Back from Camp Oty'Okwa

Well, I am back from 5th grade camp. Each year we take the kids to camp in the Hocking Hills. This year...I wasn't sure we were going. On Sunday night, we had a horrible wind storm...remnants of Hurricane Ike...and power was out all over Ohio. I thought for sure it would also be out at camp especially if it was out here, but no, they had power so we were on our way. We left on Tuesday morning even though we didn't have school in the district. What fun we had, The weather was beautiful, the kids were great, the counselors were awesome, and we had no major accidents. Here are some of my favorite camp moments this year:

• Tommy always walking around in the dining hall with a fork full of meat.
• Getting peed on in the face by "Centi".
• Listening to Hunter sing..."Apple bottom jeans with the boots with the fur...".
• Getting my annual hug from Bob.
• Listening to Jonah talk about the "Silver Beaver".
• Laughing until I cried.
• Holding a 40 pound snake. ( Mom would have hated that one!)
• Finding out that little baby ring-neck snakes play dead until you try to pick them up! Right Tracy?
• Seeing kids that might not be good in the regular school environment excel at camp!

Leaving camp was hard this year. Deb and Bob are retiring and won't be with us next year. Tom is also retiring and Jonah is leaving for dental school. It will be different next year. I guess the torch has been passed.