8. play games

Our synagogue had a rummage sale this past weekend. My husband teased me for wanting to pay $5 to go to the “preview sale” Thursday night, but I had birthday money to spend and big Camp Wolff plans: I wanted board games. As soon as we walked in the door I made a bee-line for [...]

Mud

It finally stopped raining (well, at least for a little while), so what did the kids want to do? Play with the hose. It didn’t take long for them to migrate to my little patch of a garden I have all but abandoned. I remember how irresistible fresh dirt can be to a kid: my [...]

1. make popsicles

Who’s surprised that this is the first thing the kids wanted to do from their list? I tried getting them to give me a minute or two to look up a few recipes, but they thought that was just a ridiculous waste of time. “Why can’t we just make our normal smoothies and freeze them?” [...]

Blocks

I’d been lobbying for blocks for years. My husband was (is?) a Lego geek, and resisted mightily. We have thousands upon thousands of Legos, and they do get their play, but for me … well, there’s just something different about blocks. My family gave Hannah a nice set for her birthday this year, and soon [...]

School’s out for … ever?

Today was the last day of school for Joseph. He almost didn’t make it. He woke up in the middle of the night croupy. So bad that he kept screaming (FYI, bad for croup) that he couldn’t breath and that he felt like he were going to die. A couple of chocolate chips, one dose [...]

Introduction to Camp Wolff

Welcome to Camp Wolff. My name is Angela. I am mother to three, wife to one, and co-keeper of two pets, a Bichon(ish) named Rocky and a goldfish named Shushi won just this weekend at the carnival. “Camp Wolff” is my little joke for summer home with the kids. I was terrified last year, but [...]