Aden's First Camping Trip

On Thursday the 16th, we took Aden on his first camping trip. I was looking forward to it, mainly because it was Aden's first -- I am not a fan of camping, especially when it's in a tent.

When we arrived at the campground, there were NO spots available. It was a little surprising, considering we went on a Thursday! The lady in charge gave us a list of people that could be leaving that day, and told us to go talk to them, so we did. After wandering around the campground for awhile, we found a couple who was leaving in a few hours. Lucky us! It was the "few hours" part that wasn't so exciting. But, we decided to play at the river that was only steps away from the site we would get. Aden loved it.

Between getting our site and going to bed, a lot of fighting ensued ... but I'm not going to make this about that. I'll blame the fight on a few too many beers on Richard's behalf, and leave it at that.

When it came time to go to bed, I wasn't looking forward to it. Richard, Aden and I would all be sleeping on one air mattress in the tent. Aden does not typically sleep well when he has to share a room, let alone a bed, with someone else. But, it didn't take long for him to go to sleep. And aside from getting cold a couple times in the night (which was surprising, since he was in fleece jammies) he slept well all night.

When he woke up at 6:15 the next morning, he looked around and said "wow!" He was fascinated by the tent.

Overall, it was a good trip. Aden enjoyed it all: playing in the river, eating the food, running around outside, and even getting his butt changed outside! Hopefully we'll get a chance to go again this summer.

Here's some pictures from the trip:

We let Aden sit with us when driving to the campground store, and he loved it. Later on, Richard let him actually steer ... and needless to say, I was terrified.

Aden's first dip in the river. It was freezing cold and he didn't even seem to notice!

After we put his lifejacket on so they could go a little deeper.

Having fun.

"Helping" daddy set up the tent.

Pigging out.

Playing with his new ball at the playground.

Going for an evening dip in the river with daddy.

Cold water!

My favorite picture.

Funny face

He had so much fun in the water.

Enjoy!