I know that MAC is getting tired of everyone asking her what she's doing for the summer. While we have had several hic-ups with camps and such in the past there wasn't really anything available for her now that she has hit the teen-age years.
There are a lot of sports camps available and there is even a chorus camp. Unfortunately all of those require that she work in co-operative groups, not on her own. I don't want to "set her up" for failure as I know that being in the hot sun/humidity and having to watch what she does/says will put her in a horrible mood and then if one person does something she doesn't like I'd be getting a phone call.
No, I have been a horrible mother and made her stay home by herself this summer. She has done exactly what she wants to do for 5 weeks. She and her cousin, Aunt, and Grand Parents went to spend a week at a time share in Virginia where she got to go to the pool every day. Next week she'll take a week long trip to Virginia to stay with her Grand Parents while she does a 2 hour a day horse camp. She is looking forward to that.
Summer is great and relaxing for her. Her favorite phrase is "it's summer, I'm not supposed to learn!" We went veggie picking at a friend's garden yesterday and she did learn about honey bees. It was nice to hear her asking questions and figuring things out.
To paraphrase Phineas and Ferb, "Four more weeks of summer vacation, and school comes along just to end it. So the annual problem for our generation is finding a good way to spend it!"
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