First time Camping with all 5 of us - plus Nanny!

We went camping over Memorial Weekend.  It went very well.  Nap times were a bust as it was way too hot for them to sleep in the tents, but if we head North that shouldn't be a problem next time.  We brought the bulldog (side by side) but left the boat.  This turned out to be a great decision as we used the heck out of the bulldog and the boat would have been just too much. We'll leave the boat for day trips to the lake.

The girls had a great time.  Katherine is very interested in fishing - I think we're going to have to get her a child size pole.  Nathan had them fishing in the parking lot with just a weight.  Then we let them fish on the shore with just a weight (no hooks yet).  Katherine was very serious and getting pretty good at casting.  Jane was super sweet calling the fish, "Here fishies... here fishie fishie fishie" and making kissing sounds to get them to come to her.

They had a hard time going to bed, it's so exciting sleeping in a tent after all, but once they were down they slept great.  Mama kept covering them up throughout the night. (I don't know why Jane's pictures are sideways..any ideas here from fellow bloggers?  Drives me batty!)

Alice did great.  She slept in a lot of layers and her pack n play.  She didn't nap for crap either, but she was super good natured regardless.  It'll be easier when she's walking as she totally wants to be down exploring.

We did pretty good on packing, only a few minor things we learned we could do without next time (of course none of them are real space savers so not too exciting) but we did forget the dinners!  Good thing Sandy bought extra food and Nathan caught a fish!  Oh well, the marinated chicken was delicious the night we got home and we're having the brats tonight.  That's what happens when you have both Mama and Dada kinda packing the cooler - next time one person will be in charge of the food :)

We all had a great time and were super thankful for an extra set of hands to help out.  Sandy grew up camping at lakes so is a pro.  We loved having her, as did the girls.