Grade 7 Camping Trip

Well, I survived the Grade 7 camping trip with my son, Christopher! They needed extra volunteers for the girls' cabins, and wouldn't you know it, I got a few of the rowdy girls! Now, I'm great at yelling at my own kids, but apparently not at other people's. I thought I was being cool by letting them talk quietly past lights out, but unfortunately they missed the "quietly" part. The real fun started when a couple of them noticed a spider on the tent wall. The whole rest of the camp was just starting to settle down, when my girls all started screaming at the top of their lungs! The mom in the next cabin burst into our cabin and yelled at the girls, then one of the teachers followed. Then they started with the whole "We have to go to the bathroom" thing, so I told them if they had to go to the bathroom, they could go with me, one at a time. Needless to say, only one of them really had to go after that. I was pretty proud of myself for that one! The next morning, a few of the girls were told they were being assigned to the teachers cabin, so night two was excellent. Plus, I figured out how to stay warm by the second night. Bedtime aside, the camp was a lot of fun. It was well organized, the staff was great and they fed us good food! We did mountain biking, wall climbing, archery, the giant swing, swimming and survival skills. Now I have four years to forget how preteen girls are and look forward to round two!