This morning, I woke up early to get the day started. Peyton had to go to school early so that we could get to swim on time. That set the whole day in motion. Brandon was going to Monterey Bay Aquarium. I was moving this morning, having to call more people than usual due to next week’s outage. While I was on hold with an interpreter close to lunchtime, I got a call from Michelle that Peyton was crying at camp. Her lunch had been dropped, and she was upset. She wasn’t next to M and A; she was sitting alone, sad. Michelle thinks maybe she started crying when she saw her. She was able to comfort her a bit offering her other food. Michelle was listed on the authorized pick up list, so the counselors asked if she wanted to take Peyton out for lunch. She was short on time, but graciously shared snacks with Peyton. She accepted, and later told me she silently thanked her. I informed her that wasn’t enough. At pick up, she was happy, and waved to me at pick up. She told me she had a great day, and when I pressed her, she didn’t answer. I asked her if she saw Auntie Michelle, and she asked me what I knew. I told her I was called, then she reviewed what she ate – macadamia nuts, chocolate covered almonds and two cookies in the shape of pineapples. Followed by, “They were yummy.” I joked that Peyton is going to spill her food again tomorrow. But I just reminded Peyton that Michelle and I are in a meeting tomorrow at lunch so she has no way out tomorrow. She told Dave people laughed at her for having a salad, and that she’d dropped her toppings, but ate her lettuce. She didn’t use dressing because it had goat cheese and she didn’t like goat cheese. Michelle gave her a tickle, since she’d offered a tickle or a hug, and then left. Later, she was telling me that she sounded like a kidnapper. Haha…and we’re talking about strangers, or people offering her food. At least we know Peyton trusts Auntie Michelle. OH, and she was wearing her helmet, as directed this morning. She hadn’t been yesterday, and the consequence of not would be no kandama for the camping trip. While Michelle was there, and Peyton was eating, Michelle suggested she take off her helmet to eat. Peyton declined and wore it all the while during lunch and back on the ice. Peyton told me she went to skate another two hours after lunch (Michelle confirmed from M that Peyton went back to join A and M – they’d finished up lunch first, that’s why they weren’t with her when she was eating.) My NP co worker and I were walking and talking about how cool it was to have a “village” in our work crew. Michelle told the counselors she was Peyton’s friend’s mom, then corrected and said, Peyton’s mom’s friend. Either way, she was correct đŸ™‚ A big thank you to Auntie Michelle for saving the day.
After camp, we rushed to swimming, and had enough time to stop by home for her to go potty. We met Dave and Brandon there, and then Dave took off to do camping errands. I told the kids if they messed around at swim, they’d owe me laps. Last time, I think it was 4, so I doubled the “fine” for consequences. Brandon tested me, and he earned 8, then later 12. But he ended up with 8 when it was all said and done. Peyton walked away with free time. We headed to the club to swim. When we arrived, the WIBIT was set up. The kids were super excited, but I told Brandon he owed me his laps first. The swim instructor saw me looking at the WIBIT, and I was explaining to the kids that they would have to take the swim test before going on the structure. The swim guy told me they had to swim the width of the shallow pool and back without touching bottom. They were both hesitant, but I told them they couldn’t go out there without taking the test. I told the instructor both kids just came from swim class, and that they could do it. Peyton can’t really touch bottom anyway, but Brandon was first guy out. He did just fine, and he was told he passed. Peyton went out, and she also swam well, and she was given the thumbs up. Peyton headed for the line, while Brandon gave me his laps. I took several videos of them. I was dressed in a suit, but I didn’t want to change and be wet, so I let them handle themselves. There were life guards stationed around the pool, and I watched as they swam back each time. I did leave them to buy dinner, after I was sure they were capable of handling themselves. At one point, the two of them were together in line, and they were fighting in place. Brandon turned to the guy behind her, and he told him, “Want to cut me?” and gave up his place in line. It was a mature way of dealing with the situation.
I was still counting Brandon’s laps, while Peyton did her first slide.
There was no race, but the kids seemed to take it on as a challenge:
Brandon, in blue
He liked the right side, and avoided the rope…
Got two for one in this video:
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Last run for her:
It was 7 pm before I pulled them out for dinner. Brandon ate two large tilapia filets, while Peyton ate half. He said, “I’m eating what I saw today.” That reminded me to ask him what he purchased. I was going to give him 10$, then he asked for an extra dollar left over from the movies last time, when he didn’t order anything. He said, “In case my gift is $9.99, and I need extra for tax.” Fair enough! He said he bought a mini orca, and told me, “Everything there is over-priced!” Haha…I had to laugh. He took the camera with him, and he said he only snapped a few pictures. We were home by 8 pm, which means they ate fairly quickly, in less than 30 minutes…they played on the structure while I called Dave, who was selling a bike, and not going to make it. We left just after that.
Here is a sample:
I like how you can see his lens in the reflection.
He reminded me that there was to be no flash photography. But I think some of his pictures had flash. He probably didn’t know how to turn it off. He also caught some videos…
Like in NEMO!!