Camping

A couple of weekends ago we decided to turn what would typically be a boring Friday night into a fun camp out in our own backyard! We plan to try to do a real camp out sometime this fall so we thought this would be a good test to see how Cami would do sleeping in a tent. She enjoyed helping daddy set up the tent! She also liked helping to cook hot dogs over the fire. Although, she wasn't too interested in eating a hot dog!

We set up her ladybug tent outside, too. She was much more comfortable in the tents if we got in them with her. Cami is not a big fan of small spaces like little play house and tents.

My favorite part was the roasting of the marshmallows! Cami loved watching the fire! She wanted to keep the marshmallows in the fire way past due resulting in a burned marshmallow or two.

But we finally toasted some good ones! She liked the marshmallow but really just wanted the chocolate from the s'mores!

It finally got dark and seemed much more like a camp out! We bought Cami a cool red LED flashlight to play with.

Wow! Look at the stars!

Cami also got her first sleeping bag!

She was so excited about it when we were inside the house but once we got into the tent and tried to get her to lay down inside the sleeping bag she flipped out! At this point we were pretty sure sleeping outside in a tent probably wasn't going to happen. But she did pose very cute for the camera :)

This picture is hilarious!

Cami is getting upset and wants out of the tent. Molly is trying to fluff up the sleeping bad and go to sleep. And Neal already has his eyes closed-he's so over it!

Overall, it was a fun night to cook hot dogs and roast marshmallows outside by the fire. But we will have to try again next time for a true camp out...with actual sleeping outdoors!