It was probably fifteen minutes later that Daniel and the boys showed up.
Along with an escort of girls that had grown from the original handful to
all of the remaining girls in Sam's cabin, along with a few from others
cabins as well.
Jack snorted into his coffee when he saw the little parade, and started coughing, forcing Sam and Shawn to pound on his back until he could catch his breath.
"Morning, Sam," Daniel said as he sat down on the far side of the table and was immediately surrounded by the boys, who seemed to realize finally that the girls were bothering Daniel.
"Morning, Daniel. How did you sleep?"
"Fine, thank you." Daniel was giving Jack a suspicious look, but the Colonel wouldn't meet his eyes, concentrating instead on studying his schedule, even though he knew the day's events by heart.
"How about you?"
"Great." Sam smiled, and reached out and took the schedule from O'Neill, turned it over so it wasn't upside down, then handed it back to him.
"Thanks," Jack said, and Sam just patted his hand.
"What do we do today, Jack?" Asked one of the boys.
"We're doing Arts and Crafts this morning, and horseback riding this afternoon."
"Yay!"
"I've never been on a horse before."
"Me either!"
"Horses smell funny."
"So does deer poop, but you didn't mind bringing it home with you."
"I thought it was a rock."
"A smelly rock."
They chatted loudly while the remaining campers arrived, then were silenced as announcements were read, and began chatting loudly again as Jack sent Devon up to be runner.
Breakfast was almost over when Teal'c finally made an appearance. He came through the door and walked to China's table, nodding a greeting to those who wished him good morning as he passed.
"I apologize for being late," He said as he sat down in the spot Andrew had saved him.
"No problem, Murray. We saved you some breakfast." The boys loaded Teal'c's plate with enough food to feed him twice, and nibbled on their own seconds and thirds while they watched him eat.
"Arts and Crafts this morning, Murray," Jack said, grinning at the amount of food the boys had given Teal'c. Better load up on them carbs." Teal'c didn't respond, mainly because he had no idea what Arts and Crafts was. It couldn't be any worse than sailing, though. Right?
~~**~~
"I do not find this particularly enjoyable, O'Neill," Teal'c complained only an hour later. The big Jaffa was seated at a picnic table in the gym, and he was a mess. There was glue all over his hands and forearms, his face and his neck. To make matters worse, little bits of feathers, beads, leather and shells had somehow managed to get stuck to this glue, and he looked like some crazy bushman.
"Yeah, I know," Jack was in complete agreement with his friend. His hands weren't quite so messy, but he had been given a task that was far more complicated than anything he'd done at the SGC. Shawn had suggested that Jack make Sam a surprise. Something just for her. And then, once the boy had O'Neill's promise that he would, he'd taken off to the other end of the gym to work on something that he'd proclaimed was a secret. So Jack was left with the task of making something for Carter. Something nice. And he had no help doing it. Well, Teal'c had tried, but it was obvious he was having his own problems, so Jack had turned down the offer of assistance.
"I do not see the point in this." Teal'c complained again, looking at his fingers, which he'd somehow managed to glue together.
"It's fun, Murray!" Simon told him form the other end of the table. The boy was making a bracelet, similar to the many that Daniel was wearing. His little fingers were very dexterous, and he was having no trouble at all getting the supple leather to do what he wanted it to. "You an make something for someone else, or something for you. Like a new wallet."
"I have no need of a new wallet," Teal'c said, but this time his voice was resigned, and he looked at his fingers once more.
"I'll help you, Murray," Andrew promised as the boy finished up the wallet he was making for his father. He came over and looked at the piece of leather Teal'c had been given to sew together with another leather thong and shook his head. "You have to decide what kind of design you want on it. Like Daniel's."
Daniel had been having a grand time. The Archeologist had been burning ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs into the leather all morning long. The boys had seen him make one picture and each had scrambled for a piece of leather for him to do something like that on theirs. By the end of the morning, all of them would have wallets with their names in Egyptian on them.
"I do not know what design to have," Teal'c admitted. "Perhaps I should make a bracelet?"
"You could." Andrew handed him three leather thongs, but there was so much glue on Teal'c's hands that the leather just kept sticking to him. "Don't worry, Murray," Andrew assured him, patting him on the back sympathetically. "We'll figure it out."
Jack was only vaguely aware of Teal'c's problems. He was staring at the leather in front of him, a perplexed look on his bruised face. Finally, he decided to just braid her a bracelet. It'd been good enough for Daniel, after all. He took some leather, and strung a few white beads onto it, then started braiding it. Sam wasn't into the gaudy stuff, Jack knew, so if he wanted her to wear it, it was going to have to be a little subtle. And as he was making it, he found that he truly did want Sam to wear it. He added a few more beads as he continued braiding, and by the time he was cutting off the trim, he had to admit that it looked pretty good. If he did say so himself.
"How's it going?" Shawn asked, coming up behind Jack as their time at Arts and Crafts was drawing to a close.
Jack held up the bracelet and handed it over to the boy.
"Wow, Jack, that's pretty neat."
"Think so?"
"Uh huh. Sam's going to love it."
"Good. What did you make?"
"I'll show you later, okay? It's kind of a surprise."
Shawn looked over at Teal'c, who was holding up a bracelet as well. The braiding wasn't too terrible, and the colors of the leather didn't clash all that badly, but the Jaffa had more decorations glued to him than the leather did, and Shawn smiled.
"Murray looks like he could use a bit more help, huh?"
Jack snorted into his coffee when he saw the little parade, and started coughing, forcing Sam and Shawn to pound on his back until he could catch his breath.
"Morning, Sam," Daniel said as he sat down on the far side of the table and was immediately surrounded by the boys, who seemed to realize finally that the girls were bothering Daniel.
"Morning, Daniel. How did you sleep?"
"Fine, thank you." Daniel was giving Jack a suspicious look, but the Colonel wouldn't meet his eyes, concentrating instead on studying his schedule, even though he knew the day's events by heart.
"How about you?"
"Great." Sam smiled, and reached out and took the schedule from O'Neill, turned it over so it wasn't upside down, then handed it back to him.
"Thanks," Jack said, and Sam just patted his hand.
"What do we do today, Jack?" Asked one of the boys.
"We're doing Arts and Crafts this morning, and horseback riding this afternoon."
"Yay!"
"I've never been on a horse before."
"Me either!"
"Horses smell funny."
"So does deer poop, but you didn't mind bringing it home with you."
"I thought it was a rock."
"A smelly rock."
They chatted loudly while the remaining campers arrived, then were silenced as announcements were read, and began chatting loudly again as Jack sent Devon up to be runner.
Breakfast was almost over when Teal'c finally made an appearance. He came through the door and walked to China's table, nodding a greeting to those who wished him good morning as he passed.
"I apologize for being late," He said as he sat down in the spot Andrew had saved him.
"No problem, Murray. We saved you some breakfast." The boys loaded Teal'c's plate with enough food to feed him twice, and nibbled on their own seconds and thirds while they watched him eat.
"Arts and Crafts this morning, Murray," Jack said, grinning at the amount of food the boys had given Teal'c. Better load up on them carbs." Teal'c didn't respond, mainly because he had no idea what Arts and Crafts was. It couldn't be any worse than sailing, though. Right?
~~**~~
"I do not find this particularly enjoyable, O'Neill," Teal'c complained only an hour later. The big Jaffa was seated at a picnic table in the gym, and he was a mess. There was glue all over his hands and forearms, his face and his neck. To make matters worse, little bits of feathers, beads, leather and shells had somehow managed to get stuck to this glue, and he looked like some crazy bushman.
"Yeah, I know," Jack was in complete agreement with his friend. His hands weren't quite so messy, but he had been given a task that was far more complicated than anything he'd done at the SGC. Shawn had suggested that Jack make Sam a surprise. Something just for her. And then, once the boy had O'Neill's promise that he would, he'd taken off to the other end of the gym to work on something that he'd proclaimed was a secret. So Jack was left with the task of making something for Carter. Something nice. And he had no help doing it. Well, Teal'c had tried, but it was obvious he was having his own problems, so Jack had turned down the offer of assistance.
"I do not see the point in this." Teal'c complained again, looking at his fingers, which he'd somehow managed to glue together.
"It's fun, Murray!" Simon told him form the other end of the table. The boy was making a bracelet, similar to the many that Daniel was wearing. His little fingers were very dexterous, and he was having no trouble at all getting the supple leather to do what he wanted it to. "You an make something for someone else, or something for you. Like a new wallet."
"I have no need of a new wallet," Teal'c said, but this time his voice was resigned, and he looked at his fingers once more.
"I'll help you, Murray," Andrew promised as the boy finished up the wallet he was making for his father. He came over and looked at the piece of leather Teal'c had been given to sew together with another leather thong and shook his head. "You have to decide what kind of design you want on it. Like Daniel's."
Daniel had been having a grand time. The Archeologist had been burning ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs into the leather all morning long. The boys had seen him make one picture and each had scrambled for a piece of leather for him to do something like that on theirs. By the end of the morning, all of them would have wallets with their names in Egyptian on them.
"I do not know what design to have," Teal'c admitted. "Perhaps I should make a bracelet?"
"You could." Andrew handed him three leather thongs, but there was so much glue on Teal'c's hands that the leather just kept sticking to him. "Don't worry, Murray," Andrew assured him, patting him on the back sympathetically. "We'll figure it out."
Jack was only vaguely aware of Teal'c's problems. He was staring at the leather in front of him, a perplexed look on his bruised face. Finally, he decided to just braid her a bracelet. It'd been good enough for Daniel, after all. He took some leather, and strung a few white beads onto it, then started braiding it. Sam wasn't into the gaudy stuff, Jack knew, so if he wanted her to wear it, it was going to have to be a little subtle. And as he was making it, he found that he truly did want Sam to wear it. He added a few more beads as he continued braiding, and by the time he was cutting off the trim, he had to admit that it looked pretty good. If he did say so himself.
"How's it going?" Shawn asked, coming up behind Jack as their time at Arts and Crafts was drawing to a close.
Jack held up the bracelet and handed it over to the boy.
"Wow, Jack, that's pretty neat."
"Think so?"
"Uh huh. Sam's going to love it."
"Good. What did you make?"
"I'll show you later, okay? It's kind of a surprise."
Shawn looked over at Teal'c, who was holding up a bracelet as well. The braiding wasn't too terrible, and the colors of the leather didn't clash all that badly, but the Jaffa had more decorations glued to him than the leather did, and Shawn smiled.
"Murray looks like he could use a bit more help, huh?"