It isn't a secret around these parts that we don't actually go camping. I don't mind being outside {obviously}, but Paul is anti dirt! This Summer I have really wanted to add new adventures to our list, and share with our kids what I loved doing as a kid.
One day we were talking to friends about Summer plans, and one thing lead to another...and we decided to camp out in our backyard together! It is one of my favorite childhood memories, except we slept on a trampoline.
Since my kids have never even experienced s'mores, tin foil dinners, or a campfire...gasp!...we went all out camping experience for them!
We started our night with our tin foil dinners, which were super yummy. Out of convenience, we used our oven, but still so delicious. We did the traditional tin foil dinner of hamburger/onion/potatoes, but then we did a chicken/salsa deliciousness that was a crowd pleaser
as well.
We got the campfire raging, and started in on all the desserts. We tried a new to us thing, Woof'ems! You wrap crescent rolls around that neat little stick I linked, and then you can fill it with goodness. So, we put fruit in ours, and topped it with chocolate sauce and whip! It was a favorite.
We looked up some camp stories, because Devin wanted those. The girls wanted to look at stars, and we found a few of the formations.
Because we don't camp, we don't have sleeping bags or a tent. So, we went all redneck, and just gathered all of our blankets and made a big ol' bed on the grass.
We did pretty well, minus the neighbors having a party that woke a few of us up. It got a lot colder than I expected, I would have been fine if I wouldn't have shared blankets with little people who kept moving. We made it until 5:00 AM before we came in, so I say for our first time sleeping under the stars, we get an A+.
I think I could do this about once a Summer, because these old bones of mine don't do as well on hard ground sleeping anymore.
It was definitely a night of fun memories, and I am glad we had friends who would do it with us!
