He's still sleeping on a mattress on the floor, but he's got actual covers and doesn't need to sleep inside the sleeping bag (which he dislikes, much like his mother ;-) . Most importantly, it's quiet and there's just mom & dad in the room here, not about 20 other boys & two teachers!
He did have a good time, but was glad to see us! Finally, he's not very pleased about these blog posts, but I told him I was letting him know about the posts, but not changing them. I try to blog very rarely and as vaguely as I can about my younger son and I think this particular anecdote illustrates very well the point of my previous post.
And I think that for some children, it's also hard to let go of the parents and of the familiarity of home!
My third child was in eleventh grade the first time he want away (it was for an Ultimate Frisbee camp -- about a week), and he was quite homesick. We drove to pick him up at the end of the week, and he was very happy to see us.
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