Girl Scout Camp Layout

We are so happy that our daughter has had such positive experiences at Girl Scout summer camp these last two summers. The photos from last year were so special to me I had a hard time scrapping them. I wanted the feel and look of the page to be bright and expressive. I finally took the plunge and did the layout today:

I am pleased with the result - I used products from a wide range of companies including Jilibean Soup, K & Company, Echo Park, Colorbok, Doodlebug, and American Crafts.

Girl Scout camp!

This is Esme's first time being away on her own for more than just a couple night, and our first time as parents being apart from her for that long.  She is learning to sail this week - so lucky! - and we are having some couple time.  We do miss her, but so far we are doing pretty well and keeping ourselves entertained by using restaurant gift certificates we've been amassing over the last few months, going to the movies, etc.  Today we're going to be outdoorsy and check out a local waterfall.

Because Esme is homeschooled, it's really important to me that she have the chance to be out on her own and independent.  We are lucky we have a couple Girl Scout camps not too far away, and we can feel completely comfortable sending her there.

Next time you see Esme....

Ask her a basic difference between a deciduous and coniferous tree. I did my first full Project Learning Tree lesson with her this weekend. We searched for pine cones and found several different ones on the ground at camp. We compared and contrasted them and used them to identify two local types of trees. We started her nature journal - she both copied words into it and illustrated.