2008 Inaugural Camping Trip

We got to the campground and Handsome Face was asleep in his car seat. When he finally woke up he was so disoriented. He never did warm up to the whole camping thing. All that night he only wanted to be held. And when we finally put him to bed around eight o'clock he just cried and cried. I think he finally petered out around 9:30pm. His sister had fallen asleep long before that, even with all the noise coming from the next bed!
We didn't know the ease with which firewood could be procured (they actually have it stacked next to the fire pit already - yay!) and we were going to be arriving late, so we opted for hot dogs that night. Simple and fast.
Cute Girl loved camping. It was all she could talk about all day. When we finally got there she was so excited about sleeping in a tent in the little bed I made up for her that she was ready to skip dinner and go straight to bedtime!
Once asleep the kids actually did pretty well through the night. Cute Girl woke up once when she fell out of her bed and was sleeping on the cold, hard ground. I threw her back in and she was out like a light. Handsome Face woke up once or twice crying but he always managed to go back to sleep on their own. I was the only one who didn't sleep too well. The site across the road was full of twenty-somethings and beer. Not a great combination. And not great for sleep. The kids slept in though, not waking up until 6:30! Here's the boy getting dressed and the girl watching him get dressed from the Pack-n-Play.
And this is my husband, being as goofy as ever.Breakfast was simple - fruit, yogurt, pastry, and copious amounts of chocolate milk and hot chocolate. Here we all are, huddling together for warmth. It's cold up there!He wasn't much help during the pack up. Just watched from the Pack-n-Play. Oh - and he screamed most of the time. Apparently he doesn't like being cooped up.

We went hiking up the mountain before we left. Cute Girl kept wanting to slide down the mountain and/or climb the mountain like the bunny in Runaway Bunny. Handsome Face was exhausted. He fell asleep almost before we s tarted.Our sad attempts at a family picture. Apparently he was hungry (and tired - can you tell?).And before we left, we just had to put the kids inside the bear box. Don't want any black bears taking away these tasty morsels!