Camping in the Backyard

I've wanted for years to get into camping. I think it's a great family outing to do with kids. It's inexpensive and kids love dirt and being outside. For christmas we got a lot of camping things. Our first tent, lantern, stove! I've wanted to use the tent, at least in the backyard before we go anywhere. We still need sleeping bags, maybe for Christmas this year. Friday was a perfect day to do this. I knew Jocelynn would be so excited. Carter was going to sleep inside. My parents are inside and I also came in around 12am. It would have been hard with him in the tent so him inside was perfect. We did smores on the fire pit and pretended like we were fishing in the waterfall. We got into the tent a little later then we should have. It took Jocelynn over an hour to get to sleep. She was so excited. The next day she woke up at 630am and threw a tantrum by 8am. It was worth it though. She took a nap at 10am that day and was in bed by 6pm. It was a great memory and we look forward to doing this more.