did you say.... CAMPING???

I did ruthie.. i did.. and you and elly m. are invited to go with us.. and that we did. we all went camping as a little family for one night with unknown adventures ahead of us. I don't even remember where we went, it wasn't too far away, but just far enough that i couldn't decide in the middle of the night to pack things up and go home... so the evening began so filled with peace and love and light... and mickie and jonathan put up the tent and i said.. who needs a rain cover.. it for sure wouldn't rain on "OUR"first camping trip... then night time comes.... so cozy by the fire.. ruthie falls asleep in the tent so happily.. elly m. enjoys picking up buckeyes and filling her pockets til her little buttcrack shows and jonathan turns into super man keeping the fire going with whole trees practically. and then... the middle of the night around oh midnight.. jonathan and i wake up to some rustling over by the campfire where we left a lot of stuff out because of my lack of flashlight packing...and because i put two children to sleep... have a very full bladder and need to use the bathroom am the chosen one to check out what is going on at the campsite... i find a bunch of raccoons taking off with our food... uh...oh...

so an hour later... i hear "MOMMA" and little ruthie had popped her head up wide awake ready for some play time and then little elly m. wakes up and needs to go potty.. so here we are at one in the morning walking to the bathroom all four of us... waking up the whole campsite to sit on the toilet and not do anything.. so we finally get the girls back to sleep and about an hour later... i hear drip............drip.......drip.... drip....drip..dripdripdripdrip... you got it.. rain.. hmm..... all i can think is jonathan is not going to be happy with me... and then he pops up and goes outside and puts the rain cover on.. it must of been three at this point.. who knows though... we didn't bring a clock of any kind. so we go back to sleep about an hour later to hear that it is pouring out rain. .. miserable for a small family to be trapped in a tent with nothing to do... bummer.. so our first camping trip was a learning experience and put a good enough taste in our mouths for another one..... next time i think i will look at the forecast before we leave.