Our motto? Laugh. Eat. Play.

The kids are out of school and in this part of the country it's like a feeding frenzy trying to get kids signed up for "camps."

Yes. That's the hip thing to do.  (of course, I am anything but hip -  sigh)

If you don't know how to just be with and enjoy your child or help them entertain themselves for the summer, you sign them up for "camp."  (Not a criticism, just a fact in my South Orange County white-bread world)

They can choose soccer camp, sailing camp, movie making camp, swimming camp, acting camp, art camps, theater camps, etc. Not only that, but a parent could easily spend thousands for that happy and memorable experience for their child. And you usually get a cool camp shirt, too. Good stuff.
I'm thinking that with those extra thousands I could be saving here, I can buy that little Mac Mini beauty and maybe just come up with some clever ideas for "camp" myself.  ;-)

I'm thinking theses could be really fun:

• Surf camp (for sure, Dudes.)
• Painting
• Cooking
• Swimming
• Stargazing
• Science
• Scrapbooking
• Movie Making
• Teen Fitness
• Sewing
• Improv - definitely
• Then of course, there are movie nights. I'm thinking a Danny Kaye film festival. (or maybe the Marx Brothers?)

I have tons of ideas for these and more.
Let me let you in on my secret:  I'm just pretty darn childish myself. 
Seriously. I come up with ideas for stuff I'd like to do and suggest it to my kids.

I've pretty much got all the resources I need including the willing victims students campers.

The truth is that we do something like this every year.  We like to call it. . . "summer."  ;-)

Now all we need is a cool camp song. . . hmmm. . . =D

Comments

[keb]

Laugh eat play - sounds like our lake arrowhead summer vaca's: man did we have fun! Remember that snapshot of you I found of you asleep in the bikini w/ curly hair looking just like lucy? :>

[Amanda]

Can I move in with you?

[Susan]

Where do I sign up??? Is there an upper age limit??? I just don't do bunkbeds anymore though..... But I want the cool shirt! Oh, and the Darbyesque Laughing Eating Playing! You are TCFW!

[Val Prieto]

Im doing camp beer guzzling this summer. No tshirts though.

:-)

[Alicia]

Hi Marta,

Your Camp sounds like the place to be this summer! Here in NJ people look at me as if I had three heads when I tell them that my kids and I will be entertaining each other this summer and that we have lots to do!