Logan was nervous about this 5th grade science camp, and we were not looking forward to Logan leaving us for 4 days/3 nights either.  A couple of weeks ago, there was some funding issue for this whole camp, and later a difficulty getting enough cabin leaders, but eventually everything resolved and the camp was happening.  The next setback few days ago when Logan learned that he might not be with his buddy Maxim and he might not be assigned with any of his friends either.  We know that the kids would be in a big cabin with 15-20 boys, thus we convinced Logan that it would still be ok.  Finally on Monday, Logan was thrilled to tell me right before his martial art lesson that he was indeed paired up with Maxim, and he also had Cole and few other friends in the same cabin.  Seeing how happy Logan was was also a big relief for Stuart and I as well.

    Over the weekend, I had assisted Logan to pack his luggage, so he was familiar with what he brought to the camp.  Logan was worried and mentioned a couple of time to us that he would not be with us for a few days.  But by Tuesday morning, Logan was ready to go bright and early.  He wanted me to take him to drop off his luggage earlier than the instructed time; it turned out that many kids/parents were there early as well.  Logan dropped off his big duffle bag and sleeping bag.  Then Logan hugged me, and told me that I could go and he would just stay with Cole there.  But it was me who was not ready to leave him.  I hung around and took some pictures of them.  By then Stuart and Connor arrived to school, and I joined them to take Connor to his class. 

    I continued to stay and chat with other parents until the buses arrived by 9am.  Logan’s class and other 5th classes started lining up for the bus.  Logan was surprised that I was still there, and he hugged me again.  Lots of parents and I ended up waiting outside the school buses until they took off.  Logan was sitting with Maxim, and periodically waved to me and made funny faces to me.  Seeing him having fun made it much easier for me to let him go for the next few days.