Day 3 of Surf Camp.... rained out

Well, more like lightning-ed out.  We left the house at 3:45 for Open House at school and it was not raining.  Even at school, we took a photo outside with the banner they had hanging up.  At 4:00 we got to meet their new teacher!  We were the first kids in her class to arrive, so we got to spend some good time asking questions and exploring the new room by ourselves.  And - both kids are very happy... Gretchen's best friend from last year (and her twin brother) are in the class and Carl's best friend is also in the class!!!!   I am cautiously optimistic.  Last year, Gretchen and Olivia were able to stay out of trouble - let's just hope Carl and Wesley can keep from being too distracting for each other, too.  We hang out with Wes a lot and every time they boys get together, they yell each other's name in excitement when they first see each other.  It will be funny if they keep that up every morning at school.

By 4:15 it.was.pouring.  Complete with lightning and thunder.  The 30% chance of a storm had hit just in time for the last day of Surf Camp.  Well, we headed out to the beach anyway because if there is one thing we know about Wilmington it is... just because it is raining cats and dogs here, doesn't mean it is even sprinkling 1/4 mile up the road.   It was sprinkling there, but still lots of visible lightning.  After about a half hour of waiting, it looked like this

But the online radar and weather reports showed more storms coming our way, so they decided to call the night and not surf.

So, we thanks Jessie and Kevin, said "goodbye" all our other summer surfing buddies and headed for home.  I am sure we will reconnect with many of them next year.

A few shots from Open House.  This is our awesome principal.  She came in to visit and then yelled at me, "C'mon!  Take a picture!"

Carl found his desk and immediately pulled out his textbook to check it out.

Gretchen let out an audible gasp when she saw all these books!!  (and the big bear to read them to!  He looks a lot like her Big Bear on her bed!!)

Their new teacher!!!  We are super excited for 2013-14 to begin!!!!  Gretchen asked no less than 1007 times tonight if she could start school tomorrow!!