Okay, this is weird I know, but ... our friend Laurie gave us this big stuffed Tin Man doll a few years ago. He has these really piercing, violet eyes and when he's looking at you, it's super creepy. Anyway, I don't remember how it happened but a few years ago we started playing tricks on each other with Tin Man. One night Maggie, Sally and I snuck out and put him in the passenger seat of Tony's car so he'd be there to surprise him in the morning. Sally liked to put him in my bed, under the covers, we stood him up in Maggie's closet so when she went in to get an outfit, there he was. You get the idea. Hijinks. And then a few years ago we made a book about the Tin Man coming in and taking over Maggie's life while she's away at camp. Takes over her bedroom, her laptop, her friends ... and then we snuck the book into her suitcase for her to find when she got up to camp and unpacked. She loved it, her whole cabin loved it, Tin Man has become an unofficial Camp Birchwood mascot. Anyway, this year .... shhhhh .... we're going to sneak the man himself into her duffel! Here are some pictures from last years book.
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