting but they all look like they loved it.
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Well done! Do you get to have an adult camp? When we were very small, we would spend a week at each Aunt’s house. There were three sisters and 9 kids; 4 girls and 5 boys, so we were divided that way, and one sister had a week to herself, and we had 3 weeks of cousin time.
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Your mom and aunts were smart! That sounds like a lot of fun. I want to host an adult camp.
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