It’s been a busy week of fun at 3 different camps for these boys.  And you’d think, having been their mother for almost ten years, I would have figured out that day camp does not equal the same schedule as school.

Not for any of us.

They run like wild banshees all day long and I swear, they do not eat.  They sweat and laugh and play all day, the way they do for only 45 minutes of recess during the school year.  They get sunburned, no matter how much sunscreen I apply.  They are tired.  But they do not want to sleep… or shower.

So what do you do when you can’t beat them?  

You join them, of course! You throw on your swimsuit, even when you know the world isn’t ready for that yet.  You grab some bubble bath, a water hose and a huge bucket of water balloons.

You let out a …