Over the past ten years camping has become a favorite Caldwell family pastime. As the San Antonio weather began to warm, we decided we wanted to get outside again and sleep on the ground. From Monday to Wednesday of spring break we made camp at Paradise Canyon just outside of San Antonio. While we have been camping many times with extended family, friends, and church groups, we realized this was our first family camping trip to go it alone.
We had learned previously that the kids aren't huge fans of the Hobo dinner, so we tried a sausage variation that went over pretty well.
The kept us entertained with a campfire song and dance performance. It started with Julia wearing her sunglasses at night while sitting around the campfire to keep the smoke out of her eyes, Matt started singing "I wear my sunglasses at night" but he couldn't remember all the words so the kids made up words to the song and created their own band. Kylee sang, Brayden snapped his fingers, Julia "played" the guitar, and Blake "played" the drums.
We slept for the first time in the new REI family tent that Matt has been very excited to use. We forgot to bring milk for Blake, without which he was unable to go to sleep for several hours. He eventually did fall asleep, but woke up in the middle of the night whining for his fix. I pulled him into my mummy sleeping bag, and then transferred him back when he finally did fall asleep again.
Mostly it was a nice lazy camping trip. We spent plenty of time just sitting around and leisurely tending the campfire. The kids climbed a big fallen tree next to our site and enjoyed digging in the dirt. The river was cold, so the kids just dipped their feet in. We rented a canoe, and everyone took a turns. In true lazy car camper fashion, we did pizza for dinner the second night which Matt picked up when he ran into town to pick up a few items from the grocery store.
Here are some picture highlights for each child.
Kylee
Brayden
Julia
Blake
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