First day of camp

Today was John's first day at Briar Hill camp. Since his camp is close to my office, I get to drop and pick him up. We arrived at camp and I walked in with John. He dropped his bag and immediately went over to a boy that way playing. I checked him in, gave him a quick kiss and walked out the door. And that's when it hit me. He's not a baby anymore. He was ready for this next step. I wasn't. 

I picked him up from camp. When I arrived, he was in the middle of a group of kids watching a movie. I signed him out and we headed to the car. Before I could ask him about his day he said "I didn't get to do the zip line." I had to laugh. There's no way that they would get to do everything on the first day! Anyway, as we walked to the car, John pointed it a tree that his group decorated with yarn. He told me "We got to see a show. That guy could juggle! But we didn't go on that playground over there (as he pointed out the window). And can you make sure I get a snack for the afternoon?" He was a little all over the place. I asked him a few questions, "tell me about the bunny barn." He said "The bunny barn is were we meet. And you know what? There are two games. One is a racing game. And the other, you aren't going to believe this it's a golf game!" We talked about the video games for a little bit and then he was quiet for awhile. He broke the silence and said "I wish I got a deep water bracelet." I said "Yes. It would be great. But you are just learning to swim. And you will have plenty of time to get a deep water bracelet." He seemed to be okay with that and started telling me about how he got to go in the pool twice and the splash park once. He also got an orange ice pop for a snack! Sounds like a pretty awesome first day of camp to me!