Camping

My husband had the fun idea of camping in the backyard with the children.  It was a beautiful evening and some good friends allowed us to borrow their tent.  We were just able to fit seven sleeping spaces inside.

We enjoyed dinner around the fire.

Daddy reading bedtime stories to the kids

before they went to bed.

Sleeping arrangements...

This little guy slept in the corner next to mom and dad.

The kids went to bed first...we heard a lot of 

giggles coming from the tent for a while 

and pretty sure the guy above was bouncing

on mom and dad's air mattress for a little while.

Mom and dad ready for bed

Unfortunately BIG J's allergies were really bothering him,

so he never even made it to sleep before having

to go into the house to sleep (I guess the perk about

camping in your backyard).

And Tiger Lily has had a cough that has

been bothering her at night, so she made it until about midnight,

but when her cough started waking everyone up,

mom and her headed to the house.

So two little boys, Fancy E and Dad

made it all night.  Dad said his

air mattress lost air half way through 

the night (possibly due to a 2 year old

bouncing on his bed).

And of course Fancy E had her brothers up nice

and early (she was quite concerned at bedtime

on how she would know when to get up in the morning

without her clock telling her).

In the morning Dad made breakfast for us all by the fire again-

YUMMY!