You know Matthew worked so hard to raise money for his choir trip, but we decided he was too young to go. It was nine days away from home and he's only 12! It was too bad because he raised more money than anyone and actually had 60 bucks more than he needed to pay for his entire trip!
So, we went with! Heh heh!! I spoke to the choir director and assured him I wouldn't get in an authority struggle with him (something that apparently happened in the past when parents went along.) He stressed he needed complete authority because Matthew would be going into detention centers for troubled youth to perform.
I agreed and he agreed to let Matthew stay in the room with us at night.
Matthew had to do everything just like everyone else...get his spending money from his sponser, lug his own luggage...he road on the bus with everyone else. All he did was go to bed in the rooms with us (and I made sure his shirts were ironed...so sue me. Heh heh!)
We even got the group discount on the rooms...which helped a lot. We ate out once. At Casa Bonita in Denver.
Here's some pictures! That's Matthew's choir down there singing...he's in the front, on the right end, by the drums.
