Comments on: Friday miscellany: Camp forms, rain, playroom + pantry organization

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Mon, 01 May 2023 17:36:12 +0000

In reply to LauraK.

@LauraK – camps are tricky! I would just recommend asking people even if you think their price ranges might be different from yours because you can always do your own research afterwards. If you ask a wide variety of people then you’ll probably get a wide variety of suggestions. We haven’t done that many, but my eldest went to a pre-college program at Brown University last summer, and my 13-year-old is doing one of the CTY programs for 3 weeks this summer. He’ll also do a week of Boy Scout camp, but that’s with his troop so there wasn’t much searching involved.

By: LauraK

LauraK — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 23:19:03 +0000

Do you think you could do a post on camps? Our guy will be 8 next year and makes friends really easily so I think he might like overnight camps but I don’t know what to look for. When I google search it seems like things vary so widely. I am nervous to ask friends. In the past when I’ve asked to advice, I get “I would never…” or the people I talk with are way beyond my income, so I feel nervous asking

By: Gillian

Gillian — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 12:08:57 +0000

In reply to Laura Vanderkam. @Laura I have removed a lot of stitches at my kitchen table.

By: Calee

Calee — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 01:11:55 +0000

I think the camp spreadsheet (1 Google sheet with new tabs each year so I could defense back) will go down as one of my favorite digital mementos for my kids’ childhoods.
Strangely enough, other than a sleep away church camp both are attending, our schedule is basically empty this summer. My daughter will work every day at the camp run by her karate studio and my son has aged out of local baseball camps so he’ll have a lot of down time. The season of the camp spreadsheet is past but I’m thankful I still have a couple more summers with both kids at home.

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 21:37:44 +0000

In reply to Gillian. @Gillian - if you're the physician who removed the stitches, that seems totally legit to me!

By: Gillian

Gillian — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 20:20:36 +0000

In reply to SHU. I may or may not have done this in the past. Possibly for a child to return to PE after having stitches removed (I WAS the physician who removed the stitches)...There are some perks to this job.

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 19:13:01 +0000

In reply to Jessica.

@Jessica – also with kids that age they want to plan a lot of their own summer too. I’m not planning too much for my will-be-16-year-old — he’s going to have to figure some of that out on his own.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 17:16:27 +0000

I’ve been spending time planning summer and feel like I am not getting very far. My oldest will turn 17 this summer and it is his last summer home with us, which just feels very monumental. Although I guess he will still be home next summer before he goes to college.

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 17:13:21 +0000

In reply to SHU. @SHU- sounds like a life hack right there! Alas, no MD credentials for me...

By: SHU

SHU — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 16:54:31 +0000

I may or may not have put my own MD credentials on some camp medical forms this year (what? I’m still board certified in gen peds!). Hopefully no one will pay much attention . . .