The Katie Chronicles: Girl Scout Camp Edition

It’s Girl Scout Camp week and Katie regaled us with the following first day update.  Apparently, there was some incredible fishing happening today, including Katie calling five fish to her boat, capturing them in a bag and naming them, only to let them go later in the day, conveniently before any parental eye witnessing could be had. Either that, or a tradition of “the one that got away” type fish tales is alive and well among Katie and her fellow Brownies, as each had her own story.  Girl Scouts all get “camp names” and Katie’s is Princess Sugar Cookie.  Seems about right.  The day’s activities (not including fanciful fishing) included canoeing, swimming, archery, or the Brownie version which uses slingshots instead of bows and arrows, games, and now some rather dramatic singing in the bathtub.  We always discuss our favorite parts of our day at dinner and Katie’s was canoeing (“I got to jump off the boat into the water!”).  When I asked her what one word described her day, she said she had to choose two:  fun and exhausting.  I’m waiting for the exhausted part to kick in, but both make me happy.