camping

Well, it's Memorial Day weekend and it's been absolutely gorgeous outside. We have quite literally spent all day every day outside this entire weekend. This morning, Erik thought it might be a fun time to take out the old tent and camp out back with the kids. After we got home, he started a fire up in the pit and brought out the tent to air it out. Oh my goodness did the kids go absolutely crazy when the saw it! Beyond excited does not even begin to cover it. We spent all day outside and the kids had an absolute blast. We cooked burgers on the pit and topped off our dinner with some toasted marsh-a-mellows (according to Nate). Once the kids were nice and sticky, after playing in some dirt, they wiped their hands on the ground. Not sure if you've ever had the experience of wiping off caked on marshmallows with sticky grass or not, but it's not as easy to clean as one might think. Oh well, who cares! After this weekend, I've realized that Lex and Nate truly like being barefooted. Bailey takes her shoes on and off, but prefers them on most of the time. I can already tell, however, that my boys are going to be "those kids" that have permanently dirty feet in the summer. At least we're all having fun!