It's been some time since we've been camping. Tanner and Natalie haven't yet had the pleasure of the experience. All summer we meant to do a practice run in the backyard so we could see if the kids could handle real camping. We meant to do this before our neighborhood camp-out but never did. We figured it was better late than never, so on the same night our neighbors went and camped in nature we made an attempt in the backyard.
Let it be known I do know how to rough-it and sleep on the ground, under the stars and all that. I have done it without complaint in the past. But I'll choose comfort if I have the choice. Our 8-person tent sleeps the five us quite comfortably and allows a mattress for each of us. So we had the girls wing...
The boys wing...
And the master suite, which Natalie kept confusing as her wing...
Since we had no chocolate, marshmallows or campfire with which to roast them, I made up another special treat.
Don't they look delicious? They were. Way better than smores!
It turned it was a good idea for us to have a practice run. Tanner was kicked out of the tent at around 10 pm for being such a loud, noisy boy and refusing to stay in his wing of the tent. I went to sleep inside the house with him. And by 3 am Josh brought the girls back in the house too. I think they got cold. Oh well! We'll try again next summer.
It turned it was a good idea for us to have a practice run. Tanner was kicked out of the tent at around 10 pm for being such a loud, noisy boy and refusing to stay in his wing of the tent. I went to sleep inside the house with him. And by 3 am Josh brought the girls back in the house too. I think they got cold. Oh well! We'll try again next summer.
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That was smart to try it in the backyard first. I am with you, though. I choose comfort every time. We have a tent trailer (an old one-used to be Dave's parents). Has a little fridge, electricity, can be hooked up to water. My kind of camping!
Sounds like it was a party! Guess it was a good idea to test it out first.
What fun, creative parents you are!!
Awesome. Looks like tons of fun. We kept talking about camping out back but never got around to it this summer. Maybe if the warm weather holds out, we'll try this month...
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