Family Camp Day 2

Day two of Family Camp started off with meeting the girls in the cafeteria at 7 am. Shall I mention how nice it was to be able to get up and only have to worry about getting myself ready? :) The girls counselor got all the girls showered, dressed and then braided all their hair. They all thought it was cool that she fixed their hair to match. After breakfast, the girls took off with their group to go fishing, canoeing, and archery. Shane and I went rock climbing and ziplining. Then we went to a Living with MS couples class, which was very interesting to hear about and talk to other couples living with MS. After our class we tried to catch the girls in the middle of their activities and get some pictures, but when we arrived they had just gotten out of the canoe. :( Oh well. They had so much more fun without us around, and Shane and I were enjoying being together. We met back up with the girls for lunch and then headed back out for crafts, frisbee golf, advanced archery, paintball and just relaxing until dinner. The girls went swimming, went to a Experiencing MS class, science class where they made slime, and played games up until dinner. After dinner, we headed to the cabins for showers and to get ready for the "Geek Gala" dance that night. We didnt bring a costume this year, but we saw some cute couples who did dress up. My nice camera decided to break, so I was using a cheaper camera where the stabilizer is not so cool. Any movement from other people caused the picture to be blurry. :( Hailey loved dancing and I wish I could have caught a good picture, but here are a few, although you can not really tell what was going on. At the girls school in PE they have a period of time where they teach them fun dances, so Hailey knows ALOT of the actual moves. HA!! Silly girl. I love seeing them pull out of their shyness and have fun!! Between dancing, the kids all ran around and played outside.

Quick story: After the kids went swimming, Ace, an 8 year old boy, came up to me and said, "Mam, you are lucky to have a daughter like Hailey. There are not many girls like her". Then later that evening at the Geeky Scientist Dance he comes up to me and says... "Do you mind if I ask Hailey to dance with me? I really would like to dance with her, but I wanted to have your permission."

So, with that said, I gave him permission to ask Hailey to dance. She was not having it. No dancing with a boy :) He got sad and walked off. Later, she decided that she would dance to a fast song with him, but not a slow song. He agreed and they "danced".They both just did their own crazy moves. He really wanted to dance to a slow song, so her way of making him happy was dancing for 2 seconds outside of the dance floor. LOL Whatever works. I am not pushing her wanting to do things with boys, believe me. It was just all so funny.

Then they were playing around, and I am not sure if Hailey fell or was just being silly, but she was on the ground, so he runs over to her and lends her a hand to pick her up. My girl is not used to boys helping her so she was oblivious to the whole thing and jumps up on her own and starts playing again.

And the end of the night, Hailey and I were sitting talking and he walks over with to cups of punch. Hands one to Hailey and then says, "Oh I am sorry Haileys mom, would you like a drink?"

I am not sure about you, but how many 8 year old boys do you know with manners like that? I need him to show up when Hailey is 25 :) As long as he still has those manners of course. HA!!

The dance was a lot of fun. We headed back to our cabin about 11:30 and got ready for bed. It was another long night in the womens cabin. Lots of talking, lights on and early morning noise. Ugh!!

* I will post pics off my other camera later... be looking*