We took full advantage of the long weekend, we took the kids camping. Larry had the whole weekend off and let me say it was nice to get to know my husband again. Wow!!! It feels like it has been eons since we have spent full days together. I mean, holy, sometimes I was reminded why it is great he works so much but most of the time it was nice to be reminded why I married him.
We were not on our own, our friends the Maichen's joined us. It was a blast, despite the rain and wind. The small bits of sunshine and seeing the boys run around like "Crazy Mouses" made the wet chairs and tents worth it. Evan and Owen have been friends since they were 6 months and have always had fun playing together, but talk about endless energy. They were up by 8:30 am and played until the sun had long turned in for the night.
We had many adventures, Sheila and I took the kids out a night earlier than the guys. Carl followed us out to help set up and start our fire. After about an hour of a small fire all the kids began to get tired, cry and poop their pants, so with us tag teaming (so no one would hopefully fall in the fire) the fire went out and was never to return. We could not get it started to save our lives. Good thing we were not dependent on it for warmth or food. Good grief! So with the lack of light we turned in for the night. I am not an outside kind of girl, I like clean hands and faces and I HATE bugs. Gross!! But I had tonnes of fun.
The next day began with another fire let down, I could not get it started again, so breakfast consisted of Pop Tarts, cereal, milk and instant coffee. And lunch was sandwiches (courtesy of Sheila, I had planned on fire roasted hot dogs for the day). Not long before we left for home to get our Baby Daddies, Evan took a header into the gravel, I mean header. His face hit before anything else. So with the first injury out of the way, we were prepared.
It was a really fun weekend and though I am happy to be home in my own bed with hot showers, I wish the weekend had not ended. But back to reality.
When I have a few more minutes I will blog about our other adventures.
Signed,
Has a new appreciation for the outdoors!!
