On Sunday afternoon, we sent Liesl off to Outdoor School, a state-wide field trip for 6th graders focusing on environmental education and natural science. Along with half of her class, she'll be at Camp Collins, a YMCA camp about an hour away at Oxbow Park. She'll be there until Friday; it's her longest time away from home. She was anxious ahead of time about sleeping and friends and being homesick, and really didn't want to go. But we're crossing our fingers she is in a cabin with Ella, one of her best friends, and that the fun of hanging out and singing and campfires makes up for missing home. We miss her too and wish we could get little updates on her days, just a sneak peek!
At her request, we wrote her a series of notes -- one per day from each of us, in sealed envelopes. Mine were anodyne; I told her I loved her, hoped she was having fun, wondered about what she was doing and eating, and reminded her to hang up her wet clothing. Steve's were amazing, starting with number 1, which she got for the bus ride. It's her birthday on Thursday, at camp, so we'll have to celebrate her on Friday and the weekend.
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