Comments on Anne McAllister's Blog!: Mom Camp on the road

unds as if your daughter had fun, Liz! And lucky ...

2008-07-20T10:18:00.000-06:00

unds as if your daughter had fun, Liz! And lucky kids to be there when she opened her parcels with the English chocolate. I wouldn't be keen on the Marmite either! It's an acquired taste. No one says that about chocolate.

I remember meeting one of the 12 year old girls I taught my first year of teaching when she was 30. Yikes, did I feel old. But when I taught her I was only eleven

My dd spent two years with Camp America as a nanny...

2008-07-18T08:09:00.000-06:00

My dd spent two years with Camp America as a nanny to a Camp Counsellor. They spent the summers at a Girl Scout Camp on an island near Lake Placid. The kids all drew close when parcels from home arrived. They knew there would be English chocolate. They weren't so keen on the Marmite!

One of her "little girls" came to stay with her in London this summer. She's at university in Italy.

ps: we all hope your Kate person is feeling much b...

2008-07-18T06:20:00.000-06:00

ps: we all hope your Kate person is feeling much better today.

Micah

Dear Sir SidneyMany thanks for your birthday greet...

2008-07-18T06:18:00.000-06:00

Dear Sir Sidney
Many thanks for your birthday greetings and the offer of the Maine Coon kitten. Does she eat a lot? Because I would not like another animal here who eats a lot. It's all I can do to elbow Mitch out of the way for treats. And my mom says we have enough dogs here to fill the animal quota, so I'm afraid I must decline (though she is quite pretty, but I do not like my ears

Dear Mr Micah I am a trifle late in sending you bi...

2008-07-18T01:51:00.000-06:00

Dear Mr Micah I am a trifle late in sending you birthday salutations as befits the importance of you reaching the wonderful age of six. I am afraid I was unable to use the keyboard yesterday as My Mum (aka Kate Walker) was sick and so she did not switch on the computer which was most unfortunate upon this auspicious day.

However we are now back on line and so I can send you convivial

Michelle, One of my sons went to language camp in ...

2008-07-17T13:12:00.000-06:00

Michelle, One of my sons went to language camp in MN -- Spanish, though, not Norwegian. He had a good time, but he's more of a camping under the stars sort of fellow. My daughter came home from her visit to Girl Scout camp yesterday and said, "It's as big as I remembered!" She was pleased.

Mags, the song's title may have simply been "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah." But yes, I know it

First of all, a big birthday hug for Micah.I'm out...

2008-07-17T05:56:00.000-06:00

First of all, a big birthday hug for Micah.

I'm out of touch with what things are like now but we definitely didn't have summer camps here in the UK, not like those in the US anyway. I did, once, go for a week to pony club camp, but was horribly homesick and also dumped in a tank of waste oil during a prank session that got out of hand. Took forever to get the stuff out of my hair.

Camp is not big in Britain.However, growing up in ...

2008-07-17T05:55:00.000-06:00

Camp is not big in Britain.

However, growing up in CA, I used to go to Girl Scout Camp and thoroughly enjoyed myself. I spent summers as Counselor In Training, so learnt useful knot tying skills as well as sleeping out under the stars and cooking over a campfire.

My sister on the other hand went to Norwegian Language Camp in MN as she did not need a flashlight. My sister was not