away to camp

Today Loren and I took Aaron to camp. I think he's going to have an awesome time. He was more worried about getting the top bunk than anything else. So we spent a little bit of time getting him settled, and killing the spider that was in the corner of his head board. Now I'm home watching the weather hoping he doesn't get too much rain. I do feel sorry for him in that it is so blasted muggy outside.

He is at Hidden Acres Christian Camp which is just on the other side of Boone by Dayton, Iowa. Totally awesome camp.

On a side note Loren and I had a tiny little bit of an irritating adventure after we dropped Aaron off and while we were still at the camp. It has been raining so much lately that the roads are nothing but sticky, squishy mud in some places. So while I was trying to avoid the mud on the left, I ran into the mud on the right and got us very stuck. I would have taken pictures but Loren was quite irritated with me at that moment and I didn't feel like feeding the fire. Anyway, the maintenance guy pulled us out with his tractor. He said we were the 5th ones he'd pulled out today. So I don't feel quite so bad. LOL

the festival

A few weeks ago I decided that maybe we should try going to the Renaisance Festival down in the Amanas. Loren was busy in the fields and I tend to get that "shut in" feeling when I'm at home too much. Aaron wasn't too sure about it but then was glad he went. He says next year he wants to dress up. He also "suggested" that next year we get respite for Andrew.

The problem with needing respite for Andrew is that it makes it impossible to do anything spontaneously. So, Andrew gets to go along for the ride, like it or not. Which of course he did not like to go. He screamed for about the first 30 minutes we were there and then finally gave up figuring out that we weren't going to leave. And of course it was hot and muggy which did not help his temperment at all. He was pretty wilted by the time we left.

   

There were jugglers, and acrobats, and skits going on.

And knights showing off their "jousting" capabilities.

Aaron had fun trying out the archery range. Of course he will do anything with archery, shooting and rock climbing.

And he had to see how strong he was. I'd a taken better pictures but the battery in my camara was about dead.

And then there was the highlight of my day. They had a jail and you could take out a warrent for a persons arrest for $2.00. Aaron watched a boy as he was sentenced for his "crime". The boy had to put on a fairy outfit and then was lead by a leash throughout the festival shouting I'm a fairy princess. Aaron wanted to do that soooo badly, he was begging, which was extremely annoying to me.

So I took out a warrent for his arrest and he spent 15 minutes in jail.

And then it was time for the reading of the crime and sentencing. The crime was being an "extremely annoying child".

Aaron was then promptly put into the stockade and he thought that was all that

was all that would happen until...

he started to sing "row row your boat" and suddenly got drenched. I thought it was pretty funny.