This has been a fun Summer. Filled with camping, swimming, sprinklers and avoiding the heat laying in our air conditioned house! Plus the usual chores, renovations and yard work. Parker turned ONE! Holy moly time flies. I'll make a separate post just for his birthday later (hopefully soon.... not in 4 months).
So this summer we went camping with one of my closest friends and her family. Her daughter and Cooper are best friends. He will even tell you that Lily* is "my girl". And before you start getting wedding bells in your head.... They're "cousins". While it was a great camping trip, there are definitely things I would change. Camping with toddlers is hard! I've camped in snow, torrential down pours, in the bush and yet it has nothing on camping with toddlers.
I will say that I was a little under prepared for the weather. It was slated to be hot all week. Not while we're camping! I froze my little (big?) tooshie off. Plus the air mattress that we brought for Cooper had no cap, thus no air. So he slept on a water floatie..... that clearly had a hole in it! That morning Evan and I went into town to grab some warmer clothing and something for Coop to sleep on.
So the unfortunate part of camping in the Summer in BC is that there are campfire bans. My cousins had just gone canning and had taken a propane fire pit. Genius! So we packed up the fireplace and it worked perfectly.
Our campsite was great. We had an empty area behind us that the two big kids could run around in. The only downfall was that because we had two tents on the site, it made for very little space for the kiddos to ride their bikes. Plus when the youngest cries for hours during the middle of the night, your camping mates can hear your awful rendition of "Hush little baby".
Overall, it was a great experience and we definitely know for next time to be more prepared!
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