Wow what a busy week this turned out to be! Allison returned home and got busy with Field Hockey try outs. We weren't getting our hopes up too high since they had 60 girls try out for about 40 positions between the JV and Varsity teams. There would have to be some cuts, and Allison just picked up the sport. There were girls that had been playing for many years, but Allison seemed to enjoy the sport and was working hard. And it seems her hard work paid off! Allison is the new JV Field Hockey goalie! She shares the position with one other girl. We are so proud of her for taking a chance and joining the high school team. This should be a fun start to the 9th grade!
Scott was busy finishing up his summer at the YMCA camp. He participated in a Mad Science camp and made lots of great concoctions. He also had a field trip to the bowling alley and enjoyed the day duck pin bowling(was very popular here in MD-small bowling balls about the size of big softballs that the kids roll 3 times and then knock down smaller pins). He really enjoys that activity!
Allison was wrapping up her summer with a swim birthday party with a Twilight theme. She had a great time, but was getting a bit worn out! I also had to drag her off to the doctor for her yearly physical and have her pack for a weekend Girl Scout camping trip.
On top of all this, Tom had to head out to California for the week, return home for one night and then head back out to LA. I took off on Friday night with my Girl Scouts for an end of summer weekend camping trip. I had 3 of my girls for the older girl camping weekend. Tom sent Scotty off to stay with our neighbors and Scott had to babysit Cookie on Saturday morning.
Our camping weekend turned out well except I could have done without the tornado warning on Friday night! We huddled in the bathrooms in our cabins(thank goodness for cabins!) Usually we would be tenting, but this trip has several indoor buildings that we use to run the badge work, so they are able to run the camp rain or shine. The girls did a great job earning a Fitness to Fashion badge and a Games for Life badge. They also enjoyed an aerobics class, swimming and watching "The Devil Wears Prada" while I made tye dye shirts all weekend. I even made Allison a few gold and black tye dye shirts for school spirit wear. We managed to have a pretty nice weekend even thought it rained most of Friday and Saturday. My weekend got a bit more hectic when I discovered my car battery had died over the weekend. Fortunately the girl scouts were well prepared and gave me a jump start but I ended up spending the rest of Sunday afternoon waiting to get a new battery at the Sears auto repair. And my Buick Terrazza is not too simple to maintain-the battery is all the way to the bottom of the engine and the mechanic had to pull most of the engine out to get to it and then replace it and put everything back where it belonged. A 2 1/2hr job! At least we had a chance to get some shopping in while the car was repaired.
And so the following week Scott will start school on Thursday. I still have some school supplies to pick up and new clothes for Allison since she is switching from a uniform in private Catholic school to public school. She is a bit excited and a bit scared all at the same time. She is also busy with her piano lessons and finishing up the summer reading program at the library.
And also finishing up her presentation for the Confirmation Retreat that she is helping to run for the 8th graders in mid September. Wish us luck!