We found a beautiful campsite this past weekend, and had a wonderful time hanging out as a family. There was a gorgeous lake small enough to take a nature walk around, a little snow for the kids to toss at each other, majestic pines and -the best part- NO ATVs!! We were having such a good time that I neglected to break out the camera except to take these two shots (but you understand, right??):
Jonah "Pyro #1" hamming it up for the camera. I swear that the boys' main attraction to camping is the campfire (and I'm talkin' all the boys!) Luckily, we escaped without any burns or forest fires. Autumn looks like she's selecting an appropriate potty site in the background. In reality, she was checking to see if a squirrel would come back out of his hole.
Can we say PRINCESS?? She's a much higher maintenance camper than the boys (i.e., she needs propping up when she squats, which was not the highlight of the trip for me), but she still had a great time! Camping to Autumn means hanging out in the tent as much as possible, so she opted out of S'mores in order to get as much camping time as possible... singing all alone in a dark tent. Odd, I know!
Jonah "Pyro #1" hamming it up for the camera. I swear that the boys' main attraction to camping is the campfire (and I'm talkin' all the boys!) Luckily, we escaped without any burns or forest fires. Autumn looks like she's selecting an appropriate potty site in the background. In reality, she was checking to see if a squirrel would come back out of his hole.
Can we say PRINCESS?? She's a much higher maintenance camper than the boys (i.e., she needs propping up when she squats, which was not the highlight of the trip for me), but she still had a great time! Camping to Autumn means hanging out in the tent as much as possible, so she opted out of S'mores in order to get as much camping time as possible... singing all alone in a dark tent. Odd, I know!
How could anyone call themselves a princess without insisting on a squat prop?
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I am impressed! As you may know, my idea of camping is a nice motel room close to restaurants.
ReplyDelete(Actually, I do have a couple of fond memories of camping with you guys when you were smaller -- followed by a trip to a nice motel/hotel close to restaurants)