Ok. So I messed up on Cameron’s summer camp schedule this week–we went to IAD expecting Kitty Camp to commence, but instead, the owner said, “Oh, is this Cameron’s new hip hop outfit?” and then it suddenly dawned on me–as I noted that big girls were in one dance studio and Teacher Melissa (the hip hop teacher) was in the other…and no sign of Briget’s car outside–that perhaps there was no kitty camp this week. Oh, and we also saw another mom we knew (to add to my embarrassment).
While processing my observations and connecting the dots, I asked, “Is…there…uh…kitty camp today?” and, of course, the answer was no!
Debra, the mom we know, helpfully said maybe Cameron could join the hip hop class with her daughter, but Cameron is 2 years younger than the minimum age for the group, so while the owner and Debra chatted, we quietly slunk away!
Well, I felt just awful. Poor Cameron was really looking forward to camp, not school (and, luckily, school has space for her for all but one day this week), so I decided I’d pick her up early today (Tuesday) so that we could join Dylan and Heather and her kids at the skating rink.
I tried to leave work early enough so that I could get Cameron before Chloe woke up from her nap, but alas, Chloe’s naps are already getting shorter and, when I walked in, she and Cameron were playing and holding hands with Julia.
I had to take them both! Not so bad, really, on the spending time with kids thing, but I knew it would be tough to skate (and I still have a pulled hamstring to boot) with both girls. How was I going to avoid dog-piling with them?
Heather is always a gigantic help, though, so while I marched along on tightened wheels with Chloe, Heather gamely took Cameron around. But, Cameron also attempted skating on her own!
And, fortunately, no more unlucky bone fractures for Dylan!
I didn’t have my camera — the lighting is terrible anyway — so these cameraphone pics are all I’ve got.
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Originally uploaded by coffywoman.
