Summer Days...

It is a damp and rainy day here at the Crossing. Our thoughts, though, are all about summer.

It is time to sign up for Summer Camp! Can you even believe it?? Yup, the calendar says January and we are making plans for July. Both children go to a Church Camp for a week. I don't let them go too far from home and this place is terrific. The camp fills up quicker than anything, so my check is going in the mail tomorrow morning. I might even drive it to the post office!

#1 Son will be doing a music and theater camp. He'll get to act and sing. They'll be getting ready for the play they put on for the parents on pick-up day. Last year's play was terrific - it was about Daniel in the Lion's Den. Drama Camp isn't all work and no play! They swim, have campfires, go hiking, eat junk, and do all the things you do when you are at camp - many of those things which we don't want to think about or even admit that we once did...

Little LadyBug is my outdoorsy kid. She's going to a nature camp. She'll go hiking, canoeing, fishing, and generally get filthy for a week. Yup, I should probably consider burning her clothes when she gets home. Last year when the Little one came home, we were sitting around having a quick meal talking about all the things she did at camp. She told Mr. Bug that she used a "poop kit". I thought Mr. Bug was going to snort soda out his nose. He held it together and asked, "Little LadyBug, just what IS a poop kit?" She was extremely excited to impart all this outdoorsy knowlege to her dad, the city slicker!! She gave him a very detailed blow by blow description of how to dig a 6 inch deep hole, how to aim, what you do when you are done, etc... As I was writing the camp check he asked, "How many poop kits does that tuition fee buy?"

Summer is just around the corner!!

LadyBug