Well, Day 3 is in the books and I am in the bed 💤 💤💤 oh my word, beyond tired, beyond short tempered and beyond ready to sleep and shower in my house… BUT this little stinker joined me about 3am and reminded me how lucky I am to be here and why … (stupid mama love 🤷🏻‍♀️🤪♥️)

So it was another really early morning since a twin air mattress doesn’t really accommodate 2 people especially when one of those 2 people are snoring (Leo).

After breakfast, we headed off to the Model Camp Site to learn how to make an ideal camp site. The boys loved learning:

How to tie 6 different knots:

How to make a ladder:

How to tie a teepee:

And making foil pack lunches. We especially loved meeting Mr. Mike again. Me. Mike is a 70+ year old gentleman who is an Eagle Scout, and still works with the Old North State Counsel teaching about Native American culture and leading hikes. Today, he taught us about the drum and it’s use in native American culture and the story of the courting flute. he even let the boys play.

And tomorrow, Mr. Mike is leading our hike up Mary’s Mountain. This was a three hour class FLEW by and before we knew it we were headed to the mess hall for lunch.

We did pause to send birthday wishes and silly faces for Bobo and Jimmy 🎉🎂♥️

After lunch, we did a STEM class to build roller coaster prototypes from pool noodles, duct tape. Although when Leo first heard STEM, his first reaction was “What!!! We’re doing math?!?!” 🤣

We went from STEM to the old favorite, Capture the Flag, and then free swim before heading back to mess hall for some resting before dinner… and by resting, i mean, they played Gaga ball 🤪

We ended the night with a campfire at the council ring where our boys performed a skit and we watched a real Native American grass danceThe Arrow of Light scouts were all recognized for their workAnd we closed the night with, of course, a slush puppee from the trading post!

Tomorrow is a final day, and the Woodfield tradition is for the Arrow of Light Scouts to hike Mary’s Mountain in the morning. (That’s the mountain in the picture above ⬆️). After that we head home to get ready for VBS tomorrow night.

So to save time in the morning, and to avoid a middle of the night visitor, We took down Leo’s tent and we are tentmates tonight…

I’m exhausted, tired and just sticky feeling but it’s been wonderful too.

We’re both ready to see the other 2 parts of the Brown Family… who have been quite busy with cooking, movies, “farm stuff” and pigs 🐖♥️