I’m about a week behind on blogging… life has been cray!
We recently went camping. As in my entire immediate family. The parents, 7 siblings, 4 in-laws, and 5 little children. We do it every 4th of July!
The girls have been camping pros since they were born, so napping was a breeze.
Speaking of breeze, the weather was sooooo beautiful. Like sunny-and-75-beautiful.
There was one day that it rained, but I’ll take rain over oppressive heat any day.
We all toughed it out in the rain for awhile, but eventually decided to take a day trip to the nearby Children’s Museum. It turned out to be so much fun for the littles and adults alike! And a great break from nature… ifyaknowwhatimean.
Here’s a great shot of Della with her missing tooth.
Packing everything up to leave might be my least favorite part, but there’s not much you can do to get away from it!
Of course there’s always time for a snuggle break.
This year, instead of trying to shove the entire tent into the too-small-bag-it-came-with, we just whipped out our 3M Bundling Fastener and slapped that bad boy around the tent (#seriouslystrong). WHY has no one thought of this before?! We did the same with our sleeping bags (using these).
Our 4th of July camping adventures are always a blast, and a great excuse for us all to gather from our respective states to be together as a family.
Do you guys have any traditions over the 4th of July? Anyone else brave enough to take the littles tent-camping? It’s so fun!
DISCLAIMER: This post as been sponsored by Scotch 3M, but all ideas and opinions are our own!
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I cannot believe how big the girls look in these pictures!
Do your girls usually sleep in their pack-n-plays when you travel? We are going camping in a few weeks with our twins – and they dont use pack-n-plays anymore, but wonder if they would be better for camping than cots.
If your twins are in toddler beds now, I would think they would be fine on cots. But since the girls are still confined to cribs at home, we knew they would feel safe and more comfortable in a pack and play. Every kid is different though!
Just got back from taking out 2.5 year old twins tent camping. They slept on a queen size air mattress w/out any problems. They are still in cribs at home, but haven’t slept in pack n’ plays in a really long time.
What a nice looking family! 😉
I just have to say that I love that picture of the camping seats lined up!
We go tent camping at least 3 times during the summer, and always over the 4th. Now that we have a tent that fits 2 queen size beds, I love it so much more. We take our 6 year old and 5 month old who love the experience. I have to say that beach camping is my fav. Nothing like waking up to a crisp sea breeze in the morning and searching for shells and starfish!
Camping on the beach! That sounds AMAZING! We live in Iowa, so the only beaches are on lakes… but that could still feel beachy and fun. We’ll have to try it!
What a wonderful tradition! Is it just me or do all those “littles” look alike? Thanks so much for sharing. Now go get some shut eye!
They definitely look related, don’t they?! Little blondies!
oh I love it! I hate camping. Sorry, but love the pics glad it was fun. Rest! Mary