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Oh, the places you’ll go…NEISD reading camp

Posted 07 June 2009 | By | Categories: What's Left | No Comments

Just in! NEISD Community Education is hosting a 12 day “FUN” reading camp at Dellview Elementary in NEISD for the little ones, grades Kindergarten to 2nd. The 411 Where:  Dellview Elementary, 7235 Dewhurst Road, inside Loop 410, off Vance Jackson Dates: Wednesday, June 10 – Thursday, June 30th. Classes meet Monday – Thursday Time: 8:00 [...]

$80 off ActingUp Creative Drama Academy camp

Posted 04 June 2009 | By | Categories: What's Left | 1 Comment

Just picked up this deal on Twitter from @ActingUpCDA.  Special: sign up for 4 two-week sessions and instead of $380 per 2 week session, it is only $150/week. I was just told about this Helotes camp by a good friend of mine who knows one of my children struggles with social skills.  ActingUp Creative Drama [...]

Scout Camp

Building a database of camps

Posted 31 May 2009 | By | Categories: What's Left | 1 Comment

Do you run a San Antonio area camp or know someone who does?  Please share the link below so we can begin to create San Antonio’s most comprehensive summer camp database. It’s an easy and short form to fill out.  There’s no charge to be included.  But please be legit.  We’re looking just for hyper-local [...]

Alamo Camp

Channeling Davy Crockett

Posted 28 May 2009 | By | Categories: What's Left | No Comments

Express-News biz reporter Laura Lorek told me about camp at the Alamo. Who knew? Well, now you do. Just starting its third year, the camp takes place on the hallowed grounds of the Alamo. Wondering just how they enforce the quiet rule for campers….  But I digress. There are several things right off the bat [...]

Wow!

Shutterbug

Posted 23 May 2009 | By | Categories: What's Left | 2 Comments

Photographer and environmentalist Ansel Adams said, “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.”  I love that quote. Photography is all about perception. Seeing the world around you in new ways, capturing moments of beauty or tragedy, joy or anger. I have a very unusual photo.  It’s a layer of rocks. Growing from the rocks [...]

Cool, huh?

Digging into the past

Posted 23 May 2009 | By | Categories: What's Left | 3 Comments

My son loves to hunt for fossils. Turns out Texas is a pretty decent place to do it, as we were submerged under water millions of years ago. After a good rain, we go down to the creek and see what we can find. We walk away with hands full. Okay, we probably just have [...]

Sweet Miss Mary

Thespian in the house

Posted 22 May 2009 | By | Categories: What's Left | 4 Comments

Some people may have been raised on country sunshine, but I was raised on stage lights, applause and that wonderful waxy smell of hot liquid coming out of a glue gun. As a mom now, I have to wonder why in the world I was allowed to use a hot glue gun in elementary school [...]

Private school camps – links only

Posted 20 May 2009 | By | Categories: What's Left | 1 Comment

In the interest of time, I’m just listing links as a starting place for you while I get the blog up and running. Here are a few private schools that offer summer programs… St. Luke’s Episcopal School San Antonio Academy Saint Mary’s Hall The Winston School San Antonio St. Peter Prince of Apostles School St. [...]

Roars, but no snores

Posted 20 May 2009 | By | Categories: What's Left | 2 Comments

San Antonio Zoo Title: Zooney Tunes and Zooper Heroes Description: Can a real naked mole rat stand upright and see clearly? Do coyotes really chase roadrunners? Zooney Tunes looks at all kinds of animal cartoons for some wild fun.  But if your kid is more into super heroes, you’ll want Zooper Heroes, a look at [...]

All camps – all at once – as a starting point

Posted 19 May 2009 | By | Categories: What's Left | 1 Comment

So, if I were a mom two posts on a blog aren’t going to get me very far if I’m looking for a summer camp.  Oh, wait, I am a mom.  Maybe that’s why I decided to….drum roll, please…. …go ahead and post all my camp listings this week.  Not all the good stuff – [...]