Happy Camper

Brenna headed off to Girl Scout Camp today sporting boy's cargo shorts (ever try to find shorts that cover the thighs in the 7-14 girls' dept. of any store?), knee socks (no ticks please), 2 bandanas (gotta have a clean one to wipe hands!), a plastic cup with a handle (water breaks), a hat with a brim (crtainly not for sun as they're deep in the woods), water shoes (they go creeking every day), a change of clothes (again, they go creeking every day - clearly with some "incidents"!), a shoebox and a plastic animal (still wondering on that one!), and a backpack full of other random items.

She came home six hours later tired, sweaty and hungry but really, really happy. The highlight of her day though was the thunderstorm and sheets of rain that moved through at 1pm. In true Girl Scout form they had a plan in place to shelter and the girls thought it was fabulous. Brenna's patrol leader is a woman named "Mother Earth." That went over real big with Daddy - HA! (Poor guy, first the Hillary sticker and now this!!) All of the leaders including the teen patrol aides have these "camp names." A wonderful girl who graduated from Brenna's school is Bren's patrol aide. Her camp name is Ghillie as a salute to her Irish Dance training which made Brenna even more enamored with her. Actually Brenna's already trying out ideas for her own camp name - which she wouldn't need for a few years - so I take this as a sign that she's enjoying the experience.

So Day 1 was a big success. Eight more to go and one of them is a late day complete with dinner, a campfire and S'mores. I want to go to camp!

(And Molly thought Day 1 was fabulous too. She brought a friend to the pool for a few hours and then I took them both to McDonald's. That's WAY better than creeking in her book! Check back tomorrow because she and I have a special field trip planned. This one is a Molly classic - stay tuned!)