Our Camping Adventure

This spring, we made the grand decision to buy my uncle's 1986-87 Viking pop-up camper for a whopping $100 (how could we pass up that deal?!). Chris and I actually took it to McCormick's Creek last month with some friends, so we decided that Addie needed to have her chance to go camping this past weekend.

We headed to Harmonie State Park in New Harmony on Friday afternoon and set up camp early. The bugs were HORRIBLE when we first arrived and the skies were quickly turning ugly. We ended up spending about 45 min. or so in the women's bathroom with other moms, dads, and children escaping the storm. We were under a tornado warning and one man said he heard that the best chance of a tornado would be in New Harmony (needless to say, I was NERVOUS!). We waited it out and it ended up being just fine, other than pouring down rain for a little while after the storm moved through. Whew!

Saturday, we headed for the pool so Addie could have her first opportunity in a "real" pool, not just our backyard blowup. The water was pretty cold and it wasn't all that hot out so it took her a bit to get used to the water. She played in the little kids' wading pool for a few minutes then wanted to get in the big pool. Although it was a little cold and she was shivering and had blue lips, I think she enjoyed being in the water.

After all that swimming, we headed back to camp and we thought for sure Addie would be ready for a nice long nap. She actually fell asleep on the short drive back and conked out again as soon as we put her in her bed in the camper. She ended up only sleeping for about 40 minutes when Chris heard some rattling noises coming from the camper. He looked in the window and she had her whole box of cereal in her bed, along with her plate and cup. I guess she wanted a snack! I was surely hoping she'd take a longer nap, but it was just too cute!

The whole weekend was a wonderful little getaway for us. We enjoyed the nice weather and Chris and I even made smores and talked by the fire after Addie went to bed. Other than experiencing her first possible night terror on Saturday night, Addie did great being in a new place and it was obvious she had a lot of fun. Her favorite part was the swing and slide (which she referred to as "fun") and playing in Daddy's crocs while turning the radio on and off. It's the little things in life :)