First sleepaway class trip

[topaz]

First sleepaway class trip, originally uploaded by qwrrty.

We spent most of the week preparing, buying jeans and waterproof boots
and making sure he had spare cards for his camera, and I'm still not
sure if all the fuss was for his benefit or ours.

I made him remind me about eight times this morning what his five
pieces of luggage were (duffel, backpack, bedroll, pillow, jacket) and
reminded him three times where his camera was. He took a whole pile of
cards and envelopes for mailing home.

How did this happen? How did we end up with this great grinning gangly
clown, who remembers to pack his toothbrush but not his sketch pad,
who won't leave home without a picture of his mom and dad and brother?

When it was time for me to leave, he gave me one last hug and I left,
promising to pick him up on Friday and making sure his teacher had his
homework folder. Funny, there was a lot of mist out there today.

Comments

[naiad.livejournal.com]

Watch out! First you let them go on the school nature trip, then the next thing you know, your son comes home from school (as mine did last night) and announces that he is going to spend 3 weeks over christmas break volunteering in some extremely remote region of Chile!

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

That sounds more like Quinn, actually.