CAMP UPDATE

He sits in the front seat next to the head bus counselor. On the other side is Eli, my cousin is married to his cousin, so we told them they also are cousins. You know my motto, you can never have enough family!

Last year the bus was troublesome for my son. It is a large air conditioned bus with a bathroom, like a fancy, clean Greyhound bus! For some reason last year, lining up for the bathroom was the highlight of the morning ride. The older kids tried to pick on my son, but he don’t play that, tough city kid that he is. Of course being 3 years younger than those hooligans, he was not smart enough to not get in trouble. He is having a much better year, sitting in the front with the head guy cannot possibly hurt! He likes the front of the line anyway (they tell me that is an issue with some kids, I say I have enough to deal with!)

My daily challenge is food. Every single solitary day I have to come up with a lunch that he will eat. I am happy to buy a bagel with cream cheese on the way to the bus, but I can’t get that past him more than once a week. He gets a cookie like snack and a jello and some kind of sandwich. I have to let it go after that, I have no idea what happens when he gets to lunch, I just hope he eats enough not to act out from hunger. Let go, Let G-D.

I finally searched his backpack today, I found 2 socks, neither of which match. I find this quite humorous. I have a new pack of socks for school, so let him lose them all at camp!

It was requested that I pick him up soon after the bus landed last year. Again, it was those nasty older kids that wouldn’t play nice with him in the school yard where they wait for pick-up! This year is different, he asked me to let him stay to play ball before I pick him up. Warning: don’t try to take the ball away from him! Referring to yesterday, I will not give out further details!

I signed up for 6 weeks because we barely made it that long last year. He is doing so well, having so much fun, that I am going to add either 1 or 2 more weeks, he is way more entertained at camp than he would be with me. Next week I am going to say, “Do you want to go 1 more week or 2 more weeks?” I learned this when I was a fundraiser, control your results! Either choice he makes works for me!

Did I tell you he made a DVD the other day? It was of his fellow group members. He was in charge of special effects, which his 2 dads thought were fabulous! He was so proud, he could bust. I love the 92nd St Y camp, their activities are the best!

And net week is Camp Yomi’s version of America Idol, YOMI IDOL! I can’t wait for that DVD!

UPDATE
I just did laundry and found a pair of the dirtiest socks you ever want to look at in my son’s shorts pocket, velcroed shut tightly. I am not rewashing those shorts.

I will however wash the socks, this changes my whole inventory!
Better dirty than lost?
Better to not even write about these boring foibles of parenting frustrations?
You decide and leave a comment!