First Camp Experience Gifts

"This camp had better have a power port!"

"Ahhh... close enough."

'Remember only you can prevent forest fires.'

Support Group for a Good Problem

I have an idea - Let's sit around the campfire and watch scary movies on our iPads!

I can't decide. Should I go to soccer camp 3 weeks in a row? Or soccer, then baseball then lacrosse camp? 3 soccers. Isn't overspecializing at his age bad? Possibly. But 3 different sports means�buying 3 different sets of expensive equipment. Right, He does have a mean corner kick.

Marshmallows

"Alright! Whoa! Yes! More boiled food!"

"All right, boys, we're had our fun."

Building a Shelter

'When I was a Scout, we had to blaze trails without sticky notes.'

"It takes a few days for them to detox from screens."

'Who I played in Summer Stock.'

I think it's so cute when the kids camp out in the backyard.

"Can we set the flame to a medium high?"

"But Mom, how can it be a vacation when you're taking me to school?"

"See, dear, it's only an owl hooting...."

'Aren't these marshmallows just going to make us plumper for when the bears ultimately eat us?'

'Okay guys - lights out!'

"Sure, this camp has swimming, games, fishing, horseback riding and rock climbing. But, does it have Wi-Fi?"

It was a good idea to let the kids bring their friends...

'...a variety of local wildlife very close to the campsite.'

A caveman kid sees his ancestor in a museum exhibit

A penguin's life is like endless summer camp, swimming and fishing all day every day!

'I'm not riding with her and that jar of creepy crawlers!!'

"Wow! That's an amazing welding project!"

You're too old to go back to Camp Owonsit. That's ok. It's all little kids. How about Lake Kinepesakau Camp. It's all jocks. Your son needs an enriching summer experience. Thoughts? How about � Camp Workforaliving? It's all depressing adults.

Remember to lash from the outside!

"I've got a bad feeling about this."

"Mine's camper."

"You need to make room for the dirty laundry."

Why do I have to go to camp? What's the alternative? Fend for myself like the resourceful youth of old! Right! The kind who worked dawn to dusk! I'll tell your dad you'll be right over to haul mulch for the nursery. The baseball camp sounds plenty rugged!

GPS verses Map and Compass - Lost or Found?

"I think we should give day camp a chance, Adrian. Let's not become prisoners of our own dogma."

'The 'most improved player of the year award' or the 'you don't suck as much as you did last year award' goes to...'