Promotion Ceremony and beyond – Big Beezy and Lil Peezy

On Thursday, the last day of school, we all went to school. Peyton was going to her class, as her other friends who had older siblings were not going to get checked out of the class. The promotion ceremony was from 830 to 10 am. I was talking to some parents, while Dave disappeared on me. I figured he went inside so I went inside to find him. He found an aisle seat on the benches. The ceremony was started by the vice principal since our principal is out for surgery now. Each class was presented by the teacher along with a few student speakers and then the introduction of the students, who all crossed the stage and shook the VP’s hand.

The ceremony was fairly low key, and then the students were dismissed to get some cupcakes. We took a few pictures, presented him with a lei, along with the one that CDC gave him as well as the Yins. He didn’t want to take pictures, he started getting teary saying he wanted to go home. I didn’t understand why he was so emotional. He said he just wanted to go back home and “get out of here.” I think he was getting sad to leave school. It was still early, too early to take Peyton out, so we took Brandon to breakfast. He cheered up a bit once he had more food in him.

I headed home then went back to go get Peyton. I took her early to her piano lesson, while I had her take a nap before softball. Brandon and Dave went out to take the Yins to the airport for their trip. When they got back, we all headed out to Peyton’s softball practice. We had a late night, as we went to dinner after.

Friday, Dave went to work, while the rest of us started summer vacation. In true form, we went to the library, as well as a trip to Costco. It was nice and quiet after they had their books. Friday was Brandon’s playoff game against the team that had beaten them earlier in the week. Peyton and I went to Violette’s house for a playdate. We had already scheduled it, so I dropped her off, and she asked if I was staying. I told her there was no need for me to stay, since they would be fine. They were going to have dinner and make brownies, to test run the brownie bar that they will have at their party next week. I went back to Brandon’s game and watched a nail biter of a game. It was 1-1 through six innings, when they went to a seventh inning. The visiting team started to score, and Brandon’s team couldn’t come back. He did started out the inning with a double, but that was it. He was really upset in losing, and cried! He’d never cared about it before. So we were surprised by his response. I left him with Dave and then I went back to get Peyton. She was doing well since she had napped that day, too. We lasted until 9 pm, then we came home so that we could get a good night’s sleep for camping the next day.

We went to sleep and then headed out for camp early Saturday morning. They were having a hike that would earn them 3 badges, so I didn’t want her to miss them. We left about 30 minutes later than I wanted to, and the drive was fairly easy except for the last 10 miles, which was curvy and windy. Though Peyton had only woken up, she did fall back asleep, so I was happy to not have to worry about her getting car sick. We arrived at camp, and I took a long, deep breath for having made it there safely. We packed up all our stuff and headed out in one trip! I wasn’t sure how far away we were, so I didn’t want to make more than one trip. The girls all greeted us and I put my tent up where one mom was leaving. This was big for me to bring all my own gear and put it up. Usually, Dave does it all. He gave me a quick tutorial the night before, but it had gone in one ear and out the other, so two other parents came over to help me out. Peyton got situated in her own campsite with her troop sisters. They had a space for her, and they rushed her in so she could get out to the hike with them. At some point, all would be in attendance, but they were in flux with some leaving and coming at different times. The girls headed out while I put our gear together and hung out with the other parents there. Lunch was low key sandwiches, which the parents helped prep. The girls came back and had lunch. Then, there was a creek walk or “swim” as most of the girls got thoroughly drenched. They were to paint water colors with the creek water, and they had finished up an elf house as well as a touch and feel game.

Some of the girls who got really wet took showers. There was warm water! I helped her get all situated and then had her re-bug spray. Half of the troop was preparing spaghetti and sauce, while Peyton’s half of the troop was practicing their skits for campfire. The parents also had a skit prepped.

After dinner was done, we all gathered around the camp fire for the bridging ceremony, where the brownie 1’s would “cross over” to brownie 2, while the four brownie 2’s would go to junior and get their green vests.

Then, the girls played games along with the adults before it was dark. We had dessert prepared by the dads, and then it was brushing teeth time. Peyton had her buddy with her, and they went to brush their teeth and potty together. I was not needed at all by her, as she did everything on her own. I was able to hang out and do my own thing. I did use the restroom twice more before bedtime, just once after midnight as the last of us stayed up around the fire. I thought I was free and clear, but I’d been drinking coffee most of the day as well as herbal tea at night, and I found myself awake at 230 am. I didn’t want to hold it, so I braved the dark and walked up to the restrooms on my own. I made it without freaking myself out too much, and then on the way back, I heard crying from the tent. It wasn’t peyton’s tent, and I didn’t want to wake anyone up, but the girl said she lost her teddy bear. I wasn’t sure if it was the girl who has night terrors or if it was another girl who was really awake. By this time, her mom had come over to check on her. I went back to sleep, as I was feeling much better by this time.

The girls had awoken by 645 am, and I was able to stay in my tent until 715 am before packing up our stuff. I had service the whole time, so I was receiving texts from Dave the entire time. i packed up mostly as Dave had told me of a softball game that was happening at 1230 pm. One team was playing at 8 am , so I knew we wouldn’t make that, but it was the older girls that were playing at 1230pm. It took awhile for us to pack everything up, as the scout leader had a FULL kitchen – sink with a pump to wash dishes. We took pictures of all the girls with their packs.

We headed home and I was more comfortable with the drive, knowing I was just back tracking what I’d already driven. Peyton was out in 5 minutes. When we got home, we both showered and turned around to drive down for the softball game. We saw our other friends there and hung out watching the loss. At least we know what she would see in future years. We headed to lunch together with just us after, but totally fell asleep in the car. Dave knew I was tired, and after lunch, I took yet another nap. I took Brandon with me to get groceries and we ran into two different friends of his. I told him no matter when I go to that store, I will see someone we know. One time it was even his teacher!

Here are the pictures which were taken over the weekend:

Thank you card from Peyton to me for taking her camping.

Creek water watercolor for outdoor scenery

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