Day 32- It doesn't matter if it's cold outside

Dan and I love camping! We couldn't wait for our girls to be just a little older so we could go as a family. We decided this spring will be our first camping trip. For Christmas, the girls and I bought Dan a new tent big enough for our whole family. When he opened it, he loved it but quickly shoved it in a corner since it wouldn't be used anytime soon. The girls and I another plan.

We thought it would be great fun to set up the tent in our front room and camp inside for the night. We were so excited! Dan was not.

The first problem was that the tent we bought is huge! It is over 6 feet high and 8 feet long. We had to move so much furniture just to fit it in the room. This was already becoming a lot of work but I just knew it would be worth it.

The second problem was setting up the inside for sleeping. Remember the girls have never camped before so when I told them to go upstairs to get their things for sleeping, that was a mistake. They brought down everything. We ended up with 8 pillows, 6 blankets, multiple stuffed animals, and 2 dream-lites. That was just for them. I think my girls might be a bit high maintenance. Dan blew up an air mattress for me and gave me 2 tiny blankets. I kept thinking remember this will be worth it.

Dan told the girls goodnight and headed off to bed. He had to work early in the morning so it was just the girls and I. It was 8 o'clock. I had never been to bed this early. Then I realized I had a bigger problem. The girls were so excited to sleep in a tent that they couldn't go to sleep. They kept giggling. I told them to be quiet. Then they would touch each other's faces and giggle some more. I told them to be quiet. This went on for about an hour. Finally, they settled down. My two year kept touching the tent since she has never been in a tent before. I put her on the air mattress with me hoping she would fall asleep. Instead she threw a fit and yelled that she wanted to sleep on the ground. Fine. Sleep on the ground. Then my four year old wanted to sleep on the air mattress with me. Why not? At this rate, I'm never getting to sleep anyway. By the time both girls were asleep it was 10:30, 3 hours past their bedtime.

I fell asleep but kept getting woken up throughout the night by children snoring, kicking, and flinging arms in their sleep. It was one of the worse nights' sleep I have ever had. I'm not sure about taking them camping now. Maybe Dan will take them and I can stay home and sleep alone in a big, comfy bed.