First Family Camping Trip!

We adventured out into the great outdoors for one night of camping at Kitsap Memorial State Park last weekend.  The park itself was really nice: right by the water, a big grassy field with a playground, and lots of big tall trees.  The campground was a bit too crowded and sardine like, small spaces and lots of people.   We went with our friends the McGees who have a 2 year old (Nora) who really loves Leana and Juju.

Everything went really well except for the night.  There was lots of noise from other campers, Juju had trouble falling asleep (but then slept great), and Leana (who basically put herself to sleep inside the tent) later woke up many times crying for me, I think mostly because she kept slipping off her sleeping pad and/or out of her sleeping bag.  The girls got to eat their first S'mores (big hit), play in the water, find crabs and sea stars during low tide, and get nice and dirty.  Juju got to crawl around in some dirt and explore inside the tent, and of course he tried to eat lots of rocks, dirt and grass.   Lessons learned for next time: bring big air mattresses for everyone, pillows, more wine, and find a place with bigger campsites and/or less people...