Staycation

Envision going on a first camping trip with two young children.  Perhaps more specifically, envision being a long way from home in a tent when one of them decides he really doesn't want to be camping at all...  Or when you discover that you forgot to bring something really crucial, like a favorite blanket, baby food, milk, or anything else that you can't get by without!

The solution is, of course, a) to camp very close to your home, and b) bring everything in your house.  In other words, set up the tent in your back yard and make a camp fire!  If anything goes awry you can always migrate to the house in 10 seconds flat! 

We recently tried it out and camped out in the back yard with both boys.  We were a little bit surprised that both of them went to sleep in the tent and slept through the night.  Well... at least until the birds woke up and started making ruckus at 5.30...  Rise and shine!