My baby girl turned 9 today, she and I ended the summer at Camp Judy Layne (Girl Scout camp). I have to say, I REALLY did enjoy the camp experience. Having not gone as a child myself, it was an opportunity for me to experience camp somewhat like a Girl Scout. The 10 girls we had were a really great group of girls and of course, the 4 moms (including me) were just AWESOME!!

The "COOL MOM'S" joined in and had fun with the girls. I hope to post a few photos soon...of my girl atleast.
We met a LOT of really great gals there at camp and I hope to keep them as friends beyond camp...of course, I have them on all the popular sites, myspace and facebook and of course the instant messengers. I really enjoyed meeting those 'youngins' and I can say that...because for ONCE in my life, I was actually the OLD FART of the bunch!! One of the mom's, my dear friend "COMPLICATED" is like 11 years younger!!! And our leader, "BRADY" is about my sister's age (3 years younger) and another lady, "GIGGLES" is about 2 years younger...thankfully, she's close in age!!! Wondering about the 'nicknames'...well, all of the counselors at the camp had nicknames, we knew none of their birhnames...so being the 'cool mom's' we asked for them to bless us with nicknames...I got "CLICK" because I always had a camera with me and of course, you have the others.
I'd like to take a moment to give out a hollar to those gals at Camp....
ACORN, our hiking guide...and please forgive me for forgetting the two other guides names.
CHEETAH, an all around fun gal...she last saw us at "gross pond" where our leader, "BRADY" got dumped in!
SMILEY, for dumping BRADY into the pond and making our canoeing adventure fun and educational....we learned she was a firefighter!!!
COMET, another gal who got to know our girls and cooked, washed dishes, helped them climb the rock wall, jumped on the jumping pillow and framed COMPLICATED to do the dishes that last day...we'll be calling you!!
MUSTANG, what a wonderful young lady!! She and my daughter seem to be good friends...she was so funny and a blast to hang with, she was always there it seems, rock wall climbing, bouncing pillow, dinner...!!
OTTER, we didn't see much of her...but she was at the first camp with my and Brady's daughter...a VERY fun gal who the kids love dearly!
TONTO, thanks for helping our girls out with their skit!!! Very memorable moment for us mom's! You run a VERY classy camp!!
MIDNITE, what a fun gal! A lot of fun and I think along wtih COMET, CHICK-A-DEE and MUSTANG ... devoured brownies while getting to know us.
CHICK-A-DEE, you are a HOOT!! You seem like a really sensitive girl...and very funny....hope the brownies made you happy!!!
SCOOBY, now, you are one of the popular gals with our girls...and you were a lot of fun...we didn't get to sit and get to know you much...but you were great with the girls...you did cook a MEAN meal for us there on Friday...you should be VERY proud of yourself.
ZULU, another gal that I admire...she too was always taking pictures...and she managed to get them all onto CD just in time for us before campe was over!!
... ANYONE ELSE I FORGOT...I'm sorry!!! Remember, I'm the old fart of the bunch...if I forgot you, please....remind me...leave me a message!!!
Until next time....I'll remember the friends we met at Camp Judy Layne and hope to see you there if not before....BIG THANKS TO YOU ALL!!!