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If you're looking for a project (or 30!) to do with your kids, head over to Cindy's Craft Camp. She's collecting a bunch that are sure to cure the summer doldrums. I'll be there tomorrow with instructions on how to make a jingly-jangly little wind chime out of old silver utensils.
Have fun!
Last night Heather and I (+ families) had a little going away dinner for Rachel and David and the girls. It was bittersweet, but I held it together pretty well until the very end when it was late and dark and we were all hugging goodnight (+ farewell for now), and then the lump in my throat got the best of me.
All that's left today is a dishwasher to unload and wax-drippy candles. And that lump in my throat, it's still there.
They are a good family full of great people and I wish them only the best. (+ I'm already planning a trip to Houston/Galveston for spring break next year.)
Every summer we take a camping trip not too far away with a big group of friends. And every year my friends moan a little about how much work it is and how little sleep they get.
But just to see all the kids busy in their free-range adventures makes it all worthwhile- carving sticks and soap, collecting bugs, digging in sand, swimming in the lake, eating s'mores- it's the stuff of good childhood memories. Reliving your own childhood memories doesn't exactly suck either.
(And for the record, I always sleep like a baby when we camp. My friends hate me a little for that, but it's true.)
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