Live Out Loud - Adventures of a mom

I remember the first day I was dropped off for Grade 1.  I hated the day.  I hated the school.  I felt alone and wanted to just go home.  I didn't know the language, the people or the school.  The days felt like months. I remember the first day I was dropped off for Grade 10 in Canada.  I didn't hate it, but I was so shocked.  I was lonely.  I was sad.  I didn't know the language (again!), the people or the school.  And above all, I was so scared of the unknown ahead of me.  What I felt, I remember now, was real fear of the unknown.  I remember waving good-bye to the family that had cared for me during the summer as they left town.  It was all surreal.  I saw the van vanished in the horizon from my dorm window....and then...silence. And then again, I remember the first day I went to university.  No one dropped me off, and that in itself was reason for me to wish to cry.  No one dropped me off because I h...

So we loved the Learn to Camp Program from Ontario Parks so much that this year I booked again to join as a "graduate".  We stayed in the same site (Sibbald Point Provincial Park) but instead of 1 night we stayed 2 nights. Here is my photo journal.  For more information about the program, read my other post here LESSON #1:  We learned to pack less!!!! LESSON 2:  We copied their list of supplies so that we can do the same for our future camping trips. Our teachers Jenna and Tessa went through all the essentials to camping. Staff came to show us pelts from different kinds of animals Propane means power Kids had a lesson on how to put together the tent Now, our turn Because it was our second time around, we skipped Learn to Fish this time and instead visited the Museum at the park (yes, there is a nice museum!)  Nice to meet Sarah who was our teacher last year!  Here she is teaching us how to mak...