Posted on June 14, 2012
by Renee Spindle
Two weeks of Camp Grandma have passed now. Evan has had some busy days here, and gotten lots of little projects done. I am fortunate to be able to have Evan here two days a week over his summer vacation. He comes to “Camp Grandma” on Thursday’s and Friday’s.
Each week I have something fun planned for us to do. Funny thing is when we have an extra person joining us for the day, Evan and I say we have a “special guest” with us for the day.
Our first week of Camp Grandma, we had special guest, Uncle Bryan with us for the day. On Thursday it was a gorgeous Southern California day, and we went to the beach. My favorite beach to take Evan to is Corona del Mar. Actually, I always took the kids to this beach when they were younger, because it’s a little inlet kind of beach, and the waves don’t get too outrageous. We packed a nice picnic lunch, threw the boogie boards in the car and off we went. Evan has so much fun in the sand and surf. He’s quite brave in the water, and made this Grandma just a bit nervous a few times.
Evan loves to be covered in sand and rolls around in it, especially when he is wet.
He spent tons of time in the water, and when we got into the car to drive home he was asleep in just a few minutes.
He got some boogie boarding lessons from his Uncle Bryan, and we decided he needs a little bit smaller boogie board to get his arms around. I wasn’t able to get any good pictures of the boogie boarding. I was too excited for Evan to be skimming across the water. He was a trooper and kept going back out into the water and eventually “caught a few waves” (translation – swam in on the whitewash of the waves!). Thanks to Uncle Bryan for being our first “special guest”, on our first day of Camp Grandma.
On Friday, of week one it was definitely a day of rest. We were so pooped out from beach the day before, that the only thing we did that day was read a book, went for a swim, and played some Go Fish (Evan’s favorite card game). Evan read “Go Dog Go” to me and our dog, Clyde. Clyde really liked the story, he went to sleep.
As a side note, the “Camp Grandma” phrase was coined by Travel Man. He’s excited for Evan and I to get to spend some time together again this summer. I think we’ll make some special t-shirts or hats that say “Camp Grandma”. I’m looking forward to lots of fun craft and science projects, and some reading mixed in there too. Plus we’ll mix in a few road trips to the beach, or the museum, or the aquarium. Stay tuned for more adventures with Evan and I in the weeks to come. Hope everyone’s summer is off to a great start.
