Okay, enough whining, onto a great camping trip we went on back at the end of June. We took our trailer to the provincial park at Jackfish Lake. The kids had an absolute blast but wholy lordy did they NOT go to sleep at night!!! We have 2 bump-outs in the trailer so we put Mitchell and Maggie on one end, Casey is just a little step down on the bed over top of the table, all in their pea pod tents. Last year it worked pretty good - this year I think they were just too darn excited. They were bouncing and jumping around in their tents which was fine but then Mitchell started to jump down onto Casey and Casey would jump (or fall I'm not sure) down onto the floor. Not good. So I eventually went and laid in the trailer with them until they were close to falling asleep which worked okay.
Another thing that we noticed didn't work quite as well as last year is the LISTENING! Oh man! They are definitely in an flat out defiant stage right now along with dragging any and every situation out as long as possible.
Overall, we really did have a great time but both Daniel and I agreed that camping with 3 almost 3 year olds is a lot more challenging that with 3 almost 2 year olds!
Onto the pictures...
They were excited to cook hotdogs and roast marshmallows. That's still the first thing they say when we talk about camping.
Gotta love the nutritious mini boxes of cereal that are great for camping, Froot Loops, Frosted Flakes, Corn Pops.
We spent lots of time playing in the sand and water. Daniel helped them catch little minnows in their pails which they were so excited about!
The kids spent lots of time playing in the sand and building sand castles. They carried a lot of pails of water from the lake up onto the beach. Their little muscles were working hard and Casey said a few times, "This is a really big workout!"
Mitchell spotted a little skid steer tractor just down from where we were on the beach. He was so cute - he saw it and then slowly just started inching his way back towards it until he was right beside it, and then he just stood there. You could tell he wanted to pick it up and play with it so badly, but knew he shouldn't. This boy is SO into tractors!
The kids are starting to say such cute things. While we were having a picnic Casey said, "This is like a big party!"
My mom and dad live on the other side of the lake that we were camping at so they came over one afternoon for a visit. Ice cream and water guns - what better way to try and beat the heat?
The next day we packed up and spent the last night at their place. The 5 of us all had a great sleep that night!
3 little monkeys in a hammock = FUN, but a recipe for disaster!
This meeting is adjourned!
3 comments:
You guys are brave! Sounds like a good time though!
So glad all of you had a great time.
Love the pics! Looks like y'all had a great time!
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