Color War and End of Camp!

The summer has flown by and the end of camp is here.  Derek was on the blue team for color war.  Unfortunately, he and Benji have been sick the last 3 days of camp, so missed out on the last day!  But, they had a wonderful summer and cannot wait for next year!

Derek shows his creating from STEM (a robot that colors)!

Benji really thought this was the coolest thing!

Derek's Coloring Robot

Another Barbag fave --- lunchtime!

Josh and his cabin.

We had so much fun celebrating Lucas' birthday!

Josh takes the plunge

Derek zip lines

Run & Dive Derek

Some are better at the bounce than others, but this is just too cute!

(Non)Bouncing Benji

It definitely wore us out.

Josh also enjoyed celebrating a camp friend's birthday!

Wild Kratts Giraffe

Slo-mo swinging Joshie

More fun to wrap up camp at the J:

Dress up and playdate with Ely and Ronen!

Monsters grrrrrrr

Bucket head!

Benji walks into the office so proud that he's gone to the potty.
He did everything himself, and then put his shorts on,
grabbed a diaper, and asked Mommy to put it on for him.
(Notice both legs in the same leg hole)!!!

Josh gives Grandma's new glasses a go!

Back to camp!

The turtles!

CIT Skylar and Derek

Scuba-Steve Derek

Music time!

Selfies in the summertime!

Bums in the closet

Helping Mom get ready for the day.

An ad came home in the boys' bag for extended camp and
Mommy was about to throw it away
when Benji says, "Hey, that's Dewek!"
And, sure enough, it is!  The face of post camp!
(Must be a shot from last summer since it's a babyface)!

Mr. Jonathan, Derek, and Mr. Skylar

Kisses for Safta!

He loves being fed by Safta!

Uncle Alex and (soon-to-be) Aunt Amanda came to town for their wedding shower!

But the boys just had fun playing!

Derek had a field trip to Coconut Cove Waterpark!

Benji plays his guitar!

And now for the real thing!

Mommy headed up to DC to celebrate with Amanda at her Bachelorette Weekend!

First night, dinner with Willa -- and the guys!

Unbelievable how time flies!

Cheers to Amanda (and her Beau)

It was a great weekend in VA wine country, downtown DC, and with great family and friends!

 Meanwhile, back in Florida....

Go Blue Team!

Mommy and Daddy enjoyed another concert -- Foreigner with
Cheap Trick and Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience!
We brought the mean age down by at least a decade and
a half, but it was SO fun!

 

Josh learns a little dance at camp:

Hip hop Josh

This was where Derek had the winning toss!

Josh's award was "The Little Counselor Award" since he
always knew the daily schedule and what was on the menu for lunch!

His girlfriend, Miss Allison!

Sick boys cooling their feet in the water!

If you dress the part, you'll feel better, right?

Cool day with the firefighters --- they got SOAKED!

Nothing beats a Daddy cuddle!

Same as last year, on the final day of trapeze, Derek mustered up the courage to climb up and take the plunge!  (Take note of the "Okay, I'm ready -- Go, Go!"  You know, before he changes his mind, and the "Woo Hoo!!!" with the panic in his voice!)

Trapeze Derek