Backyard Camping

Claire really likes the idea of camping. I don't love it to begin with, but camping with a 2 and 4-year old isn't especially exciting to me. So, we appeased her with some backyard camping. We made a small fire in the little Weber grill, perfect for s'mores.

They were a hit

Then we set up the tent and hunkered down for the night. We actually watched Frozen on the iPad until Claire fell asleep (ahh, the comforts of wi-fi). But Mr. Kyle had a tough time settling down with the four of us in a tent. I think around 10pm, we threw in the towel and brought everyone inside. We all slept much better and Claire still got to try it out. She told us in the morning that we could have left her out there alone. But I'm pretty sure she would have freaked out... and maybe I would have too.