We have been talking about taking the girls camping for quite a while but they were not as excited as we were to go. Ashlee was terrified to sleep outside- I had to remind her that we have camped before, she just doesn't remember. Some of our friends here have done camp outs in their backyards and we thought this was a good way to break in the kids.
They LOVED it! They can't wait to go to a real campground and sleep, as long as there are no bears, wild dogs, and any other crazy thing Ashlee can think of to worry about! We promised them we would take them somewhere safe, so maybe in a few weeks we'll do it, or if the rain is too much then it will have to wait until spring.
We started out with S'mores (or Snores according to Carly and her friend Anna!) on the BBQ- I was not about to dig a pit in my back yard! We invited some friends over to eat them with us, and after a few tries we finally got them work.
I was so surprised how quick the kids went to sleep- I thought for sure they would complain a little. No one woke up to go to the bathroom in the night either- we were not looking forward to that!
We woke up the next morning around 8- that is sleeping in for my kids, and did a few things and went swimming. The pool in our subdivision is finished, so we got to use it a few times this weekend, it was a busy, but fun 3 day weekend!
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Sounds like a fun weekend. Your girls are so cute, and that Ashlee cracks me up. That will be so fun to have a pool in your subdivision now. Take care!
If I have to go camping, that's the way I'd do it. Mike and the kids camped out this weekend on the trampoline - I slept comfortably in my own bed!
Sounds like fun... is that your "Tornado Box" in the corner of one of the pictures?
How fun. I love camping...sometimes-with a trailer..That is cheating isn't it? They are too cute.
Sounds like a fun weekend!
We are looking at possibly moving to Bentonville.
Any chance you can leave an email addy on my blog (I moderate comments) so I can chat with you? I found your blog doing a search for Bentonville tornados. LOL I'm glad that storm didn't destroy your home!!
Hey woman! I blogstalked you on Casey Nish's blog and had to take a peek! You guys are such a cute family! And it is so beautiful where you live. So thats what green grass looks like!! You'll have to get on my blog and you can get updates on me too! It was fun to see all of you on here! I'll keep track of you now that I stole your blog address. By the way, Erin's little girl is 16 months and she's prego again with #6! And that will be it! She's due February 9th. You should get in her blog thru mine! Faun Nelson
You know what campground your girls would love that I highly recommend? Our house! We miss you and would love to see you.
That was a cool idea. Those snores make me hungry.
How fun!! That's the way to campout, especially with the Smores! Looks like the girls enjoyed themselves and you stayed dry!
What a great idea! I LOVED doing that as a kid but am still traumatized when I remember seening the nasty roaches crawling on top of the tent. They can't get in, right!??!
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