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The girls went to two different summer camps this summer - one week at Girls Rock Math and then two weeks at Club Connection, which is run by the same folks who do the Issaquah School District's after school care and the girls love. 

I was a bit trepidacious at them going back because COVID, but also really excited for them to be out of the house for an extended period of time on their own for the first time since last March! I think Nora has lost some social skills from being at home so much so I was actually a bit worried that she wouldn't make friends and what not. I was worried for nothing though because they both came back SO EXCITED and happy about camp, made lots of new friends and pleaded to sign up again next year. They said that even for the math camp so that's a win!

At the Club Connection camp (which really is more just daycare for older kids), Nora raced into the house to proudly show off the glitter hair paint she got on Crazy Hair day. It was really cute how happy coloring her hair made her and also kind of funny to me that Evie opted not to do it because a) the line was too long and b) she thought I would get mad! That tells you their personalities, doesn't it? 

The hair chalk washed right off so it was super easy to get out and was a good motivator for Nora to take a shower that day, haha.

 

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