Our inner hippies are happy. We took the kids camping this weekend and all the happy memories of childhood camping trips came flooding back. John and I have camped here and there over the years but it's really, really fun when you get to take your kids with you (I think. I realize this is likely not everyone's cup of tea). This was our second camping trip with the wee ones this summer (and our first without a wild fire raging across the river from us) and we're slowly getting the routine down. It was fun to be sleeping outside, cooking camp food, and listening to a little late night guitar. The kids managed it all really well -- Molly tromped all over the place, was a little freaked out by the pit toilet, and got dirtier than Harry the Dirty Dog. Jack was, unfortunately, a little restricted in his mobility given his current penchant for eating dirt, twigs, pine needles and bugs but still managed to be his happy, little, shrieky self all weekend. Admittedly, we have given into gentleman's camping with an air mattress because (for all you purists) it provides a little physical barrier between Molly and Jack. Fortunately (?) for mom and dad, we also found out that four of us can fit on a double mattress... especially when the temps get chilly and everyone gets to pigpile on for added warmth. But, that's what it's all about, right? It really was a bunch of dirty, twiggy fun.
Family style
Some people are better at sitting than others...
while others like to search out new nooks and crannies to explore.
Chilly breakfast.
The sous chef.
The gang is all tired out from our adventures.
3 comments:
Looks like fun - I am super impressed with your camping (and campers)
do you have to be good at camping before you can be good at camping with kids? this looks really fun! i'm not really a camper but i think i want to be a camper with kids ;)
Looks like a good time, glad to see that you did not forget the crucial camping staple-- beer!
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