Summer camps for kids - what are your teens doing this summer?

[tigereye]

Mine just turned 13, and I signed him up for a few like Survival/ Woods camp and theater camp, just so he doesn't spend the summer attached to the Ipod.


But there are some amazing camps out there! I found computer design camps, Civil War History camp!, Tissue Engineering Camp? (that's pretty wild) and sculling/dragon boating camp.


Plus the usual swimming and water park activities.


What do folks with younger teens usually have them do?

[PeaceNikki]

1. I find that sturdy cages work well.

[tigereye]

2. tsk, tsk

:hi:

[Pacifist Patriot]

3. My 6 and 8 year old will be attending a week of Zoo camp. My 12 year old...

is attending a week of Goalie/Striker camp. That's it. Wish I could afford to send them to a sleep-away camp but not even close.

[tigereye]

8. we haven't done the sleep away camp thing - I think mine would have to

work up to it.

A friend of mine is sending her teen to a cool progressive camp in New York somewhere. Like a Red Diaper baby camp, or something! :)

[skygazer]

4. I used to send them out to play

I guess that's out of style. :shrug:

[tigereye]

9. yeah, I try to do that, but there aren't many kids around where I live

So i have to shlep him out the pool we belong to and all that good stuff.


I seem to remember only going to Girl Scout camp and a summer Bible Camp - that was wild, since we were Catholic.. I think we spent the rest of the summer in the yard, the neighborhood and at the pool/park. But I don't live in quite as nice a neighborhood for kids as the one I grew up in...

[Midlodemocrat]

5. TM is working for me, BoyM is looking for a job and BabyM

will spend the summer at the pool with her friends.

[jeff30997]

6. Hi dudette.

This morning I woke up with a stiff neck.I'm not kidding.

Are you contagious ? :P

Anyway it's a weird coincidence.Maybe I empathize too

much with peoples. :)

[Midlodemocrat]

7. LOL. Don't remember not waking up with a stiff neck.

Some days are just worse than others.

:hug:

Hope you feel better.

So, do you have the signed autograph pictures of Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles yet? They're in Vancouver. Jared bought a house there and Jensen is his roommate.

Get on it.

:P

[jeff30997]

16. Damn !

You mean that I have to cross the second largest country in the world just so you

can have a crappy autographed picture of those guys ? You are so cruel ! Well I'm

on foot so don't expect anything until next year dammit. :P


BTW.I still can't turn my head more than a few inches.Ouch! :hug:

[Midlodemocrat]

22. crappy autographed picture of those guys>

Are you kidding? They're flat out adorable, freeper.

:rofl:

Take some ibuprofen. It really does help with the pain and the inflammation.

[tigereye]

10. yeah we usually do the pool thing, but he's kind of graduated to the Wave

pool now.


Is TM (you probably should call her CM now!) going to scrub out the pool house, or something? :) Or is she doing some cool agency/work type stuff?

[Midlodemocrat]

11. She's working for a client of mine as an intern. She did that last summer as well.

And, she's still a teen. At least for one more year. :cry:

I love that we live close enough to the pool that BabyM can walk. When my dad was dying and when Mr. had his surgery, it was unreal that I could drop her off, she could order lunch and be under the watchful eyes of adults all day.

BoyM usually just plays basketball or works out, so it's not an all day thing. At the rate he's going, he really needs a job.

[tigereye]

14. that's what we used to do when I was a kid- we would walk up there

and be there most of the day.


My son's old enough now to be dropped off at the pool we belong to, but most of the teens go to the Wave pool instead. He's gotten kind of bored with the littler kids and moms at our pool.

[Midlodemocrat]

20. I could see that. Fortunately, BabyM isn't bored yet.

her best friends all belong and they all walk up together.

A cheese quesadilla and a drink is a small price to pay for several hours of peace.

:rofl:

[Fleshdancer]

12. Can't afford the camps this summer

I work from home so the kids will stay home with me. Over the next few days I need to sit down with her to figure out a weekly schedule.

[tigereye]

15. yeah, that's the thing with working, I need some camps so that I can

go out and earn some money...


I try to find the cool but relatively inexpensive ones, or the 1/2 day ones, so we can go to the pool afterwards. I have so many camp brochures that my friends call me up to ask me about all of em. :D

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. Mine goes to drama camp a week after his 11th birthday

It's a 2 week day camp run by a local recreation department. The guy who runs the camp writes a new musical every year, and alters it over the course of the summer, so kids who sign up for all four sessions have a slightly different experience each time.

At the end of August, I'll be doing a weekend U.U. retreat with him; and in between we'll take some trips to the museums, the zoo, and other local stuff.

Civil War History Camp sounds interesting. I wonder if they have WWII camps as well...He really likes that period of history.

[tigereye]

17. You sound like me - I love having a flexible schedule in the summer...

He likes the drama camp - they write and put on a play at the end- he's been going there for years. The Civil War camp is at the local Military Hall - I had never heard of them having camps before. I suspect that they probably do have a WWII one.



The UU retreat sounds pretty neat, too! We also go to a bunch of ballgames - despite the sad record of our Pirates, it's still a lot of fun.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

18. I'm glad you reminded me!

I've been meaning to take him to a minor league game! The O's are too expensive, and parking is a zoo. I've heard that minor leagues are just as fun anyway. :hi:

[madinmaryland]

19. Music camp for a week for our 12 yo daughter

[tigereye]

21. that sounds like a fun week!

There are some great arts camps here at the Universities - I haven't really looked into those, though.

[madinmaryland]

24. She had a great time last year and is looking forward to this summer's camp!

[Dappleganger]

23. The 17 yr. old will be working at camp

as a counselor (day camp). The 16 yr. old will be working more hours at Publix and another job (hopefully).

The 13 and 11 yr. olds will be driving me crazy, as usual. They've made it clear that they think they are too old for camp this year.

[tigereye]

25. yeah, that's why I posted this- it's kind of a weird in-between kind of deal

they are too young to work, but too old for some camps. Mine isn't refusing fortunately, but he really doesn't want to hear about all the camps that I think sound good.


Like the rowing camp - that sounds like fun! Maybe we need some grown-up camps! :think: