Summer Camp Season Gifts

'I love the peace & quiet you get at camp.'

Boy makes a finger shadow on the tent.

"This is our campsite? Where are the tents?"

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

Congrats to Summer Camps that Found a Way to Open this Summer! You are Leading the Way.

"I see why we aren't supposed to bring pets on campouts!"

Support Group for a Good Problem

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.

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

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

My coach wants me to go to soccer camp. Focusing on one sport isn't good for you. But mom! I'll develop crucial life skills. Let's see. "Landing endorsements, agents and college sports scholarships." The definition of "crucial".

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

'Who I played in Summer Stock.'

Building a Shelter

'One of the first rules, kids, be sure to watch where you step.'

"I was hoping summer camp would be more ... campy."

'Okay guys - lights out!'

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

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

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

Can I go to the Computer Tennis Camp?

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

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!

A caveman kid sees his ancestor in a museum exhibit

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

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

"‘How I Spent My Summer Vacation in a Freaking Gymnastics Camp and Nearly Broke My Neck,’ by Delia McConnell."

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.

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

Remember to lash from the outside!

'What were you sent up for?'

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...'

Local, free-range bug juice.