Off to camp and tears.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:24 pm

-1:-1 I remember this very day with my daughter. I think we do worse than they do. He sounds like a sweet little man.

[QUOTE]I asked him, if one of the littlelies become upset because they have forgotten their blanky or teddy what was he going to do to help them? He said, "I'll give them mine because I packed a spare."QUOTE]

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:25 pm

You made your kid cry ?

Post by **spot** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:23 pm

Nomad;831327 wrote: You made your kid cry ?

I can, I've practiced.

Is there a queue?

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:16 pm

Awww, that made me cry....I have never sent any of my boys off to camp....I know they should've, I just never got organized enough and always too pre-occupied with crazy things like surviving to send them to camp....one summer I was going to send them and the middle child wouldn't go, he refused to leave me, this is only about 2 years ago....this summer they will spend most of the summer with their dad on the road, traveling across the country from VA to CA....this should be interesting to say the very least.

I can only imagine the anxiety your son has, and it melted my heart to read about packing an extra blankie!!! That is SO my youngest too!:-4:-4 I love it!

I hope he has a good time!

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:33 pm

fuzzy butt;831439 wrote: Oh this is a school camp, they have one every year. This year it's Melbourne. Next year it will be the adventure camp, and the next year after the snow again.

I think he's going to have an exellent time, but it's always the pre jitters he gets.

Oh wow, I didn't realize that...I need to just move my kids over there, so they can benefit from that!! How fun!

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:41 pm

fuzzy butt;831445 wrote: I have to admit I've never understand the summer camp thing . That's supposed to be the time to spend with family . Well that's what the understanding is here at any rate. So dont' they have school camps where you are?

Not that I know of...what are they exactly? Are they through the public school system, are they for every school age?

When I was a kid there was a week long and 3 day long camp trip that we went on in the 6th grade and 8th grade (week was in 6th grade and 3-day in 8th-which I don't understand, you'd think it would be the other way around)....anyway....I know my kids don't do anything like that at all, only day-long field trips, which always cost something and we have to pack a lunch for them (which is no biggie, I do that anyway) and provide transporation for them home that day, since they usually get home after buses run kids home.

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:43 pm

fuzzy butt;831447 wrote: Nah they can't come here, apparently you and I are moving to Florida. :wah::wah:

Are you talking to ME??? because I have honestly always wanted to move to florida and figure that is where I will move to when the kids are all out on their own. My grandparents have a nice double wide trailer near Orlando FL, although I want to be closer to the ocean....but its not all about me.....or is it? maybe both of us??:)

maybe you weren't talking to me

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Edited:

I FOUND the source of what you are talking about .....okay sounds good to me!! Rule the world...muwhahahhahahahahahahah

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:28 am

fuzzy butt;831546 wrote: Our public schools is what the parents ask for. It varies but all public schools have different curriculums.

Yeah it's part of the school curriculum, gettting them ready for the real world etc. on there own. Keehan will be seeing the Melbourne Aquarium, Melbourne museum the sports museum at the Hallowed MCG, the Melbourne aqua centre where all our olympians compete and they get to spend two hours at the wave pool and slides. The arts centre, Parliament, probably the Casino. etc etc.

The adventure camp is more outdoorsy. canoeing, rock climbing, bush walking, Giant swings and flying foxes and kind of scouty stuff.

The snow trip is learning to ski ....that's it . the whole purpose is to get kids down the blue and black runs before they leave primary school .

Have to admit a lot of the kids at our little school go onto the leadership camps in high school.

This will be Keehans third camp . But as I siad it's the first one where another family member has not been present. Brett's moved onto high school now and parents aren't allowed on the melbourne camps.

Have to remember the first camp for most of these kids is when they are seven or eight.
Wow, that is amazing to me....we don't have anything like that....wish we did....sounds wonderful and so good for the kids....I'm jealous!

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:09 pm

Separation Anxiety...........hard for mom and hard for the child.

Below is Norman Rockwell's take on this subject. 1948.

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Pheasy · Post by **Pheasy** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:39 pm

Have you heard from him Fuzzy? Is he having fun, or is he still worrying?

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:01 am

I'm sure he will be having a great time and will have lots of good stories to share with you, when he gets back! :-6

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:14 am

I hope he is having a wonderful time. im sure he is:D My daughter is just the same actually, shes 21 now and still worries too much and overthinks things. :rolleyes: