Well... I went to Girl Scout camp when I was little. No... I did not get my toe nails painted and cucumbers gently placed on my eyes while I laid back in relaxation. I had to sleep in a tent with bugs (a platform tent to be exact). I thought that was a fancy type of tent before I showed up to camp. Platform simply means a tent that is a foot high. Big deal... bugs can crawl and air conditioning didn't exist.
Kendall and Waverly left Sunday to go to Girl Scout camp at Camp Meriwether about 1 1/2 hours south. They will come home tomorrow. It is only a 5 day camp but I have missed them terribly. They are staying in a new air conditioned cabin with adequate storage for each camper. They each had a friend or two going to camp with them so loneliness should not be a problem. We are able to e-mail them each day. I have sent them both about 5 e-mails a day. Addict...
They are not able to e-mail us back but can send snail mail. I guess it would be hard to get an e-mail such as this:
Dear Mom...... I hate camp. They are so mean here. I have to scrub all the toilets this morning. They are only feeding us bread and water. Please come get me. Hope to survive this prison camp. I love you and promise to never complain at home again if you will only come get me. Love, desperate camper
We are able to see photos that are posted throughout the day. I have snagged some of them for a slide show. It is hard not to see the photos and judge the manner in which your daughter is grooming and dressing... I carefully packaged shorts and shirts in a ziploc to help with matching clothes. I can tell you that my children did not seem to care about the careful clothes placement one single bit. I think Kendall wore 4 outfits her first 24 hours if the photos on the web are an accurate indicator. I guess the important thing is that they are having fun, growing up a little, making friends, blah blah blah.. . Not that they are not brushing their hair, wearing mismatched clothes and have only written one short note since they have been gone. We will the girls up tomorrow. We miss them terribly (even Grant after day 2). We are bracing for the tired grumpiness tomorrow on the way home and will try to keep the 'it's wonderful to see you' feeling through that adjustment period.
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LOVE those pictures! Your girls are going to have such fond memories of camp and good stories to tell when they're older. I love the one of Kendall laying back cucumbers on her eyes. I can tell she likes being pampered....watchout! Just kidding, it's good for her. :)
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