Base Camp

9.4.10



We camped in the back yard last weekend. After an entertaining two-hour country music concert down the block. After a little dinner picnic on pavement. After roasting marshmallows in the fire pit. It was the first chilly evening here, and it felt amazing to spend the night under the stars with all of my loves so close.


Eight months pregnant I wasn't planning on actually sleeping on the hard ground all night. The idea was to wait until My Sweets was in the tent and ready for bed... then sneak inside to my cozy body pillow. But while reading Seuss' Happy Birthday to You book Bleu fell right to sleep. Then Buby. Then me.


By the time My Sweets unzipped the tent and climbed in we were all out cold. He woke me and convinced me to stay if I was comfortable enough, so I did. The next morning Buby got up around 7 a.m. and walked inside with Daddy. He had to use the potty and warm up. Bleu and I slept for another hour or two.