On my list of RSVPs, besides the children mentioned in previous emails,
I know of another 7 year old girl plus 3 other kids, ages unspecified.
I am not bringing my 9 year old as she has a birthday party to attend -
she has a love/hate relationship with letterboxing. Sometimes she's
gung ho, sometimes she complains about mom's weird hobby (is there such
a thing as a pre-pre-teenager syndrome?)

The meadow where we are has a large grassy expanse that is fairly flat,
and croquet just might work - we could put it in a corner to minimize
injuries. Either that or we could make sure that there is some kind of
Purple Heart stamp floating around.

-- Princess Lea

On Jul 28, 2004, at 8:01 AM, jceg5540 wrote:

> Dear Saturn's Ring and Lizardbutt's mom,
> WE are coming with our 5 1/2 year old, a boy, code name Hissy (as in
> Madagascar hissing cockroach).
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> Unfortunatley he is getting a bit bored with letterboxing! Can you
> believe it? Unfortunately on a trip back to the East Coast two weeks
> ago we went on half a dozen hunts and was skunked on all but one.
> Plus he is a bit lazy and just hates it when we drag him on long
> walks. But that is the whole point, to get out for fresh air,
> exercise and some fun finding a box. Gotta find more kid friendly
> boxes.
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> Speaking of kid friendly boxes It sounds like you may live in Marin
> Satrun's Ring. If you are up Sonoma County way, the "Holy Canoli!
> Batman" box is very kid friendly. I am working on more. (involving
> PEanuts, TinTIn, Asterix.
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> WE are bringing our bikes with us to the picnic, and perhpas stomp
> rockets, kites to keep Hissy happy. Maybe even our croquet set, but
> may rethink that one in light of head injury potential. (Hissy is
> still a pretty wild swinger).
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> See you at the picnic,
> Mimulus
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Princess Lea wrote:
> I am not bringing my 9 year old as she has a birthday party to
attend -
> she has a love/hate relationship with letterboxing. Sometimes
she's
> gung ho, sometimes she complains about mom's weird hobby (is there
such
> a thing as a pre-pre-teenager syndrome?)

Sounds normal.:) Bookworm only enjoys the clues that are cleverly
written, otherwise can't be bothered.


Mimulus wrote:

> code name Hissy (as in Madagascar hissing cockroach).

Love the name.:) Looking forward to seeing his stamp.

> > Unfortunatley he is getting a bit bored with letterboxing! Can
you believe it?

YUP! Lizardbutt found letterboxing intriging at first, but then the
novelty wore off. I did take the kids boxing in the City recently,
and Lizardbutt enjoyed hunting for them.

> > Plus he is a bit lazy and just hates it when we drag him on long
> > walks.

Both my kids hate long walks.

Lizardbutt's mom