Another week another camp. That's been our mantra since the week after Memorial Day. As soon as I began my negotiations with Trevelino Keller Communications Group back in the spring I knew I'd need to hop on the summer camp band wagon quickly to ensure my active, creative and fun loving girls would have some where to go every day.
(Meanwhile, sweet baby Jake is in a full-time day care and perfect happy).
A few weeks were already on the books: a 3rd return year to Camp Kingfisher at the Chattahoochee Nature Center, a week stay at Girl Scout overnight camp (Camp Meriwether) and our beach vacation.
A few other weeks, I struggled to find something (Memorial Day week and Fourth of July) so I went with Camp GramE and PopPop and am grateful we had the option of family near by.
My goal here on this entirely neglected blog is to capture what camps we registered for, and provide a quick review that is partially mine, and partially filtered by two 8.5 year old girls. There were a few on my radar we did not try out but would like to for 2013.
My main requirements in finding a camp (besides the type of activity offered and the basics such as being safe, well run, etc.) were COST and LOCATION. Next were the HOURS they operated (full day? half day? extended hours?). I also was not interested in any camps that were very religiously affiliated. I am sure there are many amazing church camps but even if my kids weren't Jewish, they're rarely full day or even enough hours to fill in as child care for working parents.
And frankly, Jewish day camps and overnight camps are not cost effective for our family but there are PLENTY of great options out there for people who are looking for that type of thing.
So those were the criteria. I hope to get covered in the next few posts a quick review of each of the camps they've gone to so far and information on like-minded programs and links with information that could be useful in planning for NEXT summer.
As if I can even think about that yet.
We haven't even had our vacation!!!
