We are a cub scout family and went camping, full of excitement and energy! Well, it rained so horribly from 2-4 a.m. and we got soaked. I tried to tough it out as we were supposed to stay until Sunday. By 11 am on Saturday, I was packing up. Picking up James' sleeping bag and having it pour out water was the end of it for me! We came home around 3 and I have never been so glad to see my house!!!! I don't think I can camp again. I REALLY tried, I swear! I have lots of 'how to survive camping as a mommy' secrets but it still just isn't for me. I attempt to be a good mommy to my two boys but I can no longer pretend to tolerate it. It is horrible. I don't like to sweat and it isn't good for my skin. I don't mind the natural breeze and sleeping under the stars but that usually comes with humidity and mosquitoes and an inability to sleep. So the stars are just perhaps prettier from my spa with wine? I've heard this word 'GLAMping' and I promised the boys when we broke their little hearts and told them that they would be missing their pack meeting and fire and another fun night of camping that I would figure out a way for our family to still camp. I don't know where the word 'glamping' came from but I assume that it could be similar to my new camping plans-
-Invite all my other 'we can't camp' cub scout friends over for 24 hours
-Set up our tent around 3 pm by the pond
-Make the cots and put out sleeping bags
-Put my hair in a headband, wear flipflops with a tshirt and wipe off my mascara which officially means 'roughing it'
-Kick around a soccer ball and play a sack race
-Hop in the pool with wine
-Grill out and eat on uncushioned chairs NOT in the screen enclosure--we are creating an environment here so flies have to touch our food and we can't alway be comfortable
-Toast marshmallows in a fire pit that we can make by the pond for these 'trips'
-Get a mosquito bite or two in the name of 'camping'
-Let the kids run wild outside while we adults get in the heated spa with wine
-Get the kids in bed in the sleeping bags
-Lie on our cots for 15 minutes while they calm down
-Kissy kiss the kids goodnight and go inside to shower and put on pjs
-Turn on the baby monitor that we set up under our cot so we can hear them if they need us--we are good parents
-Wake up in the morning and take a pan to the grill and scramble eggs outside--again, environment
-Shower inside or if we want to get crazy, on the patio deck
-Let the kids swim
At this point, I hoe that they are over this, and we can go inside for the rest of the day. I think I could do that every two months and be a good cubscout parent. I have packed my car with more stuff I would need to leave the country many many times for these camping trips and I have tried to be a good sport. But I just can't do it again. It may be like child birth though. The next time I may not remember all this and think it's a good idea. But as of now, the above is the only way I will ever camp again!
-Kiersten
-Invite all my other 'we can't camp' cub scout friends over for 24 hours
-Set up our tent around 3 pm by the pond
-Make the cots and put out sleeping bags
-Put my hair in a headband, wear flipflops with a tshirt and wipe off my mascara which officially means 'roughing it'
-Kick around a soccer ball and play a sack race
-Hop in the pool with wine
-Grill out and eat on uncushioned chairs NOT in the screen enclosure--we are creating an environment here so flies have to touch our food and we can't alway be comfortable
-Toast marshmallows in a fire pit that we can make by the pond for these 'trips'
-Get a mosquito bite or two in the name of 'camping'
-Let the kids run wild outside while we adults get in the heated spa with wine
-Get the kids in bed in the sleeping bags
-Lie on our cots for 15 minutes while they calm down
-Kissy kiss the kids goodnight and go inside to shower and put on pjs
-Turn on the baby monitor that we set up under our cot so we can hear them if they need us--we are good parents
-Wake up in the morning and take a pan to the grill and scramble eggs outside--again, environment
-Shower inside or if we want to get crazy, on the patio deck
-Let the kids swim
At this point, I hoe that they are over this, and we can go inside for the rest of the day. I think I could do that every two months and be a good cubscout parent. I have packed my car with more stuff I would need to leave the country many many times for these camping trips and I have tried to be a good sport. But I just can't do it again. It may be like child birth though. The next time I may not remember all this and think it's a good idea. But as of now, the above is the only way I will ever camp again!
-Kiersten
1 comment:
Hey, Kiersten. Tell the Cub Scout Leaders they ought to put the Cubs in cabins and not tents. In Australia we have Scout campsites with cabins for the little ones. The Boy Scouts (and Girl Scouts) do use tents.
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