Camping! Thum! Summertime! Boy-O! Hooray!

We're running a lil' behind schedule, but sooner than later, we'll be out the door and off to Zion National Park to go CAMPING! YAY!

The angel boy-O has been here since Sunday and he had a great first week at his summer camp (and with us too!) The first day of summer camp, he literally RAN in right past the sign-in table and got to socializing immediately. He was totally thrilled to be there - - which was more than a lil' encouraging!

Monday night, we had a very lovely, very yummy home cooked dinner together at home, and afterward, the boys played street hockey together until it was time for bed.

Tuesday night was chores night and potstickers (the boy's favorite meal here). It was also the night of what I hope will be the one and only most serious battle we'll ever encounter against the 'Thum'... For "most serious battle," read "swearing, hitting, long suffering gnashing of teeth, wailing and tear-streaked sobbing for nearly an hour." See, the angel boy-O's mommy, Wendy and I, last weekend together in Ogden, we scored a topical oral deterrent for thumb-suckers, and the poor kiddo absolutely HATES it ("we hates it *gollum* we hates it"), but it's way overdue! Despite any protesting, however, I think the angel boy-O must know deep down it must be done and he wants it to be over, as he happens to be the one to always remind us to apply it at bedtime about 20-30 minutes before it has to happen! ...although last night, he did hide the bottle and refused to reveal it's location for about 5 minutes.

Yesterday, the boy-O and zee honey-man went swimming together and the two had dinner together too, and did some grocery shopping for our camping trip, while I was at to our MS Walk final-wrap-up committee meeting - - more on that to come.

Although it's only our first week with the angel boy-O, I can honestly say that this time around, compared to last summer, I think my honey-man and I, we finally have the right line of expectations and there's not as much pressure and anxiety as last year... we're calm, collected, cool... and we're relaxed and really enjoying our time with the angel boy-O.

And now? Well, we gotta go camping!