Summer 2014, Week 1: Basketball Camp & Art Camp (and a really big grocery bill)

Today marks Day 1 of Week 1 of Summer 2014. We are super excited — we have a most exciting summer planned!

This week is basketball camp for K&O. and art camp for M. Photo above is the bambinos this morning, right before they got in the car to go to their prospective camps. They chose their outfits very carefully this morning. I get a big kick out of what they choose to wear!

This will be Meera’s first time going to a summer day camp. She was giddy with excitement about going to art camp — all morning is “mask making,” and all afternoon is “painting and drawing.” I had coordinated this with the some of her friends’ parents, so that Meera and 3 of her best friends will be at the camp together this week. This is her idea of heavenly.

This is Kyle and Owen’s fourth year of going to Lehigh’s basketball camp — i.e., “Heaven on Earth” (their words). This is probably their favorite week of the year. I know from prior experience that they will eat more in this week than in any other week of the entire year. Like, exponentially more. So, upon dropping them off this morning, I went straight to the grocery store to prepare myself for what is to come in the next five days.

Just for the record, I want to note a few of the purchases I made — I think (hope?!) that someday I will look back and laugh at this (because right now our grocery bills are hardly a laughing matter… particularly the bill this week!). 2 bunches bananas; 2 dozen eggs; 2 gallons milk, a 24-pack of frozen waffles; gobs and gobs and gobs of fruit and veggies; 3 pounds of cold cuts from the deli (turkey, roast beef, salami); a ridiculous amount of cheese (including a 2 pound block of extra sharp cheddar); 2 boxes of pasta; 8 hamburger patties; 2 packages of hot dogs; 2 pounds chicken breast; 2 pounds of tortellini; 2 bags tortilla chips; 1 dozen assorted greek yogurts; a crazy number of boxes of mac-n-cheese; 2 packages chicken nuggets; 2 boxes of cereal; I could go on and on and on…. Oh, and did I mention?— Meera will eat very little of this; we will eat out for dinner at least two nights this week (due to baseball games); oh… and…. did I also mention?—lunch is provided at basketball camp. Heaven help me.