Comments on Peaches & Coconuts: The 11th commandment-summer camp

When Sam & I first started talking about kids,...

2009-04-10T19:19:00.000-04:00

When Sam & I first started talking about kids, she mentioned that they would be going to camp for 8 weeks every summer - I was shocked! It is DEF a Jewish thing, because the goyim are too busy in Cape Cod and Nantucket. ;) But seriously, after having kids, I now see the beauty of shipping them off for weeks on end! Can't wait until sleepaway camp starts in 4 years! By the way, if you REALLY want batik-in-the-woods, there's a KIBBUTZ camp in Pennsylvania! Poor kids! ;)

probably not PC, but i use camp for babysitting so...

2009-04-09T08:28:00.000-04:00

probably not PC, but i use camp for babysitting so i can work. i'd probably send her to camp even if i wasn't working for the socializing because it's apparent that my daily activity skills are sorely lacking compared to what my girl thinks she should be doing.

she's not going to the jewish camp, but she's going to the equally popular other camp that needs no PR, but does eat a hole in our wallets, ouch!

ps. i tagged you for a mama meme.

Sounds good so it must be right, Jen. And now I r...

2009-04-06T00:50:00.000-04:00

Sounds good so it must be right, Jen. And now I realize that there's an entire blog about all the things I learned at camp. Funny! Yup, I'll be saving the pennies to send them away for similar life lessons - and of course for my own sanity R & L. Too right!

And to think, all these years I didn't know that s...

2009-04-05T11:06:00.000-04:00

And to think, all these years I didn't know that summer camp was a Jewish thing. I thought it was just a sanity thing.

I wish I had had those altruistic thoughts when I ...

2009-04-05T10:59:00.000-04:00

I wish I had had those altruistic thoughts when I was a stay at home mom! But you have me digressing now.....
I secretly suspect that Jewish mothers have been onto the true secrets of happiness for years. Summer = kids underfoot and pulling one's hair out, cure = camp, simple really.

I could be completely making this up. I've been kn...

2009-04-04T20:01:00.000-04:00

I could be completely making this up. I've been known to make a few things up...none of them related to holistic health, organic foods, or childbirth choices. But I digress. I think American Jews started sending their kids to camp to either (a) meet other Jews or (b) get out of the oppressive heat of Brooklyn, Northeast Philly or some other urban depot for Jewish immigrants in the first half of the century.

I'll tell you this much. Camp (particularly overnight camp) rocked my youth and I will do everything I can in my power to find the funds or scholarship money to send my kids. Heck, if it weren't for camp, how would I have learned the words to Desperado, or the multiple meanings of sloppy second, or how to effectively shower with my bathing suit on? 2, 4, 6, 8 what do we appreciate? Camp. Camp. Go Camp!