Camping Trip #3

We woke up Tuesday morning pretty cold and tired. We decided that instead of camping another night, as planned, we would play all day and after dinner and a camp fire, we would head home. It really is the best of both worlds. We got to spend the day in the great outdoors, have camp food and a fire under the stars, a nice quiet ride home with both girls fast asleep, and a lovely nights rest in our warm home and beds.

As soon as Aubrey left the tent Tuesday morning, she was back at her rock collecting.

After a full night of Daddy fretting and checking on her, this is what Brooke looked like in the morning. I'm pretty sure that she was the most warm out of all of us. (Maybe a little overly warm!)

Aubrey discovered a new favorite drink, Hot chocolate!

I thought that our tent looked so cozy amongst the trees.

The trees at our campsite where also quite pretty.

Once Brooke woke up, Aubrey thought she'd entertain her with a few stories. What a good big sis!

Then we were off to Potter's Pond for a little fishing. Unfortunately, we had a little technical difficulty with the fishing pole, so we didn't get to fish very long. It was a bummer, cause Jeff was really looking forward to fishing, and I thought Aubrey would enjoy seeing a fish up close and personal. However, Aubrey was thrilled with the vast amount of rocks at the pond and very much enjoyed throwing them in the water. She also learned how to throw instead of just drop them in. She really could have stayed all day tossing rocks into the pond. We were only able to get her away with the promise of going back to the lake after lunch for some more sand castle making.

More fun with rocks!

Loving the splash the rocks make when they hit the water.

Despite our best efforts at keeping Brooke out of the sun at the pond - she managed to get pretty pink cheeks. With a sun hat that big, I don't know how it happened.

After the pond we went back to camp for lunch and a nap. Well at least Daddy and Brooke napped. I had an Aubrey climbing all over me - so we did not get a nap. Then we went back to the lake.

Look at our cute little beach bum.

Here's her sad little pink cheeks :(

Cute lil' tongue.

Our sand molds and castles were still there from the day before and Aubrey went right back to putting rocks in the sand castle.

Brooke just happy to be alive and with her fam!

Playing with the mud is also a lot of fun.

Listening to the waves crash along the shore just lulled Brooke right to sleep.

Daddy putting Aubrey's shoe back on after she got stuck in the mud!

We headed back to camp to start packing and get dinner ready.

Aubrey immediately went back to her rock picking. I'm not sure how many days of camping it would have taken before she would have tired of this. Funny kid.

Then after we packed and roasted hot dogs on the camp fire - we headed home. It was about 9:30 before we left, so we really did get a full day of camping fun.

As we were leaving we saw this poor, dirty little girl. Even though she was filthy from head to foot, we decided to take her home with us!

Wednesday morning we all got nice hot baths. OH how heavenly. Since, wed. was supposed to be part of our camping vacation, we decided to continue our fun at the swim park. Aubrey had been dying to take daddy down the water slides. And that she did - over and over and over again. Daddy didn't mind though, because he thought the water slides were pretty fun too!

Overall, we had a real fun time on our little camping vacation. Even though it wasn't as long as planned, we thought it was a successful camping trip. Aubrey loved pretty much every minute of it. And I think Brooke did too! Jeff and I had a really good time as well - if only we could have had someone cook and clean for us! But, I guess that is all part of the camping experience!