Camping

We are soooooo outdoorsy.

Well, if camping for one night 45 minutes from home at a "full service" campground is considered outdoorsy, then yes, we are soooooo outdoorsy.

Jeff and I grew up camping and have always loved it.  Now that the girls are getting a little older, we want to share this adventure with them.

(Side story... when Claire was first born and needed me a lot, Jeff made a point to show Avery special attention as often as he could.  One of his daddy/daughter ideas was camping in a tent with her in our backyard.  They had a blast!  After this experience, we were anxious to do some real camping and a few weeks ago was finally the time.)

We all had a ton of fun!  Claire was a little tricky the first day we were there due to her intense curiosity about everything (read: dirt, bushes, fire, fellow campers, etc) and her love for running (read: Claire caught a shoe edge while running and slammed her head onto pavement a few hours into our adventure).  She was loving it all, but keeping her safe (and close by) proved to be a little hard at first.  Thankfully, Avery was awesome and helped us with her.

Going into the trip, I was most anxious about how Claire would sleep at night.  Would we put her in the pack n play?  Would she sleep through the night?  How would she fall asleep with all the campground noises still going strong at 7:00 p.m.?  Well, my little one rocked it!  She fell asleep with ease in her own sleeping bag nestled between mine and Avery's just after 7:00 p.m. and didn't wake up until 6:30 a.m. the next morning.  We all felt like a million bucks with her sleeping success!

We looked forward to camping many more times with friends and family!

Toddlers get MESSY while camping.  I let go of keeping my kids clean the minute we stepped foot at our campsite.

Avery was excited to practice sleeping. 

We did a lot of exploring around the campgrounds.

This was taken shortly after Claire's forehead met pavement.

Avery was the epitome of a Mommy's Helper!

Handing out hugs and all.

This was taken after our "real" hike.  Both girls rocked it.  Avery hiked the entire thing herself! (A part of me never knew if this day would ever come!)

So. Much. Stuff.

FPT

Clean as a whistle.