Lucy's 9th birthday was pretty epic. We had 10 girls, all running around in Rachel's supercool handcrafted t-shirts, performing feats of strength and having in-depth discussions about some of the finer points of Greek mythology. The premise of the Percy Jackson books, for those of you who don't know, is that the gods still occasionally have children with mortals, just like they used to do back when. Those kids don't fit in so well in public school and end up at Camp Half Blood. I have to say that our Camp Half Blood was pretty heroic, especially the mallet vs. sword capture-the-flag showdown. Some of my favorite quotes from the girls:
"Nectar rocks!"
Hana: I want to be a daughter of Hestia.
Lucy: Are you crazy? Hestia didn't have children! (That's true- I googled it.)
"Who is Demeter's father again?" "Umm....I think it was Cronos." (Also true.)
Me: Lucy! Isabelle! Stop hitting each other so hard with those cardboard swords!
Isabelle: Sorry, we're both daughters of Athena...I'll just leave it at that!
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