While the girls enjoyed an afternoon nap we set up the ol' tent. It had been some time since we had this baby out. But it didn't take us long.
I got the all important s'mores tray read to go.
All the sleeping gear ready to head outside.
Then it was time for dinner. And this is where the weather got bothersome. It had be nice and sunny all day. Then late afternoon, and into early evening it just started to drizzle. I was so bummed, but Matt kept a positive attitude and said it would slow up. I was addicted to checking the radar on weather.com. It did slow up and eventually stop. But we had to take our picnic dinner inside.
We all enjoyed corn on the cob- such a summer food! Lauren got right into it with us.
Olivia was excited too!
Little story behind this chair. Matt bought it way back when we were dating and we use to go camping. Now he only bought one, so it was always a game to see how got the "good" chair. I dubbed it the "Queen Bee" chair and declared it mine- just cause I'm goofy like that. Well when I pulled the ol' tattered chair out of the shed, to what did my surprised eyes see- a dead bumble bee- lol. I couldn't wait to tell Matt- who was giving the girls a bath. The bee is the brown blob dot in the middle of the seat.
After dinner and bath the tent was all set up and Lauren enjoyed playing around inside. She loved her bed and how it had the little pouch next to it.
Olivia enjoyed it too. Especially when Lauren was bouncing around on the air mattress causing her to bounce around too.
Bouncy baby!
Sister Love! Excited for camping.
Lauren watched as Matt got the fire going.
Check out our campsite, and notice the house in the background.
Loved putting my feet up and breathing in the lovely campfire smell! (Campfire smell is by far one of my favorite aromas)
Lauren chomping down on her first ever S'more and toasted marshmallow for that matter. She loved them.
It was such a fun experience to watch her enjoy all these things for the first time. We called it our practice run, since we'll be camping- at an actual campground- this fall with my sister and her family. We're skipping the tent part and we rented a "rustic cabin" since that will just make life that much easier.
She had so much fun, but she wasn't into 'watching the fire' with us. She asked to go to bed around 9:30 so we read a book and said prayers out at the fire and then daddy tucked her in. Olivia was already fast asleep in the pack-n-play and slept like she was in the house- even slept through Lauren playing/sleeping for over an hour while Matt and I enjoyed the fire for a little longer. By the time we snuggled in it was past 11 and Lauren was still joyfully playing in her 'bed.' We're pretty sure we both fell fast asleep before her.
The rain picked back up sometime after that, and we enjoyed the pitter-patter of the raindrops on the tent as we periodically awoke in the night. At around 4:30 Lauren crawled onto the air mattress with us since she was getting wet. Matt had gotten a few drops on him as well- guess we'll have to put some waterproofing spray on the tent before we use it again.
Sunday morning had us all up by 6:30-7. We headed to church and Sunday School before heading home to relax in the air conditioning. We waited until Sunday night to take everything down- no where near as fun as setting it all up. We're very glad we got this one in and plan on doing it again in the fall when the weather cools back down.
"You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours." Psalm 128:2
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