Today was the last day of camp. My car’s reverse lights aren’t working, so I dropped Peyton off at school and then took my car to the dealer. Dave met me with Brandon to pick me up. From there, we headed to Brandon’s last day of camp. He got his nametag, and hung out with Nathan when he arrived. The teams broke up into their stations, with Brandon heading over to the cages. Today was a day of competition, and there were prizes to be had. Brandon came in third of his team for the cage competition. He and Nathan were battling it out for first and second place, then all of a sudden, this kid that was half their height came up the winner. Dave and I left to walk over to get him coffee. He wanted breakfast, too, so he got that. I’d split some of Brandon’s breakfast, so I wasn’t hungry. We walked back over to the rugby field, and they were doing pop up drills. Again, there was the last man standing competition, and Brandon was doing okay. He was the middle of the pack, catching about four of them before dropping his. He joined the other half of the team who’d already gotten out. Nathan hung in there, but then he lost it, too. Nathan told us that Brandon got second in the home run derby. He hit the ball to the fence, and the first place person hit it over the fence. We missed it because Dave was waiting for his breakfast burrito. We watched the kids finish up at the rugby field, then headed over with them to watch them get snack and do other drills – fielding, around the horn, and speed drills. I was waiting for him to get lunch before walking back to T&C for our own. Lunch came with water or a soda, and I wanted to make sure he got water. Not only was there soda, but it was caffeinated soda! The last thing he needs is caffeine. When we saw him get his water, we took off. He enjoyed pizza, chips and a bar with his friends. We walked over, and the whole place was crowded. We ended up getting ice cream first for lunch 🙂 Dave got snickerdoodle and coffee, while I got blueberry and lavender, with toasted almond. Since we indulged on ice cream, we went to TJ’s and bought salads for lunch, part 2. We took it back to watch the games and eat there. The kids were already broken up to redistribute the teams. Camp can be from Monday through Thursday or Monday through Friday, and some kids don’t make it back on Friday, so they have to mix it up. Brandon ended up on a pretty strong team, with three of the players being lefty. Two kids were playing both first and shortstop, and they fielded the majority of the plays. We watched from the upper deck, for a pretty good vantage point. It was hot, though, and we started with, then lost, the tiny sliver of shade from the billboard post. Here’s a video of one of his at-bats. After the scrimmage, the kids went back to the cages for another round. 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We had our diving rings and other pool toys that changed things up. We stayed in for about 45 minutes before showering up. My car was going to be spending the night until the part came in, so we all headed to ST for dinner. As we were parking, I saw some familiar faces and bald heads in the window. It was the Chang’s! The kids were excited to go say hi, but we had to get in the door first. As soon as we got to the line, Peyton started jumping around and telling Dave she had to go potty. We’d just gone potty at the club, so I didn’t get it, but he whisked her off. I got Brandon, Peyton and myself food, then they came back, and Dave jumped back in line. We paid, then headed over to find a table. We got a booth close to the Chang’s, then set our stuff down before going to say hi. After a quick hello, we went back and ate dinner. The kids were both hungry! Dave told Peyton not to eat the cheesy bread, saying it was too greasy for her. I asked why he’d say that, and he told me she threw up in the bathroom! WHAT?!! I had no clue! Good thing he took her 🙂 He said nothing came out, but she was just gagging. Maybe she just has flashbacks from the last time we were here. So we subbed out the cheesy bread for plain bread, along with chicken and the rest of her food. She did well the rest of the meal. Maybe she drank too much chlorine. She didn’t have sweets before, like last time, so that wasn’t it. We left after the meal was done, and it was uneventful, thankfully. Since the kids had already showered up, we just brushed teeth and changed before going to sleep. I think they will sleep well tonight. I told both kids they could sleep in. Brandon was so tired this morning, Dave had to wake him up. We both went in there, and found him with his eyes half-open, and mouth half-open. Dave honestly thought he was awake but faking it! I told him no way, as I was laughing in his face, and he’d never keep his cool if I was doing that while he was awake. I hope they sleep in, as they both need it!
While I was tucking Peyton in, I asked her why she threw up at ST. She responded, “I don’t know, but I felt MUUUCH better.” We thought we had a tournament this weekend, but turns out it was cancelled. We get our weekend back! While I was tucking Brandon in, he told me, “This week was SOOO much fun! I had fun with Nathan, and met new friends like Josiah, Finn, and Ashton.” We did notice what a positive impact the kids around him made. They were all encouraged to cheer each other on, or they would get their points taken away. They all did care about each other, support and lift each other up, and helped each other take care of their own things. Brandon carried his bag wherever he went; he looked like a turtle, with his big helmet sticking out. He didn’t leave anything behind, and he was responsible. All in all, this was a great camp for him. He still wants to go to UCLA 🙂 but we told him it was “okay” to go to Stanford! I asked him if he wanted to go to UCLA camp (we’ve already signed him up), but I told him Nathan wouldn’t be there. He said, “Sure! I can meet new friends.” That’s the spirit. We saw some kids who were alone, especially during lunch time. They are grouped in a team, so they did have some sense of that in eating lunch, and he knew at least one other person, but we did see him alone sometimes. Luckily, they aren’t ever alone for too long, but hopefully he will meet kids who will be just as good of an influence as he did this week.