Just Another Day at the 'Office'...

Today was the last day of our opti camp (campers 7-12 years old.) Opti camp has been a blast and a complete headache all at the same time. We had 22 new campers who had never sailed in there life so we definitely had some challenges (push the tiller away from you, no the other 'away')

The last day of camp though is always supposed to be fun. So we had tons of activities planned. Silly string wars and hair/face panting but most importantly we were going to have a BOAT PARADE! The kids were excited but I was thrilled with the idea! Yesterday was our big sail through where all the kids practiced going around the marks by the dock and waving at the imaginary parents. They did great and I thought everything was ready for the big day.

However upon arrival at work we realized that we had the decorations for the kids boats, the silly string, the face paint and the hair paint but we didn't have anything to wear for the festivities. Allyson and I started to brainstorm and agreed upon a pretty imaginative theme, Sailors! I however wanted to be girly sailor so I had to make a quick run home for supplies. On the way there though I was a little nervous... is the tutu I wore when i was 12 still going to fit. But don't you guys worry it went right over my head like a champ! So now I had the tutu and I picked up my famous grandma glasses and headed back to work but not before a quick trip to my dad's office...

Clearly he was thrilled to see me!
When they asked me to come home for the summer I don't think they were expecting moments like this.

After my quick detour I headed back to work to get dressed up with Allyson and get the kids boats decorated.



After our decorating though huge storms set in and really put a damper on the afternoon. I was devestated! (clearly)



Damian our coach from Argentina was also crushed, he had come all the way to Texas for the parade and now nothing....



But with some quick thinking we made the best of the lightning and thunder by having a land parade... (it was no boat parade but it'll have to do)


Abe was having tons of fun (maybe a little too much fun but that'll work itself out in a few years)


It looked like such a blast, I had hop in!!



In the end we made the best of the rain and the kids seemed to have a great time (I guess that's all that really matters.) Now to enjoy the weekend...