Made It!

Ahhhh...survived another camp.  I was thinking that during VBS, when we had 175 kids, I wrote an entry every day.  This camp, with only 42 kids, I missed 2 days.  This week was just crazy, and I'm not even really sure why.  The kids were basically good, just a few of the usual dramas.  I had a few minor incidents, and one rather major one with my volunteers, but I was just exhausted this week.  Anyway, today was a fairly good day despite a serious lack of help.  We made it through, and the kids were only slightly squirrely because it was Friday.  So here are a few random tidbits from the week:

 

On Wednesday the crafts volunteer and I wore our silly, stripy, Halloween socks.  We forgot to get a picture together, but here are my feet and the feet of one of the campers, who also had awesome socks.

 

 

The hubby was less than impressed with my choice of socks.  But all the kids thought they were hilarious and awesome.

 

My Pinterest friend has made it her mission to find me fun/crazy shoes.  Here are the ones she sent me this week:

 

 

I like the stripy heel.  And who can resist red sparkles?  These are just calling out for a fabulous Halloween outfit.

 

OK, I actually like these. They're weird, and I have no idea what I would wear them with, but I still like them.

 

These are fine.  I don't have any strong feelings either way. They are cute enough, and of course I like that they are blue.

 

 

I've posted these before, but I couldn't find a picture of just the shoe.  Apparently I should have been looking on Pinterest.

 

 

On a final note.  I stole this from a friend on facebook.

 

 

It's Tink, but since it doesn't show her face, I thought it would be OK to share.  I know it doesn't have anything to do with shoes, but how stinkin' cute is this picture?  It makes me smile.

 

 

 

Over Half-Way

We are now 3/5 of the way done with camp week (not that I'm counting or anything).  This is the smallest camp I've ever run at St. Someone's and yet for some reason it is totally kicking my rear-end more than usual.  Yesterday was a 13+ hour day and by the time I ran errands it was 9:30 before I got home.  Today was only a 12 hour day, so yay me!  The kids are good, but there have been little things all week that have been stressing me out.  We finally got the one really big one taken care of yesterday, but not before it caused me to have a minor melt-down in the hallway before opening worship.  Today was Wednesday, which is always the craziest day for the kids.  It was all-over 3rd and 4th grade girl drama; they were just catty and bratty.  I think I had complaints from every single person who worked with them.  Here's hoping they are better tomorrow.  But for every crazy moment, there are also sweet moments.  Today, out of the blue, one of the little guys who has been misbehaving and driving me a little crazy all week, ran up to me, gave me a giant hug, and said, "I'm really going to miss you next week when I don't get to see you anymore."   Awwww....heart melting.

 

Anyway, on Monday when I posted the pin from my Pinterest friend I totally spaced posting what one of my former youth group kids posted on my wall:

 

 

I'm pretty sure it's a magazine?  I clearly have to go find this.  She said she saw it at WalGreens...I will have to go look.  I love the subtitle:  The HISTORY and the PASSION.  OK, so those are my emphases, but doesn't it just sound like a soap opera about shoes?  I also love that she got her own shoe in the picture.

 

In other news:  Yesterday was the anniversary of Flower's baptism!

 

 

Today is my daddy's birthday!  (He loves Elvis...Elvis is not my father)

 

 

Since it's my dad's birthday, that also means it's John Lennon's birthday!  My favorite Beatle!

 

 

And now I must sleep so I can go back to camp and try not to have any melt-downs.

 

 

 

 

Tiiiiiiired

Today was the first day of Sports Camp.  It's a small camp, comparatively speaking.  "Only" 42 kids registered.  Most churches would be thrilled with a number like that, but when you compare it to the almost 200 we had at VBS, its definitely on the small side.  Which I am OK with.  It's a good group of kiddos, but today was not without its stress.  For Sports Camp we rent the fields of the elementary school across the street from the church, but for some reason no one unlocked the gate today.  We tried to contact someone, but no luck.  So I had to quickly come up with alternatives to 3 of my 6 rotations, finding space for them, and figuring out what to do in the space available.  It all worked out, but it definitely stressed me out.  Now I am tired.  Camps always wear me out, especially the first day, because I run so much.  I feel like I don't sit down much.  I always say I should get a pedometer just to see how far I walk during one of these days.  Anyway, I was running so much today that I didn't even take pictures of shoes or come up with anything creative for this post.  Thankfully I have awesome friends who send me stuff!

 

 

A friend on Pinterest sent me these and I like them, even though I feel like I shouldn't.  The shape is adorable, but those colors should not go together.  They don't go together, and yet, I still like these.  Maybe I really am tired.  Thoughts?