It's been a long time since we have been camping especially with everything still in storage its hard to gather all of our camping things together but since we haven't been camping since Grayson was still a baby we figured it was time. Kelly and Kevin invited us to try a new spot that is only an hour from home and it was perfect.
We are troopers and still do tent camping but both nights were very comfortable for sleeping and even had to pull up a sheet both nights. Getting Grayson to sleep was a little challenging but nothing a long walk to the boat ramp in the stroller couldn't take care of.
Saturday we hit the water early because it got hot early. Konnor and Grayson are at the age where if one looks at the other funny either one or the other are screaming so that was entertaining but all in all the played in close proximity pretty well.
Jillian loved playing with Kenzie in and out of the water. The highlight of the trip was probably getting Jillian's bike fixed. She has been having trouble riding hers b/c she kept spinning out. She tried riding Kenzie's which is bigger than hers and Kenzie has her training wheels raised b/c she is determined to get rid of them when she turns 5. Jillian did well with that and we figured out that she was having difficulty b/c her training wheels were too low. With a little fixing she was riding around the loop at the campsite like a big girl! Unfortunately I forgot to get a picture of that!
Can't say that this boy isn't smart. He didn't want to sit in the sand (who wants dirt in your diaper) so he pulled up a Frisbee to sit on
While we were holding down the fort Jillian went on a boat ride with Kelly and Kevin and the kids. I returned to from the campsite and James informs me that I missed Jillian's first ride in the tube. Luckily my camera was in the boat and Kelly was kind enough to capture her first ride for me. Of course she wouldn't do it without Kenzie.
But on the 2nd trip out in the boat she ventured out in the tube all by herself!
Grayson of course did not but he sure did enjoy pretending to drive the boat
Well by afternoon the clouds were starting to look ominous and we knew the rain was coming but kept optimistic that it would pass us. Eventually we decided it was time to come out of the water and we tired to prepare the campsite. We put up our 2 pop canopies in what we thought would be the best place and we put what we could under cover. Well the rain did not miss us and it rained for about an hour and a half, HARD! Luckily Jillian and I were in dry clothes but everyone else was still in wet clothes and freezing huddled under the canopies that were leaking water everywhere. All in all it could have been much worse, eventually the rain stopped and everyone was able to get dry. The tent fared fairly well and our beds and blankets were still dry.
What is the best way to entertain starving children at a muddy campsite while they wait for dinner? Bubbles of course!
We figured there was no point in putting clothes on Grayson when there was mud around so he got a bath in the water faucet outside old school and he got to play in the mud in just a diaper. These pictures do not do him justice because he was filthy!!! but very happy!
No comments:
Post a Comment