Packing for Camp

I think that next year I'm going to put Stephen in charge of packing the entire family for Camp. After today's activity, he has proved to me that he is almost capable of packing his suitcase and Timothy's without supervision.

We leave for Camp this coming Saturday, but today Stephen informed us that he could not come eat supper because he wasn't done packing yet. He came down a few moments later carrying his suitcase. He set it down in the kitchen and went upstairs to get Timothy's suitcase. He told us that they were now both ready to go to Camp, so no one should touch their suitcases! I told him that as his mother, I had the right to just make sure that he had everything that he needed in there and that I would be checking it out later.

So, I stuck to my word and I checked out his suitcase. I must admit that I am very impressed with what I found! He has 12 pairs of socks packed (half of them don't even fit him anymore!), seven pairs of underwear, two pairs of sweatpants, two sets of pajamas, one lone pajama bottom, a pair of long pants, his favorite shorts and a t-shirt. He also put in about 12 pairs of pull-ups "for emergencies." I was quite impressed! Then I opened Timothy's. He did pretty good on his brother's as well! Timothy has five pairs of underwear, six t-shirts, two Sunday shirts, one long sleeved shirt, one pair of long pants and one pair of shorts. And most of these items were still folded in those suitcases!

Now that Stephen packed two suitcases, he wanted to know how much longer it would be before we could pack them in the van. I had to mark the calendar with a big, red "C" for Camp on Saturday and then numbered our days until we go. He decided that it's too long to wait and we should just leave early. It's so obvious that he is excited about Camp! He's been reminding Timothy of all the activities there are that are waiting for them. He's been describing what's in the cafeteria for breakfast and has also planned out what he's going to have on that first morning that we go to the "afeteria."

Yes, my little planner is ready to go! I think I really will have him help me organize the packing for next year! We might actually get everything done well ahead of time for a change!