Camp Out

Shelby has been busting to sleep in the tent with Colin one night and they finally got around to it. Colin literally could not contain his excitement. As soon as Shelby told him about going camping Colin started asking a million questions. He was repeating questions and talking just to hear himself talk, so when he asked another ridiculous question Shelby answered with him "cheese and sprinkles." That didn't do a bit of good, then Colin was so excited about cheese and sprinkles he asked a million more questions about that. Shelby finally gave up and started hauling the tent and camp stuff to the back yard and Colin went out with him. I honestly thought Shelby might throw Colin into the ocean before that tent was actually set up. Between Colin trying to "help", him being so excited he wasn't listening to a thing, and then asking another question before he could even finish the one he was just asking.... poor Shel! LOL

They finally did get the tent set up though. Then the neighbor girls came out to see what was going on. Their dad was probably cursing us for putting ideas in the girls' heads. Colin played with his friends for a while and every so often he would come in and ask about the cheese and sprinkles. Finally it was time to send the girls back home and while Colin was getting ready to camp I made a special plate for him...

He was so excited. Shel and Colin headed off to the tent and I snapped a quick picture of them inside.

I headed upstairs to my nice, warm, indoor bed. It was maybe two hours later or so I woke up and heard pouring rain and crazy wind (it's always crazy windy here though) and wondered if they were even sleeping out there. I thought for sure they'd be heading inside any minute so I drifted back off to sleep. Believe it or not Colin slept like a rock through the entire thing and Shelby said he slept pretty good too. The tent didn't leak a bit and the rain didn't bother them. However they did wake up wet, courtesy of Colin who peed the bed. Whoops! Murphy's Law I tell you. Last time the kid peed the bed was when I had packed up every spare sheet in the house preparing for our move to the island. Months go by with no bed wetting incidents and the first time he shares a bed outside with Daddy he pees. Ha! They survived the camping adventure and Colin thought it was the coolest thing ever. He was seriously disappointed when Shelby hauled the tent to the garage to let it dry out and pack it away, he thought they would be sleeping in it again the next night.