House Camping

So for President's day weekend we decided to go camping. But it was pouring rain with no end in sight, so we pitched our tent in our back house. It was a great trial run to see who could hack it (Amelia) and who couldn't (Ben). Remember we are sleeping indoors, on a memory foam mattress, no hard ground, no rain, no bugs or dirt and only a little cold, but we had a space heater to help with that. We played games and read books and ate marshmallows and cookies. The kids got to play with flashlights, sleep in sleeping bags and we looked at stars through the roof of the tent. It was cute and fun. Ben did not like sleeping in a sleeping bag and tossed and turned all night. Finally I let him just crawl in the bed with me. Then at the crack of dawn Amelia sits bolt upright and yells, MORNING!! It was hilarious, but also way too early, so we convinced her to crawl into the bed with us too and managed to sleep until 10am, all of us snuggled together in a pile of blankets. It was great. Baby steps to camping outside!!! I love my city kids and frankly it was the easiest, cleanest camping I have ever done. I didn't mind it too much!!!