Camping. The winter version.

Last week we were really feeling the gloominess of January. We needed something fun to do and it couldn't involve being outside due to the complete lack of tolerable winter weather. We decided a camping trip in the living room was in order. When I announced this to Amelia, her reaction was over-the-top excitement. Screaming. Jumping up and down. "Can we use our sleeping bags?!!?" "Is it tonight!?!?" "How many days until we go camping!?!?" "Can we go now?!?" I love how excited kids can get over the simplest things. We had successfully eliminated the January funk.

So Friday night we set up Amelia's tent in the living room and got out all of our sleeping bags. We made tinfoil dinners and cooked them in the oven. We had a flashlight dance party in the dark. We watched a movie from the comfort of our sleeping bags. (Okay, not really true to camping, but it was fun.) We made s'mores over the stove. We had a big pancake breakfast in the morning. It was perfect.