Summer Camp Send-off Gifts

"This place is okay, but it's nothing to text home about."

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!

The end of summer is near and you still haven't made plans

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

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".

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

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

'An essay on what I did last summer? -- I was hoping to let all that stuff blow over.'

'Who I played in Summer Stock.'

Building a Shelter

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

"Finally...school starts next week."

'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?"

'Okay guys - lights out!'

"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 caveman kid sees his ancestor in a museum exhibit

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!

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

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

The Month of August

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

"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.

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

'Think we should be packing up soon, Hon?'

Remember to lash from the outside!

GPS verses Map and Compass - Lost or Found?

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

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

There's a toxic cloud moving in our direction! Hurry! Teddy's home from sports camp. Ha. Ha. Ha.

Nobody likes a smore loser