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Recap on our camping adventure
Kari
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Okay, a few things I learned:
1) Justin sleeps equally well as I do away from home; which is not at all
2) Campers have three spots you can sleep in, and remarkably the most comfortable one I found - and the only safe place for Juliet - was the floor
3) I don't know how to turn on the heater in a camper, so it was a chilly night
4) If you have to cook with butter instead of oil, it will set of the fire alarm half a dozen times, waking your neighbors
5) When you're really, really tired it takes a few days to recover
Overall, it wasn't horrible, but we really didn't sleep well and Justin was still having tantrums several times until this afternoon's nap. When we got home and unpacked everything, I felt really disoriented for an hour or two, almost like when I had each of my kids and their was just this surreal period of a few hours after their birth where I couldn't wrap my head around the fact that they were here. Only this time I was having trouble remember where I lived and that I was home now. Weird.
We'll probably go back again this summer, but just as a day trip. If we leave in the morning when Juliet would normally take a nap, she'll sleep the whole way while Justin watches a DVD. And then we can come home at night after dinner and they can both sleep if they're tired. It would be nice to use the camper if it's available for taking naps, but definitely not overnight ever again.
Justin did enjoy the outing. We did some traditional camping stuff (eating outdoors, s'mores, campfire), went to the ocean, rode rides at the theme park, and went into the water park for a few minutes as well. Juliet slept for a good hour at the theme park, enjoyed the kids' lagoon at the water park, and even went on two rides that they let her on with my sister holding her so I could take pictures (carousel and an antique car ride). It was Justin's first time on a ride, and he tried almost all the kiddie rides. If we would've stayed longer, he probably would've tried them all, but we only stayed for about three hours.
Good times, but with the kids this age, I'm going to stick to day trips for another few years!
1) Justin sleeps equally well as I do away from home; which is not at all
2) Campers have three spots you can sleep in, and remarkably the most comfortable one I found - and the only safe place for Juliet - was the floor
3) I don't know how to turn on the heater in a camper, so it was a chilly night
4) If you have to cook with butter instead of oil, it will set of the fire alarm half a dozen times, waking your neighbors
5) When you're really, really tired it takes a few days to recover
Overall, it wasn't horrible, but we really didn't sleep well and Justin was still having tantrums several times until this afternoon's nap. When we got home and unpacked everything, I felt really disoriented for an hour or two, almost like when I had each of my kids and their was just this surreal period of a few hours after their birth where I couldn't wrap my head around the fact that they were here. Only this time I was having trouble remember where I lived and that I was home now. Weird.
We'll probably go back again this summer, but just as a day trip. If we leave in the morning when Juliet would normally take a nap, she'll sleep the whole way while Justin watches a DVD. And then we can come home at night after dinner and they can both sleep if they're tired. It would be nice to use the camper if it's available for taking naps, but definitely not overnight ever again.
Justin did enjoy the outing. We did some traditional camping stuff (eating outdoors, s'mores, campfire), went to the ocean, rode rides at the theme park, and went into the water park for a few minutes as well. Juliet slept for a good hour at the theme park, enjoyed the kids' lagoon at the water park, and even went on two rides that they let her on with my sister holding her so I could take pictures (carousel and an antique car ride). It was Justin's first time on a ride, and he tried almost all the kiddie rides. If we would've stayed longer, he probably would've tried them all, but we only stayed for about three hours.
Good times, but with the kids this age, I'm going to stick to day trips for another few years!
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