You are a brave mommy. I'd have such a hard time sending my kids to a sleep-away camp. MO was at his aunt's house for the last three days and I missed him like oxygen. He came home last night around 10:30, and I let him talk my ear off until 1:30 in the morning.
I know! He lobbied us hard to attend camp the first year possible (summer between 1st & 2nd grade) because all his older cousins were going, and one was a counselor. Now, it's as much for the friends as anything* and he clearly has a blast. Last summer was the year his age group went from 12 days to 23 days and it was a tough adjustment for me. Let's just say I spend way too much time on Bunk1.com looking for him in the day's photographs. Luckily for me, he's a bit of a ham and I can generally spot him at least once every day or two. The mail FROM camp picked up nicely as well!
I don't miss him like oxygen yet but I'll be there by the end of the week!
*also, there's the whole point of spending twenty-three days where being a Jewish kid is the norm. He really hasn't faced any anti-semitism that I know of but he is generally the only Jewish kid in a given class and the only Jew that most of his friends know. To spend time with four-hundred other Jewish kids and counselors (about half of whom are Israeli) is a totally different
Yup, yup. I can relate to that issue. Only once has one of my kids had another Witness in class. They've never had any problem because of it, but still, they love assemblies and congregation gatherings where the other kids are all Witnesses too. (This is actually why MO was at his aunt's all weekend. They were going to a district convention, and they always go out with other families with young people afterwards. It's also why he had so much to talk about!)
And between 1st and 2nd grade? Now I think you are a VERY brave mommy. That must've been really tough.
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I don't miss him like oxygen yet but I'll be there by the end of the week!
*also, there's the whole point of spending twenty-three days where being a Jewish kid is the norm. He really hasn't faced any anti-semitism that I know of but he is generally the only Jewish kid in a given class and the only Jew that most of his friends know. To spend time with four-hundred other Jewish kids and counselors (about half of whom are Israeli) is a totally different
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And between 1st and 2nd grade? Now I think you are a VERY brave mommy. That must've been really tough.
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Glad that your MO had a big weekend!
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