Kimberly Kampout

 The kids beg and beg to attend the Kampout,

they have so much fun and it is the talk of school

for weeks after.

We had hamburgers, hot dogs, chips and s'mores.

They watched Wreck-it-Ralph under the stars

on blankets with all their friends. They bought glow sticks

and glow earrings from the 5th graders and they

actually slept in the tent.

 Two-thumbs up for a great night!

Carwash, Campout and bubbles!

 More summer bucket list check-offs,

 Car Wash

Sock Bubbles

This was an epic fail, this activity lasted

2 minutes, the second the breathed in their mouths were full

of soap.  We won't be doing this again.

CAMP-OUT

We opted for an indoor camp-out this year

 and the tent stayed up for about two weeks

and they slept in in multiple times.

 Of Course, S'mores at our indoor camp-out

 He freaked when he ran out of marshmellow

 Flashlights and card games

 UNO and Old Maid

Nash Christmas 2012

I can't believe I have no pictures.

After opening our presents at home we headed to the Vines' beachhouse to spend the day with our Nash family. We ate yummy food all day and had a second round of presents and games with prizes. The weather was good and we walked on the boardwalk and spent some time in the sand and at the park.

Happy Camping!?!

Says who?

It was an interesting and exhausting 24 hours. I don't mind camping, I actually enjoy it. But, I blame myself (and Ben) for the night we had. We took the two kids, yep you read that right, we took Tatum (3 1/2) and Lincoln (18 months ) camping. In. a. tent. Yes, we are crazy. Tatum was a dream camper, she loved the novelty of everything. She loved the tent, her princess sleeping bag, the camp fire, cooking over the camp fire, s'mores. She loved it all. I knew we would have a hard time with Lincoln. He seemed to love camping too, but it was the sleeping part he was not so fond of. I tried to lay down with him at 8:30pm, an hour past his normal bedtime, that didn't work. So we took the kids for a drive. Tatum fell asleep in 3 minutes flat, Lincoln it took about an hour of us driving around, but alas he was asleep. We even transferred them both successfully to the tent floor. Tatum slept until 7:00 am the next morning.

Lincoln slept until 1:00 am.
He woke up so thrilled to see us all laying there and decided our air mattress was a trampoline. We tried everything, he thought it was all a game and seemed to really be enjoying himself. Ben took the insomniac for another drive at about 2 am, it didn't work. It was another couple of hours before he was asleep. Ben and I were both so tired it was nauseating. What were thinking? An 18 month old camping? We were asking for it.

We had planned to spend the next day at the campground's water park but we were so exhausted we lasted only about an hour and a half.