Saturday, October 11, 2008

Camping...in our living room


We were supposed to be roasting marshmallows and sipping hot cocoa right now up at Mt Charleston on our very first family camping trip, but the girls are sick so we are going to camp inside instead.

We started out the day with a tantrum thrown by Claire. Tim was watching football and Claire saw a commercial for Nascar. After it was over, she threw herself down on the ground and started kicking and crying, whimpering something about "race cars" in between wails. Just now there was another commercial about her new favorite sport, and she watched with an open-mouthed smile as the cars whizzed around the track.

Instead of roasting hot dogs over a campfire for dinner, we will be eating one of my new favorite dishes and burning marshmallows over the gas cook top. We will also be sleeping in relative warmth and comfort, considering the actual carpet under the tent as opposed to a carpet of pine needles. I will be glad for the protection of our walls, since last night's winds brought a cold front through that has kept the temperature to about 60* today. It's bound to be near freezing tonight up in the mountains.

Kate is running around inside the tent yelling, "It's really fun! It's really cool!" over and over again. Camping is going to be a hit.

4 comments:

Carrie S said...

Glad you're warm and safe. I hope you get some sleep! Our indoor camping trips don't usually lend themselves to much sleep. Enjoy the roasted marshmallows!!

Elizabeth said...

The hilarity of your spawn loving NASCAR is just too funny and ironic. Are Tim and Claire going to have to fight for control of television programming during college football/NASCAR season?

What a good idea to camp at home instead of just canceling the trip and feeling depressed! I hope the kids feel better soon.

Anonymous said...

Carrie,

The indoor camping trip didn't involve much sleep here either... and was eventually aborted for normal beds. Claire in particular was traumatized by losing the privelege of sleeping in the tent. "Sleep tent, sleep tent..." was how she cried. It was heartbreaking. Maybe it'll work next time.

Andrea and Ben said...

Fun! Ben would be proud of Claire. He is obsessed with wanting Reid to like NASCAR.

I must try that recipe!