While I was cooking the fish and biscuits, I left Z outside with the half-set table. He bee-lined it for the box of cinnamon and dumped the entire thing out onto his plate and started playing cars in it. Apparently we`ll have to set some guidelines for dinner tables set outside. :)
It was another gloriously sunny day yesterday and so while on a walk with a friend we decided that we should have an impromptu hot-dog roast for dinner. We texted the rest of the camp wives and it was on!
The two Daves got the fire going, and although I offered advice, I was told to "Stand back and let the men do it." They had a roaring fire going in no time, and soon more people had showed up and we were ready to start roasting our hot dogs.
The little kids gobbled up some oranges and strawberries while the parents got the "food" (are hotdogs food? Like, really?) cooked. I felt better about my parenting knowing that at least Z had eaten something healthy first.
(There happened to be an abandoned ladder besides the fire-pit area which Dave made use of to take this photo... he`s got dedication to the blog, that`s for sure.)
Once the kids had eaten they all ran off to play on the grass, or help build a "newt house" for the little newt that one of the girls found. Z was on the house-building crew and didn`t want to go home he was so into playing. Of course when I tried to take a picture of him holding the newt, he screamed, "scary newt! put in house!".
It was so great to enjoy a casual meal together. The summer is sometimes so busy that we don`t have many chances to spend time as a staff together, and just hang out. We have some amazing people on our ministry team here at Camp, and they make a simple bonfire into a wonderful evening of food and fellowship.
Tonight we have another picnic with some more of our close friends... bring on the hotdogs!!! :)
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