Madi Kaye has been talking about and begging to go camping for quite a while. We are not really the "camping" type of family, but we didn't want to squelch our baby girl's excitement, so we decided to give it a shot! Well...Andy decided to give it a shot...Micah and I are still a little too chicken! :)
We decided to campout in the backyard for our first camping experience to see how Madi would do.
I'll let the pictures do the explaining... :)
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| Madi and Daddy making a list of all they need for their camping adventure! (Does this surprise you?) |
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| Gathering wood for the campfire (sorry the picture is sideways!) |
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| Proud of their stack of branches and sticks! |
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| Helping Daddy put up the tent |
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| Little man LOVED being outside in all the action too! He loves playing in the playhouse! |
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| So proud of the set-up tent! |
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| Think she's a little excited??? |
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| She had to add her own personal touches to the tint...princess sleeping bag, Ha-Ha monkey, and all! |
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| Suppertime! Get that fire going, Daddy! This took at least 30 minutes...which was a long time for an impatient little girl! |
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| Micah killed time by playing with Gracie. A boy and his dog...so precious! |
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| Finally got the fire going! Time to roast some hot dogs! Yum yum! |
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| Everybody enjoying their hot dogs and chips! |
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| Of course...gotta roast some marshmallows for smores! |
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| Madi LOVED her smore! Almost as much as her mommy! :) |
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| This little man was a MESS! He was covered in dirt, cheese puffs, juice, and ketchup. He had a good bath after all that fun! :) |
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| Still so excited! |
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| Just a-swangin' |
Our fire went out about 7:30, and we still had a little time to kill before dark, so we decided to go play in the front yard with our neighbor friends. Madi had a blast catching lightning bugs, but I forgot to take pictures.
A little after 8, Madi and daddy headed back to their tent and Micah and I headed inside for bath and bed. Here are my precious ones, all snuggled in for the night!
And...they made it all night! Andy said they read a few books, and then Madi said she wanted to go to sleep and fell asleep around 9:30. She slept all night long and woke up about 6:45 the next morning. Andy, on the other hand, came in the house at 7:00 and crashed for a couple of hours! But he said it was all worth it because his princess had a blast!
Looks like we might give camping at Sardis Lake a try next time! :)
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