Returned!

Wm is home! He got home about 3pm yesterday. He was cold, wet, tired and pretty grumpy. But, he had a blast! And is in much better spirits today after a good night's rest. He said it was super duper fun and he had a grand time. Sadly, it was in the 50's and raining pretty much the entire time. So everything he brought back was soaked. I have done a mountain of laundry! I am pretty sure he's going to get pneumonia soon. Here are some camp highlights:

• Wm climbed to the top of a 30 feet climbing wall - twice!
• He went on a night hike and wasn't (too) scared
• One day, he was a "hopper" at dinner and served and cleared. He thought this was a fun job.
• A favorite story went - "Anonymous was triggered because he didn't like to eat family style. He kept having anger fits because he didn't like when people served themselves before him." His use of the word "triggered" cracked me up.
• Wm had to deal with a very lengthy Mom anger fit when he told me the story about a male teacher who said to 2 girls arguing "calm down, you're both pretty." WHAT. Oh, hells to the no!! Wm goes, "I'm glad you weren't there. You would have been intense about it." Damn straight. As if all girls care about is being pretty - and would only argue with another girl about who is prettier. NO. NO. NO.
• The longest story Wm told was about a dream he had. About a blue onion.
• Favorite class = Team Building Initiatives. Least favorite class = Stream Ecology
• He was mad because, due to my diligent harassment, his teachers had everyone sing him Happy Birthday after dinner the first night. 
• Wm started singing a song they sang before every meal and my atheist sensibilities were initially stirred when he started singing, but it turned out to be fine. I should have known!! Props to The Ville. They sang, "Oh, the earth is good to me, and so I thank the earth for giving me the things I need, the sun and the rain and the apple trees. Oh, the earth is good to me." The similar version I have heard replaces "earth" with "Lord." Separation of church and state win! When I told Wm about the version I knew, he goes, "That's crazy. I guess that's like how your school taught you B.C. and A.D. instead of B.C.E. and C.E." 

Wm and Steve have finally started his Wonders of the World project!! Wm has already, under my (admittedly somewhat compulsive) supervision, completed both his Wonders paper and Power Point presentation. Steve is in charge of supervising the model building. It's due in just about week, so I was getting panicky (the other stuff has been done for WEEKS). We went to Michael's today to gather supplies. The planning began to today and building begins tomorrow. Wm made me laugh loudly in the store with this...

Me: They sure have a lot of baskets here. It would be Flip heaven. He really loves eating baskets. We should get him a basket to eat for his birthday.

Wm: What would you do if I ate a basket?

Me: I would worry about your dental health.

Wm: You should worry more about my mental health!