Jul 242010
 

We picked Maegan up at camp yesterday.  It was a three hour trip.  We got there an hour early yet we still only managed to be the fourth car in line.  Before the gates opened the line of cars was literally beyond sight down the mountain road.  While we waited for the gates to open [...]

Jul 182010
 

Maegan is halfway through her two weeks at sleep away camp.  Because they’re between sessions we spoke with her on the phone this morning.   She said she was having fun and had lots of stories to tell us, but she was also very home sick.  Here are a few more photos from her first week [...]

Jul 142010
 

We have several dozen photos of Maegan from camp in just the first few days. Most aren’t very good (she just happens to be in the background of many of them) but here’re four good ones.

Jul 112010
 

Today we took Maegan to her first time at a sleepaway camp.  She’ll be away for the next two weeks at Camp Pisgah , located 140 miles away in Brevard, North Carolina, near the Pisgah National Forest, which is part of the Blue Ridge Mountains.  This will be the longest time she’s been away from [...]

Jul 082010
 

We finally allowed Maegan to have a Facebook account.  Don’t worry, we’re watching her, I’ve got all her privacy settings set appropriately, and I’m guiding her through privacy and safety concerns.  I’m also schooling her in general Facebook etiquette, which among other things includes “Don’t tag me if I’m not really in the photo” and [...]

Jul 062010
 

Darah has been on a tremendous The Incredibles kick lately.  She watches the Pixar movie every day.  She wants to watch it when she wakes up and before she goes to bed.  And every time she see Mirage, the white-haired female character, she calls out, “Look, it’s Grandma!”