We decided to venture out on our very first camping adventure with Naomi over the weekend. We forgot the camera so there are no pictures to accompany this blog post. I'm deeply sorry.
Well we headed out with Chelsea, Daniel, Benson, Kimber and McKay, and a young couple from our ward, the Bullocks.
We went to Mink Lake which is out past Stony Plain (west of the city). It was an alright campground to begin with, but there were definitely not enough trees around each site. There was not enough privacy by far.
Benson was super excited to camping for his first time... although I think that sleeping in a tent at his great grandma's cabin counts, but Chelsea and Daniel don't count that.
He was very excited to be making smores. But you know he was freaking out a little when his marshmallow was turning brown in the fire. We had to explain that that is what happens when you roast marshmallows. The only other time he has had smores, was at my mom's house and the marshmallows were heated in the microwave. It was so cute!!!
Naomi had fun I think. She did not want to go to bed at bedtime though. She is used to her bedroom which is pretty dark, and much quieter. Just a few sites a way was some people consuming a great amount of alcohol, and they had their car radio up about as loud as it would go I assume. So after listening to her cry for half an hour we got her up and she came and sat around the fire with us adults. Around 10 we tried again to put her to bed since it was now darker. She finally gave in after about 20-25 minutes of crying. The music finally shut off around 11. We decided to head to bed around 11:30. Well Naomi being the lite sleeper that she is woke up as we filed into the tent. I grabbed her and tried to nurse to sleep between Aric and I. This is when the funniest thing happened. Aric was trying to give us a bit of space, when he disappeared off the edge of the bed!!! We have one of the air mattresses that is on it's own bed. So he went off the edge about a foot and a half to the ground. His sleeping bag combined with the cover of the air mattress equaled very slippery!! I had to control my desired to laugh, to ask if he was alright. Apparently Chelsea and Daniel on the other side of the tent were laughing (but keeping it very quiet). "Did he fall off the bed?" they were whispering to each other.
Anyway Naomi would not calm down so for the sake of the rest of the camp, I took Naomi and myself into the van to sleep. It was a lot quieter in there and she fell asleep in her car seat in about 7 minutes. Now for me to get comfortable and try to sleep. I was in the seat with her which does not give much for leg room or laying down. I wedged my feet between the door and the front seat and tried to sleep. Naomi is very much a stomach sleeper so anytime she tried to roll to her stomach she would wake up and freak out. So most of the night she slept on me... in that middle row, very uncomfortable.
Around 4 in the morning I saw a body emerge from the tent and disappear. Then about 10 minutes later I notice the fire burning pretty small. I sneak out of the van and go see who it is. Aric is sitting there playing a game on his phone. Apparently he had not slept at all due to noise from nearby campsites. Our friends with the music had turned their music back at some point apparently. And another site was having a laughing attack. So I convinced him to come into the can for a bit as it was quiet in there. He stayed in there until Naomi woke up for good around 7. He went to the tent to try to catch a few z's. That didn't last long though as we were all starting to wake up and life was starting at the campground. Well needless to say we did not really enjoy that campground and we won't be going back there. We will look for something a bit more secluded next time.
Over all I think we all had a fun time... minus the sleeping situation. I know I only got about an hour and a half collectively that night. I think we might try sleeping in the tent in the backyard to see if we can get her used to going to bed in a tent.
Well that's it for this post everyone. Nice to see people are reading this blog. I know it really just to check on Naomi :-)
Well we headed out with Chelsea, Daniel, Benson, Kimber and McKay, and a young couple from our ward, the Bullocks.
We went to Mink Lake which is out past Stony Plain (west of the city). It was an alright campground to begin with, but there were definitely not enough trees around each site. There was not enough privacy by far.
Benson was super excited to camping for his first time... although I think that sleeping in a tent at his great grandma's cabin counts, but Chelsea and Daniel don't count that.
He was very excited to be making smores. But you know he was freaking out a little when his marshmallow was turning brown in the fire. We had to explain that that is what happens when you roast marshmallows. The only other time he has had smores, was at my mom's house and the marshmallows were heated in the microwave. It was so cute!!!
Naomi had fun I think. She did not want to go to bed at bedtime though. She is used to her bedroom which is pretty dark, and much quieter. Just a few sites a way was some people consuming a great amount of alcohol, and they had their car radio up about as loud as it would go I assume. So after listening to her cry for half an hour we got her up and she came and sat around the fire with us adults. Around 10 we tried again to put her to bed since it was now darker. She finally gave in after about 20-25 minutes of crying. The music finally shut off around 11. We decided to head to bed around 11:30. Well Naomi being the lite sleeper that she is woke up as we filed into the tent. I grabbed her and tried to nurse to sleep between Aric and I. This is when the funniest thing happened. Aric was trying to give us a bit of space, when he disappeared off the edge of the bed!!! We have one of the air mattresses that is on it's own bed. So he went off the edge about a foot and a half to the ground. His sleeping bag combined with the cover of the air mattress equaled very slippery!! I had to control my desired to laugh, to ask if he was alright. Apparently Chelsea and Daniel on the other side of the tent were laughing (but keeping it very quiet). "Did he fall off the bed?" they were whispering to each other.
Anyway Naomi would not calm down so for the sake of the rest of the camp, I took Naomi and myself into the van to sleep. It was a lot quieter in there and she fell asleep in her car seat in about 7 minutes. Now for me to get comfortable and try to sleep. I was in the seat with her which does not give much for leg room or laying down. I wedged my feet between the door and the front seat and tried to sleep. Naomi is very much a stomach sleeper so anytime she tried to roll to her stomach she would wake up and freak out. So most of the night she slept on me... in that middle row, very uncomfortable.
Around 4 in the morning I saw a body emerge from the tent and disappear. Then about 10 minutes later I notice the fire burning pretty small. I sneak out of the van and go see who it is. Aric is sitting there playing a game on his phone. Apparently he had not slept at all due to noise from nearby campsites. Our friends with the music had turned their music back at some point apparently. And another site was having a laughing attack. So I convinced him to come into the can for a bit as it was quiet in there. He stayed in there until Naomi woke up for good around 7. He went to the tent to try to catch a few z's. That didn't last long though as we were all starting to wake up and life was starting at the campground. Well needless to say we did not really enjoy that campground and we won't be going back there. We will look for something a bit more secluded next time.
Over all I think we all had a fun time... minus the sleeping situation. I know I only got about an hour and a half collectively that night. I think we might try sleeping in the tent in the backyard to see if we can get her used to going to bed in a tent.
Well that's it for this post everyone. Nice to see people are reading this blog. I know it really just to check on Naomi :-)
