Is that a baby in your pants?

Kids weekend number four. I think its kids weekend number 4? Maybe its three but it feels like it should be four. As you all know, last year, Shelby and her friends got together at Old Orchard Beach Maine for a weekend of sun and fun. This year we decided to go camping. The original idea was to go camping at Lake George New York. Then we quickly realized we all have children, young children, and to our knowledge none of them have ever experienced camping before. Never slept in a tent and never slept outside in the great wild. Maybe it wasn't such a great idea to go camping in the wild quite yet. So instead, Janet and Chris opened up Camp Buglione for us in the deep woods of Shelton Connecticut.

We all arrived Friday night to pitch our tents and get ready for a weekend of sleeping outside. The backyard (campground) was nice. There were plenty of level spots but there was not the water and electric hookups that had been promised in the brochure. Also missing were the horseshoe pits and stocked fishing pond, but I digress. The kids played the parents played, then it was time for bed. We had unpacked Charlottes pack-n-play in our tent and got it nice and cozy for her. We bathed her, put her in her pj's, then off to bed in the tent like the other kids. However, the second she was placed in her pack-n-play she screamed. And cried. And screamed even louder. She wanted NOTHING to do with the tent and wanted even less to do with sleeping outside. After a solid 40 minutes of trying to read to her, console her, let her run around in the tent, on the air mattress, we were done. We hauled out her stuff and moved her into the house into Emma's room where she would sleep the rest of the weekend. Thank you Emma for giving up your room for Charlotte. She isnt quite ready for the great outdoors yet.

Saturday the kids played out back on the campground jungle gym. Everyone got along swell. Dave and I remarked how fast the day went by as watching the children was effortless. They played baseball (watch out big papi):
They climbed the walls.


Colin even pumped gas for Charlotte.


Then it went downhill quickly. Dave decided to try and swing with his children on the swing set that is designed for kids. Not a great idea. Then he proceeded to break Colins T-Ball set. Here is a shot of Colin bringing Dave the broken piece, asking what happened. Daves answer? Are you sure its broken Colin? I think this is just a left over piece.


Then began the car races down the hill. Despite the 4 car pile up there were no major injuries (although Izzy did get two splinters in an unrelated barefoot on the deck incident).


Luckily there were plenty of cupcakes for the kids and nothing is better than a long day of playing in the sun then topping it off with some sugar.


Surprisingly eventually they all went to sleep. Soon after the children were asleep Ryan began making his favorite cocktails. Pink passion fruit mojitos. Despite us telling him he was a girl, he kept drinking them. Oh, and you can see by the picture of Amy, the other girls loved them too.




Speaking of girls....the final day we had to do a picture of the kids on the couch. Every year a different kid doesnt want to be in the picture and cries profoundly. This year, I wonder who that kid was?