Daddy/Daughter Camping Trip

This weekend was quite a busy one for us!!! I had already committed myself to Bunko and a garage sale, so Justin saw this time as a great opportunity to take Lucy Anne on her first camping trip! Wow, I thought. Have you thought this through . . . taking a 21 month old, alone, camping??? Really, I thought she would have the best time. I was only concerned about the sleeping arrangements. It's not everyday she sleeps in a tent. So, I suggested the Pack'n'Play, but he opted for a good ol' pallet on the tent floor. They left Friday evening around 5:00 and apparently had to park and walk to the campsite (two trips). Thank you to the gentleman who helped them. Anyway, it was near dark when Justin began setting up the tent. There is a fire ban, so Justin used his camping lantern and little stove to boil hot dogs and roast marshmallows. He says she prefers her marshmallows unroasted. Finally, they went to sleep around 10:30 in the tent. Then at 12:30, she awakened, "squalling" (as Justin put it). The next hour was an up 'n' down, try to figure out what will work to get her to go back to sleep and not wake up the whole camp ground, ordeal. Justin actually told me he wondered if maybe this wasn't the best idea . . . I tried not to laugh and tell him "I told you so." Eventually, she went back to sleep and they got up before the "sun woke up". The only part of the story that you will get from Lucy Anne is that she and Daddy yelled at the sun to wake up. The rest of the morning was spent playing around in the woods before they came home to take a nap.

Our next event on the weekend agenda was to our Small Group Bible Study Halloween Party. Lucy Anne went as a strawberry and Justin was Uncle Ricco from Napoleon Dynamite. We had a great time . . . good food, a bounce house, pumpkin crafts, face painting, treats, swings, a pumpkin hunt, and good friends! Kristen really out-did herself!!!