Remember the tent? Well, we decided to put it to good use this weekend. The weather has been perfect around here for fall. 70's during the day and 50's at night. Great camping weather! So, we picked a night that we wouldn't care if we were tired or not - glad we did. Most of us are exhausted. And we only camped in the backyard!
Our evening started out with putting up the tent. Everyone is old enough to help and worked together to put it up. All the kids are helpers - which Mom and Dad appreciate! Mia thought she still needed to wear her dress to camp in. Fortunately I changed her mind later!
Taking a break from tent building, Megan managed to catch a moth on a stick. She was so excited to catch it - I know. It is the little things!
Max taught Mia how to cook hot dogs over a fire. (While Mom and Dad had brats off the grill) She was so proud to cook her own hot dog and when she ate it said - "It's perfect for me". Megan set the table and made sure everyone had enough supplies for smores!
Next up was Smores for dessert. Max tried to master the art of browning the marshmallows, but ended up getting them black most of the time! But, we had double chocolate ones, double marshmallow ones, and ate so many we were all stuffed!
Now here is Mia. I think the picture of her smores face is self-explanatory. After all the marshmallows were in her hair, on her glasses and all over her face!
After dinner we set up the air mattresses and got ready for bed. We played a friendly game of UNO..and of course Mom won. She's the UNO queen and hardly every loses. Although Max has beat her a few times!
And UNO was followed by a good night story. Megan wanted to read us "Henry and Mudge- The Big Sleepover". It was a perfect ending to the night. Now the night wasn't so great. Crickets, trains, bathroom trips, sprinkler systems going off, a gun shot at 2am, and a sinking air mattress made my bedtime 5:45 am..yes that is right, I went to bed this morning! No one else slept the best either and the only ones who stayed in the tent were Daddy and Mia. They get extra smores next time!
3 comments:
Despite the lack of sleep, it sounded like a fun time!
Kudos to you friend! You know I'd so have been in the house by midnight w/all those things going on.
HOW FUN! I love that you had the whole kit & kaboodle, even though you were in the backyard.
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