But they don’t tell you what to Be Prepared *for*
George is off to Cub Camp tomorrow - real camping this time, sleeping under canvas and cooking outdoors. He got a list of what he’s supposed to take. It’s a standard Cub-Camp-type list - full Cub uniform, warm sweater, waterproof jacket, sleeping-bag, spare socks and underwear, torch with spare batteries, etc.
I sent George off with the list and a bag, to find what he needed. He told me he’d packed almost everything, but I, being an experienced and worldly type of mother, thought it worth checking. Here’s what he had actually packed:
one sleeping bag
one very dirty t-shirt
one toothbrush
one empty toothpaste tube
one pair of very filthy blue (but not dark enough for Cub uniform) trousers
one small plastic turtle
one small plastic UFO
three origami fortune-tellers
two Yugi-Oh cards
one small Playmobil person from the Playmobil Advent Calendar
the “Spells” cards from the Harry Potter Trivial Pursuit game
one square from a chocolate bar, now covered in fluff and various other things you wouldn’t want to put near your mouth.*
*You might not want to put it near your mouth, but Jack felt differently. When I stepped out of the room, he ate it. Yeuuch.
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rofl!
One can never know when one will be called upon to use a small plastic turtle. Didn’t you know that!
Bless!
This post made me smile from ear to ear :o))))
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Well be honest, the empty toothpaste tube may as well stay as it probably won’t be out the bag and the clothes were pre-dirtied to save him time later LOL! Glad I’m not the only person who can’t get rid of those flipping Playmobil advent calendar people, I’m sure I’ve thrown one particular one away 3 times already!