What I did...

...the rest of the week

Despite Mickey Mouse shaped pancakes, tie-dyed T-Shirts, science experiments, Texas-shaped pb&j sandwiches and bicycle riding in the big barn, I have to confess that none of those are the reasons the Chickies lasted the whole week at Camp Mimipapa. The youngest chick has never had a problem lasting through the planned schedule. It's the oldest chick that missed her mom and dad AWFULLY bad! This year, we had no problem at all. Here's the truth behind the story:

The hook. At least twice a day.

Yes, Lulu has become quite the swimmer.

Cannonballs are a cinch.

We started checking for gills and webbed toes on the third day.

Blondie? Not so much!

She's working on it! 

As long as she was left alone, she did fine. Offer her some help, though...

 

and, she's outta there!

 

these past three weeks

 We'll have to start with the first and best week of the past three weeks...

Camp Mimipapa

Though it has always been planned to be a full week, this was the first year that the Chickies made the full week. The Children's Museum (pronounced Nuseum) is always the first place they want to go, nevermind that it is still in New Braunfels and did not make the trip to Carrizo Springs with us. Therefore, just for the Chickies, and for no other reason, we met at the outlet mall in San Marcos, just so we could stop at the Nuseum on the way home.

A quick horse-back ride around the farm.

A withdrawal at the bank.

 

Stop in to pick up a few groceries. No, the woman in the background is not shoplifting cantaloupes.

  

Waiting our turn for blast off in the space shuttle.

Climbing through (and over) the logs at the campground.

Check back later for more Camp Mimipapa adventures and discover the rest of the story behind why the Chickies lasted the full week.