Our First Camping Trip

The Cavs won the Eastern Conference finals.  We were so excited.  However the game was so late.  All of us were at the watch party.  I was tired. The kids were tired. It was a mess at the end. Brian wanted to enjoy the moment.  The rest of us wanted to go home and sleep.  We walked around downtown a lot though so Brian could take in the scene.

On Saturday was our first camping trip.  Luckily the kids slept in.  I then went grocery shopping for camping.  Brian prepared the camper.  We left our house a little after 1 pm.  When we arrived, a guy that works there helped us tell us where to park the camper. Our site was small and we had neighbors on both sides.  It was very nice of him.  We even had to use some balance ramps too. Luckily Brian was prepared.

We had lunch in our camper.  Then we decided to go to Wild Water kingdom.  It was very hot and I did not pack ear plugs for Austin for the lake.  We are used to swimming in pools.  We had a great time at the water park.  We came back for dinner and I cooked inside the camper hot dogs and macaroni and cheese.

It was time for a hayride at the campground.  We waited about an hour though to get on the hayride.  There was a playground across the way so the kids played there while one of us waited in line.  During the hayride, a lady handed out candy.  That was the kids favorite part.   After the hayride, Austin wanted to play basketball. He even made 3 shots in the tall basketball hoop.  That was impressive.  Sydney played on the playground.

We went back to our campsite and had some smores.  We got ready for bed.  Brian and I did not sleep well. Our bed was terrible!!!  The number 1 thing to buy is a new mattress before our next camping trip.

On Sunday morning, Brian and I were cranky because we got no sleep.  I made breakfast in the camper which were pancakes.  The smoke alarm went off while I was cooking.  That was a mess!  Once we aired out the camper, everything was fine.  Then we decided to go back to wildwater kingdom.  We were there for a few hours in the morning.  We stopped at the store on the way back for some ear plugs for Austin. We also got some drinks.  We had lunch in the camper again.

After lunch, we took the kids to the lake to swim. There was a slide that went into the lake.  Sydney loved it.  Austin did not care of it.    Austin loved playing in the sand!  We were there for over an hour playing.  The kids didn't go out too deep and they loved making things in the sand.

Before dinner, we all took showers at the campground showers. We decided not to use our shower yet. It was nice to be clean again.  We had dinner which was hot dogs again because I didn't want to cook hamburgers inside the camper.  And we went on the hayride again.  This time there was no candy.  Austin and Sydney were sad!

We made a campfire and we had smores.  Storms were coming but luckily they were not too severe.  We slept a little better. In the early morning, I ended up in Austin's bed (which is the bottom bunk). I slept better there than my bed.  Sydney ended up with Brian in our bed.

On Monday, I made eggs for breakfast.  We finally took the kids fishing.  Austin had been begging to do that all camping weekend.  Brian and I were not a fan but we did it for them.  They caught a lot of seed weed.  We packed up the camper and came home.  Everyone around us had already left so it was easy to leave.

Once we got home, we cleaned up the camper and put things away. It only took about an hour or so.  Then Brian cut the grass and he put up a new swing for the kids.  I went grocery shopping.  We all very tired.  We had a good first camping trip though!

On Tuesday, we had a field trip to Memphis Kiddie Park.  The weather was perfect.  Austin and Sydney had a great time.  After the kiddie park, we went to the library.  We are still working on 1000 books before Kindergarten. They also signed up for summer reading program.

On Wednesday, it was bike day at school.  I took them there for the morning only. I stayed home and cleaned the house.  The teachers were impressed how well they can ride a bike. Austin can ride bike with no training wheels and Sydney is very fast with her training wheels.  Sydney wants her training wheels off but she needs to practice a little more on the balance bike.