"Camping"

We went "camping" last weekend because Scott's mom had bought all this camping stuff and decided we had better go camping or else why did she buy all this stuff? (Notice I said "camping") Now the camping I am used to is everyone piling in our red Ford Van and driving the 15 hours it takes to get to Yosemite...it doesn't take 15 hours to get to Yosemite? Really...hmmm...must have been all the train pictures. Well, I digress. Once we got to Yosemite we set up a small tent and put our sleeping bags on the floor and had food in the cooler and set up a small camp stove. We would walk to the showers every day and by the time we had walked back we were dirty again becuase they were really far away. We would brush our teeth in a bucket of water and spit it out on the ground. And if you had to go to the bathroom after dark, well you hope you brought enough bug spray! We had a lot of fun, but it was, at least to us "roughing it". So when I say "camping" I mean we slept in a tent, but that is about the only resemblance to what I had done with my parents when I was little. We got this huge tent and 2 queen size air mattresses. We even had sheets and pillows, no sleeping bags, execpt for Jamie who got a new cars sleeping bag to match his cars camping chair, so cute! Finn slept in a pack-in-play in a seperate area of the tent via a curtain. Which helped so much because he couldn't see us, so he actually slept! We were worried that it would be awful with Finn since he might be miserable gated in and he might keep us up all night, but he really did great! Jamie had a wonderful time especially riding his bike. We also went out to eat for every meal (which I sure didn't mind since I would have had to cook!) and went down to Balboa Island after dinner and went for a walk. Jamie had a great time riding his bike and managed not to hit anyone, which I thought was a small miracle. What was the best was the campfire when we got back from dinner. I put Finn to bed and he barely cried, Scott started up the fire with only wood and some napkins! I was very impressed. (It also almost completly burned up all the wood) And we made Jiffy pop and roasted marshmallows and explained to Jamie why he shouldn't lean forward in his chair. He looked so cute sitting in his own chair like a big boy! Then he had a graham cracker stuck to his shorts and a marshmallow stuck to his shirt! So I had to change him into new clothes, he is so funny! We slept ok, but not great since we were in a new place, but the boys both slept all night. Then we woke up early since it was light and decided to go to breakfast at 7 since Jamie was having a hard time understanding why he shouldn't be shouting at us (even though it was early and other people were sleeping, oh and the fact that he was less than 3 feet from us!) He really doesn't get the whole "shhhh" thing! So all in all we had a good time and actually got some sleep!