My intentional cleaning energies today were put toward working on the front of the house. I started in the morning when the kids were at school. There was a storage bench in front of the house that was old and cracking. Most of the stuff inside of it was also garbage. So I took a wagon and loaded it up and made a trip to the dumpster. Dad and Ethan helped with the bench and put it in the camp truck and threw it away.

I forgot the bigger kids get out of school early this week. Dad was busy getting things ready for staff training which started today and for the hog roast coming up over the weekend. He was going to take both of the kids as helpers but I said I really could use one. Before we headed over to pick up the boys my son came with me to pick out hanging ferns and some hooks to hang them with. He likes these kinds of things.

He hung them up when we got home, after they’d all gone down to main camp for lunch. They brought back a leftovers box with my name and a little heart drawn on it. I like that I never feel out of place with this cook. Later the kids helped with sorting through more of the outside bats, balls, and table things and weeding in the front of the house. We moved one of the other benches so now it’s in the place of the old one.