Backyard Camp Out

We had our first backyard camp out last weekend. Zander was so excited for night to come so he could sleep in the tent and play in the yard. This was our trial run for the ward camp out coming up just to see how well the kids would do...I don't think we'll stay the night, but we sure had fun!

We set up the tent, cleaned Lucas off--he had gotten into the fallen plums on the ground and started eating them. Then we sat around the fire and made smores, had a silly string fight, then played with the glow sticks. I was pleasantly surprised how well Lucas did, but he fell asleep aroud 10:00 which was awesome, but unfortunately, Zander did not want to go to bed, but instead, have fights with the glow sticks. We tried to get him to calm down to go to sleep, but nothing worked, and he ended up screaming and waking Lucas up. That made for a terrible night sleep. By the time Zander did fall asleep it was around 11:00 and I was up with Lucas until 2:30 Stephen finally took him inside and put him down in the crib while I stayed with Zander. It just wasn't comfortable enough slipping and sliding all over my sleeping pad. We woke up about 7:30 and cleaned up!

I really did have a fun time, but trying to get Zander to go to bed was a nightmare. I guess we'll try for a real camp out next summer when the boys are older.

 Stephen forgot to slide the poles through the tent...nerd