Camping Out

...well, sort of!

This weekend we had Eli, the son of some friends, stay with us while his parents were out of town. Eli is in third grade, but is great at entertaining Ruth. Friday night, with Joseph sound asleep and Mommy out for a "mommies only" night, Cameron took Eli and Ruth on the lanai and had a "camp out" experience. They built a fire in the fire pit, roasted marshmallows from their fold up camping chairs, put up Ruth's Dora tent, got out sleeping bags (albeit on top of a blow up mattress!) and called it a night.

I came home late on the brink of a full-blown thunderstorm, and found them all huddled under the covered part of our lanai trying to sleep. Eventually, better judgment prevailed, and the campsite was moved to the living room to avoid lighting strikes and a sleepless night! Oh well, they had fun in spite of the weather!