For two whole weeks!
The camp was sponsored by the Cache Valley Center for the Arts. The theme was earth and sky and it just happened to coincide with the British Invasion coming across the pond. So we decided to just leave her at Grandma's house to play with her "new" cousins for the entire two weeks. It was the longest she'd ever been away from home and when the weekend rolled around and we told her we weren't taking her home {it was our anniversary so we'd planned to leave her and Cole in Logan with my parents and then back to Jeff's parents for art camp week}, things got a little teary. I felt bad but more so that I felt bad that I just wanted an entire weekend with my husband and no kids. It was pretty heartbreaking though and I know Jeff felt really bad about leaving her.
But she survived.
My niece Ruby and Pearl's friend Gabby also went to art camp with her I work with Gabby's mom and Gabby's grandparents live in North Logan. That's how we found out about art camp in the first place, because Gabby goes every year.
Pearl wanted Jeff - and only Jeff - to come to their parent showcase on the last day. That's when I felt really bad but decided that if she was so adamant about it, that I better respect her wishes and stay home. She brought home several pottery works she's made and some paintings. I think she had a fun time and leaned some new techniques. They sang and did theater performances for the parents too.
Pearl has always been really creative and artsy - which might explain why her room is a complete mess all the time! We wanted to find something to help her improve on her talents and I'm guessing we'll be sending her back next summer.
