Mother's Day Campout

While most mothers like to be taken out to a nice brunch on Mother's Day, this year I opted for something different... a campout at Lake Arcadia. That's not to say that quiche and a mimosa didn't sound good when I woke up this morning (are you really allowed to say 'woke up' when your night only consisted of small bits of sleep?) in 40 degree weather and was faced with the task of preparign breakfast on a campfire. Believe me, a quick trip to Sonic crossed my mind.

We found a somewhat secluded campsite and I became obsessed with collecting wood while the kids played in the tent. I had visions of the early pioneers who ran out of firewood halfway through the long, hard winter and they all perished. Needless to say we left a nice sized wood pile at our campground for the next visitors.


She's a natural


We made foil packets for dinner, and lucky for us they were a hit. After we made s'mores a car drove by and said, "That looks like the Hendersons. Wait, it is the Hendersons!" We had a surprise visit by our friends Darren and Meredith Ford and their kids Reece and Paxton. They were driving through checking out campsites for a future visit. If we ran into someone we knew camping in the woods, we aren't alone anywhere!

So the tent we borrowed from Gigi and Leo we were told was a 4 person tent. The nice surprise was it was a 2-3 person tent! Nice. It was a tight fit. As it got cold I kept checking Reid to see if he had enough blankets. Every time I checked he had kicked the covers off, but was still warm and toasty. When he got up this morning he said,"Mommy, my tummy hurts" and then began throwing up. The lesson is: if you want to stay warm at night while camping just run a fever.

Poor Reid.