Camping

We have taken out our camping trailer twice now.  The first time was with a few good friends to a park with a lake.  We had a great time.  There were pesky raccoons everywhere.  They opened a plastic container and stole our food while we were sitting 15 ft away!  They were crazy.  There were also sand hill cranes looking for handouts.  They are almost as tall as Caden.  I told Megan and Caden I would give them $10 if they could grab the crane's beak and they were close but the $10 is still mine.  Mike brought his boat and I was able to clear the wake for the first time on a wake board.    Our second camping trip was to a beautiful park right on the beach.  We went for two nights.  The older kids had a ton of fun playing in the woods.  Ella had lots of fun playing with Aubree and Raelyn was fascinated with the water.  She would dip her head in the condensation coming off of the tent trailer's air conditioning or play in the puddle left by the faucet.  There is one good thing about her wanting to play in the water so much- it ment that she was not playing near the fire.  :)   I have to say that after two camping trips with a toddler and open fire I owe my thanks to lots of guardian angels (one being Katie) keeping Raelyn safe.  Although at the end of the trip she was really cute and while walking between the camping chair and fire she would hug the chair and walk as far from the fire as she could.    It was a really hot weekend.  I was glad for the AC!  The camping trailer came with a TV and we had an extra DVD player.  We brought both in case of bad weather.  I was thinking it would be if it rained all afternoon, but it was so hot and Larry and I were so tired we let the kids watch a movie one afternoon.  Some campers we are!