Happy camper

This week has marked a new milestone for Mateo:  his first drop-off summer day camp.  He's never been in a setting like this before, other than preschool, and sometimes takes awhile to warm up to new situations, so we worried a little about how it would go.  However, it turned out that there was absolutely nothing to worry about.  He has been having SO MUCH FUN that he can hardly believe it, and we are cheering him on.  He and his little group have been at a Parks and Rec nature camp, which mostly involves taking hikes around the local arboretum, digging up molehills, making homes in the trees for fairies, climbing trees, and generally getting Very Dirty.  Plus, they have to carry a backpack with a water bottle and their lunch for most of the camp, so the little guys (and they are all little boys, which is cool on one hand and totally unbalanced on the other) get pretty tired by the end of the day.  Yesterday, I picked up Mateo and he fell asleep in the car before could even pull out of the parking lot. 

Tomorrow is the last day of this camp and will be their longest hike.  We're going straight up to Bubby and Poppa's house after the end of camp (so that we can visit them and then attend some good friends' wedding on Saturday that's close to their house), and I think our van will be full of sleeping kids for most of the ride. 

I wanted to post about this camp because it's a first for him and because it's been such a rousing success.  I love the confidence and exuberance I see in him when he talks about his time at camp.  Sacha and I both think it has been great for him and are already looking forward to signing him up for next year, when he and Tali can do it together.  Fun stuff!  Add to that that summer has finally come to Portland and we've had days and days of gorgeous, warm weather, and you have one happy family.  Yay for summer camp and for adventurous son for taking it on with such infectious excitement!