she's gone for a week :""(

Here is a quick slide show of the night before and the morning of the day lex when away to Camp Hi-Hill, an outdoor science camp. what a growing experience for both of us. i WAS NOT going to send her. really now? 4 nights/5 days without any contact with her family? with kids and adults i don't really know? WHERE DO I SIGN HER UP?! yeah, right. this is a trip that from the beginning she was not going on. then came the 'backs up against the wall' pressure from her teacher and the principle. ok, ok, i'll go to the presentation to hear what the principle of the science school has to say but she still isn't going.

well, after hearing what this guy had to say and after talking with some mom's that have sent their kids in years past ... i caved. obviously, she went. my issue's with this camp was not ...
- will she eat
- will she brush her teeth
- will she miss me
- will she shower
- will she go #2

... but my concerns were (and still are) ...
- what about the down time
- who is going to try and influence my little girl
- who are these councelors that i've NEVER met
- and what kind of influence will they have on her
- and i have major issue with the kids NOT being able to call home if they feel they NEED to ... what do we as parents teach our kids? NO MATTER WHAT, IF YOU NEED ME AT ANY TIME CALL ME AND I WILL BE RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN TALK TO ME ABOUT ANYTHING AT ANYTIME. that security was completely striped from her. ok, i may be being alittle extreme, but that aspect just doesn't sit well with me. oh well, she'll do fine and will be more independent because of it. when did she grow up?

nic