In which I'm feeling lost, but will perservere (2)

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Smores and campfire stories (no scary ones at that age).

Is your S into nature? Get him an inexpensive magnifying glass, and some small plastic jars that he can gather insects in to study. There are all sorts of things that are cool to see close up and magnified.

Take some thin white paper, crayons, hair spray or fixative, some paste and a notebook. He can make bark & leaf rubbings.

Sitting and having cocoa by a fire and just talking about what you did is also wonderful.

Creek shoes for looking for crayfish and other stream life.

I'm planning a weekend trip for early fall with my guys and can't wait. Just writing down the above, and maybe I'll try to also do trip before school starts.

Have fun.