Wow, what an incredible, exhausting weekend on Lake Geneva for our first Ethiopian Cultural camp. We are still trying to recover and have all come down with colds (yes, I know, in the middle of summer!). The weekend was fantastic and filled with lots of great activities, cooking classes, kids games, a wonderful dinner, music and swimming. It was great to meet so many other families and one special family that took pictures of E2 for us while he was still in Ethiopia. I really makes me want to find a Guatemalan cultural camp for E1 to see what that is like.
The exhausting part revolved mainly around camping with a 3 year old and a baby that likes to move around and put everything in his mouth. Frankly, that part was utterly exhausting with E2 wanting to check things out but trying to keep him confined to the blanket we had put down for him to play on. Luckily, he was a big hit and met probably more of the families than we did which gave us a much needed break from holding him. E1 had challenges of his own, we were so far away from the bathroom that many times by the time he said he had to go, there was no chance of making it there in time. I think we double our "accident" count in one weekend. In hindsight, we should have brought his potty so he could have used it in an "emergency". Luckily, no more camping trips planned until next year when E2 will be walking!
On Sunday morning, we gave our fancy-dancy presentation about our cultural tour to the north in Ethiopia to an audience of about 35 people. It was quite nerve racking giving the presentation in front of Ethiopians. It would have been a bit different if our audience was just adoptive families. I just hope we didn't mess up any of the historic or cultural information too bad. In addition, to add to the complexity, T and I gave the presentation together. As we have never done a power point as a team, that added another challenge to the mix. We received many heartfelt comments afterwards, so I am hoping it came across well on all fronts.
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