We've had a crazy end of August/beginning of September. I had no idea that back-to-school time is so crazy and we were just dealing with one child in preschool! Anyhow - Uncas and were talking one night and looking at the calendar. We knew that the children would love to try camping this year, so we decided to make it happen. We picked just one night and a state park that was fairly close to home.
We got new sleeping bags for the kids and we practiced being in them in our living room. For this trip did a lot of practicing. The only other time they had "slept" in a tent was over a year ago and to say that it was disastrous is putting it mildly. We thought that maybe with some practice and discussion about "tent rules" things would go a little smoother. We also set the tent up in our yard and brought the sleeping bags in there.
We made it to our campsite mid-Saturday afternoon. The kids were great while we got camp set, but they were most anxious to sleep in the tent! After I got the inside of the tent set, they eagerly crawled into their sleeping bags and wanted to sleep. It was 4 pm!
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| Let's go to sleep now! |
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| Making a fire |
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| View of campsite |
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| Eating a smore |
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| Edith and daddy on a hike! |
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| Our nut collection |
All in all it was a good trip. The rain didn't start until we got into our tent for the night. The kids (Edith) had trouble settling down, but they slept fairly well once they did. It was so rainy in the morning that we just packed up the car and left. We are looking forward to doing more camping next year!
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