Summer
Best Books for Tween and Teenaged Boys: Summer Reading List
My blogging friend Gigi Ross of Kludgy Mom just posted a list of books for boys ages 6-12 to read over the…
Snacks For Summer Camp: A #Giveaway via @GoGoSqueez
When I went to overnight camp, we weren’t supposed to bring any food from home. Instead, we got to visit “canteen” once…
Mo-Mo-Mo. Hawk-Hawk-Hawk.
A lot of boys in my son’s summer camp were getting mohawk haircuts. He wanted one, too….
If You Really Need To Get There
If you loved sleep-away camp as a kid, I’d love to hear about your memories….
Will You Write My Son While He Is At Overnight Camp?
Writing funny letters is important when your kid is at overnight camp….
Lessons From Summer Shoes
This is a piece I wrote in response to a writing prompt from the Red Dress Society. Participants were asked to write about shoes and connected them — in some way — to summer. This post is what was born….
Put Sleep-Away Camp on the Must Try List
It happens each summer. People ask about our plans, and when certain folks learn that our child spends three solid weeks each summer at overnight camp, I am met with looks of incredulity and sometimes horror….
Lessons From Eight Junes
June is definitely a time for endings and beginnings. Proms. Graduations. Weddings. New jobs. It got me thinking about all the Junes in my life. My parents started their married life together on June 23, 1963. My son will become a bar-mitzvah next June. One of my grandmothers died in June. And one of my friends, too. I tried to think about some significant Junes in my life, and this is what was born….
In Which Season Do You Shine?
Yesterday, before he fell asleep, he pulled me down toward his face. “Mom,” he whispered. ” I love you, but I will miss summer.”
I understand completely.
He’s a summer person….
Summer Camp Blues
Scenario: Your 11 year old daughter has been excited for many months about going away to overnight camp. She has gone to this same camp before and had a great time, but now you are receiving upsetting letters saying that she is homesick and would like to come home after two weeks, instead of three. You call the camp, talk to the assistant director who assures you that your daughter is having a good time. You see pictures on the camp website where it appears that she is having a good time. When you finally speak to your child, she says she just wants to come home. Simple as that. Nothing is really wrong, per se. She would just prefer to be home. Financially, you will lose $1000.
What would you do? Would you get your child and bring her home early? Or would you have her stay the final week? If so, what would you say to your child?…