Possibly, this is because the 12 year old left for school camp on Tuesday and doesn't return until tomorrow. No fighting, no arguing, no answering back, no sarcastic remarks.....hmmmm.....why then do I miss him so much????!!!!
Regardless, he will get a big surprise when he comes home to discover that we have bought our first ever tent! Now family camping, in the past, has been something that has sent little shivers up the back of my spine...and not in a good way! All of that packing and unpacking.....living for days, if not weeks, in a confined space with children and no television.......no ensuite.....no lock on the front door.....need I say more! But recently we have had a change of heart with the realisation that our family unit is growing up fast and we need to do more things as a united front while we still have the chance! Ok, ok, I've insisted that there is absolutely no way in hell that I'm camping anywhere without flushing toilets and hot showers and if we are anywhere where it is remotely possible that man-killing poisonous snakes are in the vicinity then I'm boycotting the whole adventure. I've been reassured though that there are real camping grounds around which meet my reasonable needs and are not unlike a camper's resort! Ahhhh....heaven on a budget....who could ask for more!!!
So pictures of the tent will come as soon as it's had its first assembly. In the meantime, here is Miss 8 at Anoconda tonight (thank goodness for phone cam, btw)! She insisted that she wanted to have a go on the climbing wall there. Sure, sure said we....it's too high...you'll be scared! Well, once again she proved us wrong and made it all the way to the top twice! What a fearless little chickadee she is!!!
