Having a little campout....

Growing up, my family spent many weekends camping on the Conecuh River. No, we didn't have the luxury of a cabin out in the woods or even a camper. We roughed the wilderness in an 8-man family tent. We loved it!! I can still remember getting up in the mornings to the smell of breakfast cooking on our little Coleman stove. By the way, those were some of the best breakfasts I have ever had. I have so many wonderful memories of our days spent at the river.

So, saying all that, we've wanted to take Ty camping for awhile now, but being pregnant and having a baby just doesn't make for the best of camping conditions. So, we said, 'why not the backyard?' Ty was thrilled to hear of our plans to set up camp in the backyard. I don't think he could be any happier if we were setting up camp in the Smoky Mountains. Ben and Ty were in Wal-Mart earlier this week checking out all the camping gear and trying to figure out everything they would need for their campout. Ben informed us that we would go back to the store on Thursday night and buy whatever we needed then. I guess they were just scoping everything out on the first trip. So, today I began to question Ty on what he thought he would need for his campout. This is what he said:

Here is Ty's shopping list:

1. a green bowl to cook the weiners in

2. a tent

3. orange weiners - he later said "No, we need red weiners, very red weiners, like your shirt." (I had on a red PHS t-shirt)

4. Dr. Pepper & Pepsi

5. a sleeping bag, but I have that already

6. silly song CD to listen to (gotta have music, right?)em>

So we have our shopping list and we go to Wal-Mart. He finds everything he needs, along with a few extra items:) white powdered doughnuts and chips. We had to hurry and get out of that store before he found anything else to add to his collection. Now that everything is ready, we'll see how long the campers can handle being "out of the house."

As for Andrew and me, well, let's just say we'll be waiting in the house for the campers to return. It won't be long and we'll get to join them. I'll let you know how the "trip" turns out.

So much to choose from - how will we ever decide?


He thought he needed a coffee pot.



He reluctantly puts the coffee pot back on the shelf.


We had to go with blue bowls and cups since Wal-Mart doesn't carry green. The Ty-Man is loving his camping dishes! I wonder how many times these will actually get used??