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[lisamoe]

I am kind of excited about sending the boys to summer camp this year. I didn't go to sleepaway camps when I was a kid, but I did go to day camp at various places and I always had a good time. There are so many camps now. I don't think there were that many choices when I was little. I always went to the Westside YMCA camp where they had swimming, canoeing, arts and crafts, horseback riding, hiking, traditional camp stuff. I also went to the art camp at Johnson Atelier (now Waterworks) a few years and that was just the highlight of my summers. We did printmaking, papermaking, masks and drama, raku pottery, pottery wheel, drawing and painting. I used to love art, clear up til I married my first husband. He was an artist himself and was very lukewarm about my talent, so I pretty much dropped it, thinking he must know, though when I look back now, my work looks pretty good to me. ANYWAY, I digress, as usual.

So the kids and I went through the list of camps in Tulsa Kids today and picked out some that they want to go to. Dingo wants to go to CampFire camp at Okiwanee, which is your traditional arts and crafts and hiking sort of thing, and he wants to go to soccer camp. Good choices for Dingo, I think and he'll be able to do both as the weeks don't conflict. Jesse wants to go to musical theatre camp at TheatreArts. They get to learn voice, movement and acting, and get to be in productions like The Lion King and Annie. He and I are both really excited about this. I tried at first to interest him in art camp like I went to but he just wasn't excited, and you know I want him to do what he loves, not what I love. He just LIT UP when I mentioned the theatre camp. I even called and talked to the lady there about it and she was very helpful. Jesse's been in a couple of short comedic plays that his Dad wrote and really enjoyed that. I think this is going to be a great experience for him.

Comments

[chibi-jeni.livejournal.com]

Wow!! Yay for Jesse on theater camp!! I'm very pleased about that! Get that child away from mathematics and scientific uber-facts for a week!!

You have the best, most diverse kids!!

yay for supportive mom!

[lisamoe.livejournal.com]

Yay indeed. I never could get Jesse into any sports though. Is Conner going to do summer camp or anything so you get a break in the daytime? There are all sorts of sports camps.

[chibi-jeni.livejournal.com]

I may go through and see what there is to offer! My mom IS going to be gone quite a bit this summer and Koala Care at $150/week is definitely out of the question. I'll see what he wants to do!

[teevnus.livejournal.com]

The girls have some cousins who've done the theater arts camp - they loved it! I think we're planning on the girls doing it this year, too.

[lisamoe.livejournal.com]

We are really excited about it. We took Jesse to another musical this weekend and he loved it a lot.

How old are your girls? Maybe the kids will all get to meet each other at camp.

[teevnus.livejournal.com]

They're 9 and 12 (we had the party this weekend - too many little girls!). I don't remember which one she wants them to attend, but I think it's the one at Clark - the one off Admiral?