Debra Garfinkle ([info]dlgarfinkle) wrote,
@ 2008-07-06 23:32:00
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58 more days til school starts
Things have gotten bad. Today I not only threatened my middle child with sleepaway camp, I threatened him with sleepaway camp at Camp Green Lake.

He just laughed.

If you have never heard of Camp Green Lake, please read HOLES, my favorite children's book.

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[info]emohawk9000
2008-07-07 11:19 am UTC (link)
I suppose it's better than threatening to send him to Camp Crystal Lake.

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[info]annamlewis
2008-07-07 02:40 pm UTC (link)
Very good! (At least, you get a laugh... I get an eye roll.)

Just dropped my middle child off at Summer School (Freshman Honors English Rec). Yes!... and that's after 5 weeks of BB and football camp... how many more days did you say?

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[info]beckylevine
2008-07-07 08:58 pm UTC (link)
Have you mentioned he'd have to eat raw onions?!

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[info]dlgarfinkle
2008-07-08 12:59 am UTC (link)
Not to mention the deathly lizards.

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(Anonymous)
2008-07-08 05:16 pm UTC (link)
Debbie,

Your kids can hang out with our kids. Our boys have definitely earned a one-way ticket to Camp Greenlake this summer. Actually, thanks to summer camp, they're not too bad. In fact, youngest son took a day off from camp today and we're going to the movies later. Indiana Jones, here we come.

Not only do I love HOLES, I wish I wrote it!

Hang in there. Think of all the great material they're providing you for your humor columns.

Regards,
Donna
www.donnagephart.blogspot.com

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[info]stephhale
2008-07-10 02:35 am UTC (link)
Mine are only 3 and 5, do you think I can still send them? Maybe we can get a group discount. :) I can't wait until they are big enough to read HOLES. The movie was great too.

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(Anonymous)
2008-07-11 01:36 am UTC (link)
I did too! I just read a SF Chronicle article out loud to my 11YO about how sleep away camp is good for teaching kids independence and for preventing "helicopter" parenting. I'll send you a copy if you want :)

CynJay
www.cynjay.blogspot.com

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