James H 5B

Brothers Going to Camp

When my brothers go to camp it feels kind of weird because our house becomes really empty. However it feels great to be the oldest kid in the household for two weeks.

        It feels weird especially when my brother Ben goes because he shares a room with me. I am used to talking with him before we go to sleep and we always have a laugh. My other brother is Will, who is turning sixteen on May 10. He is very strong, so it is not any fun without him at our house. He can throw me in the air and hold my hands and spin me around.

        I really don’t like it when there are only four people in our house instead of six. And usually it’s three because my dad is often in Los Angeles and New York City. My mom is only gone when my dad is home.

When my brother is packing it kind of makes me sad because then I know that they are about to leave in the next day or two. I usually help my brother Ben pack his bags but I really don’t like to because it makes me sad. Sometimes I go with my dad to take them to camp. It is about an hour ride to get there but it is worth it. I rarely ever give them hugs but I did last summer and it made my brothers smile.

My sister gets really sad when they leave because she likes to sleep in my room when they are not home and I usually say no to her and then she gets mad at me. I say no because I stay up late on my ipod touch, to stories or listen to music. I love to write, so I write when in bed and I write with the lights on so my sister would not be able to sleep. She also doesn’t like to write or read so she wouldn’t want to stay up with me. I can stay up way later when my brother Ben isn’t at the house because he is usually tired after a long day in the summer.

There are only a couple of things I like about my brothers going to camp. My mom, dad, sister and I can go out more often and go out for lunch. I love to spend time with my mom because we can talk about things we can’t talk about normally when my siblings are around.

As I’ve said many times I really do not like it when my bros go to camp. My sister definitely doesn’t like it either. I never really appreciated how much they mean to me until they go to camp.