Camping! - February 25

John and I used to go camping every now and then before kids. Since kids, we haven't gone once. We'd like to take them out some time, but John thought a trial run might be the way to go. So last Friday, he did a camping "trip" with the kids while I was at a ladies' retreat with our church. They were beyond excited.

They roasted hot dogs.

They made smores.

They told ghost stories.

And maybe got a little bored.

I got home late that night to find John and the girls asleep in the tent. They tried to get Oliver to sleep in there, but apparently he climbed from one bed to the other until John finally took him inside to sleep in his room. I planned to sleep out there, but one of our neighbors has a very loud nocturnal dog. I gave up after about 45 minutes and went to sleep in my own bed that was 25 short feet away from me. The girls lasted all night and even wanted to sleep out again on Saturday. Next time we may venture out to the lake!