Backyard tenting

we really want to go camping this summer, and since we hadn't touched our camp gear in about oh, ahem, 5 years,(we couldn't even remember what color the tent was!) we needed to get it all out and air it out, take inventory etc. Last week by the mercy of God it stopped raining for 2 whole nights in a row, and so out the gear came.

"helping" daddy set up the tent to air out

daddy's new straw hat

eating food fresh off the grill mmmmm


mom and dad sorted our other camp equipment...they made themselves camp coffee on the camp stove for fun.

Ollie being cute



hammering in the stakes on the tent

exploring the tent or the first time
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checking out the camp pads

we didn't sleep in it overnight but we did read books in there and generally enjoy the whole process. If it ever stop raining in Maine our folks have promised to take us camping for real!