caaaammmppppiiinnnggg!!!!!!!!!

hello friends!!!!! here it is.. our camping adventure! Colin and I have only been camping with our families, never with each other so as we booked our site at Rathtrevor for our camping adventure panic set in as we realized we didn't know how to camp! I madly started writing lists of things we would need. And although our tent was too small, our axe too dull, and our food unglamorous... Rupert left the site in tears crying "more camping! more camping!"

We dined on hot dogs, smores and alphaghetties! I loved camping because although it's cliche it does really force you to slow down and relax because there really is nothing to do! so that's what we did... not a whole lot of anything. we played in the campsite, went for walks, went to the beach and played in the tent! it was lovely.

{he just keeps growing and growing this boy!!!!!! I don't always notice it day to day, but then I take a picture of him and there he is a lot older looking than the last...}

{after "helping" daddy get the fire ready}

Our boy loves camping. He had a perma smile on his face the whole time. We decided just to go for two nights as we didn't know how he would do. The first night was a gong show. We got Rupe a mattress that had a sleeping bag attached to it. Seems like a good idea right? he's locked in with no where to go.... oh wait except for up. He kept popping out the top of the sleeping bag and falling off his mattress! eventually we just brought him in with us... and the next night put him on top of his sleeping bag with some blankets... He slept from 9pm till 8am. what a champ!

This boy loves marshmallows! he asked for them for weeks afterwards. Although, when asked what his favorite part of camping was he said, "Aylah and Autumn" two of his friends from home who we did not see at all during camping. haha.

Rathtrevor was just the perfect place for our first camping adventure. It was close to home, close to the beach and also has a fantastic parks program! Including Jerry's Rangers, which although is not funded anymore they are choosing to still run! We got to see an owl... just saying.

I think Rupe was made for camping. I think we will have many more camping adventures in the coming years. Now that we have got our feet wet and have realized that camping with a toddler wasn't as bad as once imagined, I hope it will become a regular occurrence each summer.

Ucluelet adventure to come!