Remember a couple of years ago when all three girls went to camp?
No?
Well, allow me to catch you up.
Two years ago, all three girls went to Girl Scout camp (four if you count my fourth daughter, Sadie) at the same time ( woot-woot!! to 5 days without kids!!) and this particular camp ended up having an issue with their wells that caused the camp to be without potable water for 2 days. (If you don’t camp, potable water is water that is safe to drink, cook with and bathe in) We knew about the problem because the camp, of course, emailed us to tell us about the issue and what they were doing to rectify it.
Communication with the girls, however, was only by snail mail. The day we were (literally) going to pick them up, we got this card in the mail from Mackenzie:
While I’m happy to say that we IMMEDIATELY went to retrieve her from her destined journey to the bowels of hell, needless to say, she’s never gone to camp again. No amount of bribing could get that kid to go back to camp and I’m okay with that.
Luckily, the others have continued to go (luckily) and we haven’t received any other SOS notes from camp.
Until this year. This is the letter we get from Cassie –
“Dear Mom We have a ant problem Can’t talk now bye <3’s Cassie Daukas”
Once I got them back safe in my arms, I found out that the ant problem was so severe that they couldn’t even have FOB (feet on bed) time during the day.
The HORROR!!!
I’m happy to report that both girls returned home with nary an ant bite on them and they’re anxious to return back to camp next summer.
Ants and all.
Happy to be linking up with my girls Greta and Sarah for their #iPPP link up! And yes.. all three of these photos were on my iPhone at one point or another!
OMG…this is the funniest thing EVER!! I think my favorite part was “(I hate lakes FYI)”. Lawd, I cannot stop laughing. And the one from Cassie this year—so cute!!
Bobby goes to camp for a month each summer and once he sent me A BLANK LETTER. The counselors force them to send at least one letter home a week. He didn’t feel like writing, so he just left it blank, addressed and stamped and envelope, and he had technically fulfilled his duty. I was less amused. –Lisa
OmG. What a way to spend time at a camp. My.worst horror at a campsite was coming face to face with a rat! I packed my bags and.left the.same night. Didn’t want to spend another night there with my girls.
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Uhm.. yeah… I would have done exactly the same thing.
I love those notes! The drama!! I’m so glad that they went back and had a great time. Goes to show how sometimes things don’t work out that great, but if you give it another shot, it can be wonderful!
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Always, always give something a second try right? And yes.. I can’t wait to share these with my grands many days from now 😉
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Ha!! “I hate lakes, FYI” This whole post cracks me up. I’m so glad a couple of your girls were brave enough to go back!
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That “fyi” is so her… it’s like she’s in a rant and then needs to throw an extra tidbit in just in case!
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These are amazing! Are they exaggerated or was the water problem severe enough for dehydration? I love this. I’m totally paranoid to send my kids to camp because of my own letters like the one above, and because my husband had a bad camp experience. Needless to say, we will still do it. We will get over our own fears. Western Mass has some amazing camps, if you like seeing moose and bears wander through the site. (I do, most don’t)
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Of course it’s an exaggeration.. she was 13.. that’s the only speak they know 😉 She’s just a bit of a priss who’s not a big fan of port-a-potties and inconvenience. Although I am with her on the lake thing.. if I can’t see my toes, I’m outta there.
OMG. I think I would be sending out SOS letters too. No water? And they forced her in the lake 😉 Can’t really blame her for not going back. But, those letters are kinda cute keepsakes. xx
Well they had water, just not flip on the spigot and “thar she blows” kind of water. For ONE day they had to use porta potties and they brought in hundreds of gallons of water. They just had to “bathe” in the lake 😉
Awwwwwwww!!!!
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hahaha!!! Mackenzie’s letter is priceless!
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It was hysterical. But we were able to tell her that “we came RIGHT away”!!
Love those letters! I am sure that would have been the end of camp for me. My parents saved a letter I wrote from girl scout camp about how the bathroom was a hole in a hole. I think I meant hole in the ground…we had an outhouse? I think my daughter would have written a letter every day should she have had to deal with the horror of that! Hahaha
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Michelle you have to find that letter!! Would that not be priceless!! These are the ones that I save forever, for sure!
Oh, those letters are precious! And I am glad they were able to go back to camp without the ants!
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They younger two love it and the middle will eventually be a counselor, I just know it.
What troopers! The ant thing would have been the end of it for me.
I have to admit that I’m not exactly the roughing-it type of girl. I love camping – in my motorhome 🙂
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They are troopers.. amazing what doesn’t bother you if you don’t let it. I would be miserable at my age doing that I think.