Camping Reservations

My Fall checklist included "Camping Out" as a "must-have!" this season.   Sadly though, we woke one morning this past week to find this in our front yard.

 

Snow!

  It was then I had to face the facts.   Camping just wasn't going to happen.   Henry is a tough baby and all, but nursing in a cold little tent with snow possibilities is cray-cray.   So, I did what any mother with a unfulfilled checklist does.   I moped and shuffled.   And David, apparently, felt sorry for me {ha!} because he came home with gifts:   PVC pipe, painter's drop cloth, and accessories.  

 

His engineering mind to the rescue!

And an indoor eight foot tent with a 12 pitch roof was born in our formal living room.

 

Painter's drop cloth {$7!} covered the entire frame

 

And it was decorated with tree limbs, foliage, camping lanterns, and a reservation sign.

 

Just for us.

 

And my checklist.

: )

 

And we had a two-night camp out complete with all things "outdoorsy."

It was whimsical and flowy and like a movie set in our house for a few nights.

 

 

With room for the entire family, we ate popcorn and cupcakes,

 read camping books, and snuggled under sleeping bags.

 

To say the kids had fun is a total understatement!

 

And the best part of "at-home" camping?

 

Having access to a real oven!

In the morning,

I treated everyone to a homemade brunch of hash brown and broccoli quiche!

 

And it was fantastic!

 

So, I'm happy to report that.....

 

{I'll add this under "tutorials" at the top, in case you want to camp indoors, too!}