Camping - Day 1

I can’t believe that it’s already been a week since our first camping trip of the season! At this time last week, we were taking cover from the rain in the camper and playing Farkel

But, let’s move back to the beginning. The kids LOVE to take their bikes and scooters when we go camping at State Parks. We like that the sites are large, there are tons of trees, and you’re not right on top of your neighbor, but we still have facilities other than the nearest bush The kids love that there are usually loops for them to ride their bikes and scooters around. The first thing they did when we got to the campsite was head out to explore on their bikes and scooters while Hubby and I set up the camper.

Princess CAN ride her 2-wheel bike, but she doesn’t want to. I don’t know what it is, but she constantly thinks she’s going to fall, even when she’s not, so she jumps off. But, she had a great time on her scooter, so we were all happy.

Dude KILLS me! He got that cool camo backpack at a garage sale a couple weeks ago (along with a real life army helmet!) . . . he just had to wear it while he was riding around. All of his clothes for the trip are in that thing, along with a few other things he just had to bring with him. He’s such a boy

By the time we got to the campground, got the camper popped up and hooked up and all the bedding out, it was time to make dinner. So Hubby made a fire . . . just in time for the rain to start! The kids hung out inside for a while while hubby and I made burgers over the fire . . . remember the previous post where I dumped the burgers into the fire? Ya - that was how we started day 1 of our trip Anyway . . . we decided to eat inside since it was still raining (boo hoo). But, it did stop raining while we were eating, so we got the fire going again after dinner and headed on out to hang out by the fire and make some S’mores - YUMMOLA! Dude, the kid who does not like things like cake, chocolate, and other sweet things, convinced me that we needed to bring enough stuff for each of us to have 2 s’mores each day - and he actually made and ate 2 s’mores! Way too much sweet for me, the one who loves sweet stuff, but he choked down 2 of those things. And after his s’more fest, he had to play in the fire like any good 8 year old boy.

It started to rain again, so we put the fire out and headed for cover in the camper again (and can I just mention how much I love love love our popup and was sooooo glad we were not in a tent!). This is when the fun began. You see, Princess has a looth tooth - not just a little loose, but hanging by a thread loose with the replacement tooth coming in behind it. She’s excited for it to come out, because it’s the first tooth she’ll lose, but she’s also nervous for it to come out, because it’s her first tooth she’ll lose.

Princess loves to show us how looser her tooth is with her tongue . . . what she doesn’t understand is that we can’t actually see her tooth when she does this But it’s still hilarous to watch because she opens up her big blue eyes as wide as she can every time she shows me!

She wouldn’t take her own tooth out of her mouth, so she commissioned her brother to do it for her. She told him to “twist it twist it until it comes out!” He decided he needed his flashlight for some extra light I love this picture because Princess looks as calm as ever and Dude looks like he’s hating every minute of what he’s doing. But seriously, what big brother wouldn’t love to be able to yank a tooth out of his sister’s mouth - withOUT getting in trouble?

Alas . . . Princess went to bed with a tooth in her mouth. She did not lose a tooth the first night.

It got down to about 38 degrees - 38 wet degrees - but we were toasty warm in our awesome REI mummy sleeping bags (at least me and hubby were). We all slept well, even Duma (oh ya - she came with us on her first camping trip ever!). We were excited for Day 2 because we had some hiking planned and couldn’t wait!

All in all, Day and Night #1 were a success . . . always a good way to start a camping trip Check back to see and hear more about Day and Night #2 . . . did our hike get rained out? Did Duma catch the squirrel that was taunting her? Did Princess lose her first tooth?