Camp Newton

I am a little late in posting this, but 2 weekends ago we fulfilled a long-time promise (made exclusively by my husband) to go camping in our backyard!  He told Riley and Jace  last  fall that we could have a backyard camp-out, then time just got away and it was too cold .  So, we decided to capitalize on the beautiful weather we've been having, and let me tell you, we had an absolute blast! 

The kids were so excited.... the entire day they asked  me WHEN we could set up the tent and have s'mores!  Honestly, I was so pumped when Jordan walked in the door with a tent in hand- it was comparable to a mall giftcard or perhaps a massage.  So, the tent went up... and the little people started playing inside it!

Then, of course, you can guess the next question that arose... "Mommy, Daddy, can we make S'MORES!??"!  Yes, yes we can dear.  Mommy knows how to do that very well.  Necessary supplies... CHECK.

Fire's ready... CHECK!

And they were off... I'm pretty sure Riley had at least 3 and Jace probably had more.  I found empty Hershey wrappers in the tent the next morning. How can something so simple taste SOOOO good?  Anywhooo...

 

  After the s'mores, we went inside and gave the kiddos a bath- not quite traditional camping I know, but they smelled like smoke and we had to maintain a little civility here. :)  Anyway, after that, since we hadn't had enough sweet treats, we had hot chocolate by the fire!  

Then we all loaded into the tent and each kiddo read everyone a book. Oh to have had my video camera in there... I am so mad at myself!!! Listening to them read was HILARIOUS... so precious.  

And, as Jace would say, "after that, they hit the sack"!  Notice, there was only enough room for 3 people in the tent.... so someone had to sacrifice and sleep inside in the cozy bed.  I took one for the team.  And I would have bet all the money in the world that AT LEAST one child, if not both, would be cuddled up next to me before sunrise... and I would have been BROKE!  They slept out there all night long!!!  

I'd say Camp Newton was a success.  :)