the happy campers oh the stress having little ones by a roaring fire
the only place Zane was happy was in this laundry basket so he didn't feel contained
I couldnt fit the playpen in the trailer so Zane was at home in a towel closet...
I have always thought of myself as a fairly good outdoors girl and that I liked camping but I have decided that I am not a camper esp. with little kids. We went camping last weekend for an extra birthday celebration for Jenny. Jake was so so excited and we borrowed a 26 ft. camping trailer from one of his friends. We were all ready to find out if we are "trailer" people (not trash) We went grocery shopping and Jake had all these ideas for wonderful campout foods and i let him buy all his ingedients while slipping in easy things like donuts, lunchables, and crustables in the cart. After spending 200 dollars on food for our 2 day camping trip we packed bikes, fishing poles, playpens, bumbo and clothes for hot and cold weather...... so much work. So we went camping in Payson which is i think normally only 3 hours away but it took us over 5 and it was dark by the time we got there. Jake's yellow beast isnt as tough as it looks and we could barely go 35 mph up the hills. By the time we got parked we had a screaming hungry baby and starving kids that wanted their dinner and smores NOW. Jake still had to unload the generator and hook it up so we could have power and park the trailer(and put all the feet down) so I quickly threw crustables at the kids and a pop so they were happy and Jake was disappointed to not get to try out the dinner he had planned (which probably would have been delicious but taken too long at that point) The kids did get to roast marshmellows before bed that night. The next day we went on bike rides around the camp and Jake got to take all the big kids fishing while zane slept in the trailer with me.Jake was trying hard to be a good sport but was at his limit when he came home with all the worms because Bailey had named them and hid them to save their lives and josh decided that he had to use the bathroom after they had hiked a mile into the lake and Jake told him he would have to wait so he started to convince his sisters they had to go too figuring his odds were better if more then one person had to go and he was right. Jake really was done when he came back to camp to make one of the wonderful planned dinners he had prepared and the meat had all gone bad because the fridge wasnt cold enough. So good thing we had some luchables. It was a fun trip and the kids enjoyed it but next time I am all for a cabin or hotel.. cause when we got home I had bags full of smoky clothes and had to unpack the trailer and clean it aughhhhhhhhhhh... did I mention the kids had fun.
