Today was actually remarkably similar to yesterday. Except in a different order. And hotter.
The most amusing moment was provided by Nature Boy, whom, while introducing a special guest speaker, said “If you guys think I’m a genius, then this guy is even better.” Such eloquence. No worries on that first part, though.
But the guest speaker was very cool. He’d brought along a bunch of pelts of various local animals like fox, coyote, weasel, beaver and a few others. The weasel pelt gave me a chance to shine for the boy. The speaker asked if anyone could guess why the pelt was all white. I leaned over to the boy and whispered “Because they caught it in the Winter.” I meant for him to offer that as an answer and take all the glory. He didn’t and consequently missed his shot. But the look on his face when it turned out I was right was priceless. A classic “how’d you know that?” look. I just smiled.
The other observation I’ll offer is that I’m impressed with the boys as a group. Allowing for the normal shenanigans from that age child, they’re all polite, listen and enjoying their time at camp. That makes it easier for all us adults to enjoy the time as well.
But I must confess there will be a measure of relief when the week is over.