We went camping last night... we set up at 6:30 on an island on the lake amidst distant thunder. It never stormed PTL, and the moon was full, the fire was crackling, ears of corn roasting, hot dogs, smores, pepsi, red dye fruit drinks. We had it all. Oh and bugs and spiders too : )
It was sticky and humid out, so Treasure Hunter and Sweetness took a dip in the lake. I watched as the memories were made. We roasted our hotdogs and marshmellows on a stick by the fire and stuffed our guts till we couldn't wiggle. Cutie Pie couldn't go to sleep w/o brushing his teeth so thankfully I remembered the tooth brushes, unlike my contact solution and glasses that we had to come back home for : / He was out in an instant the moment his little head hit the pillow.
Sweetness stayed up and ate MORE Smore's. About 2 a.m. we all laid down to sleep. I was snoozing when Sweetness woke me with a tummy ache. Go figure. "Oh mama, I like the fire, and the Smore's, but do you HAVE to sleep outside when you go camping?" she cried so pitifully.
After a few mins of trying to soothe her and go back to sleep on that hard rock ground I said to Treasure Hunter, "Will you please take us home."
And he did. We left all our stuff except our pillows, rode the boat in the moonlight back to our neck of the woods. My head never felt so thankful for a nice cozy bed in an air conditioned house. And here I sit the next morning with bleary eyes typing our memories as the rest of the family went to pack up our tents, coolers and food. I feel a nice nap coming this afternoon.
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Camping would be so much more fun if you didn't have to sleep "outside!" Hee!
Cutie Pie sounds like Byron -- he slept over at a family friend's house when he was pretty small (maybe 4 or 5), and he woke them all up in the middle of the night, telling everyone they had forgotten to brush their teeth before bed -- something he made them all do before he could rest comfortably! :)
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