The Herrmann Family: Boys 1st Camping Trip

Stephen took Brody camping on Friday night for the first time! Brody was SO excited to go, poor kid had to wait all day for Stephen to get off work. He kept asking all day if it was time to go yet. Stephen had told him that he would come home after Brody's nap, so at about 8:30a Brody was like "should I just go take a nap now mom?" haha. Doesn't quite work that way but it was a good thought! Stephen's co-worker ended up coming out with his two boys who are 5 and 8 and then there was a neighbor camper who had 2 boys 4 and 6 so the kids had tons of fun. They cooked hot dogs, roasted marshmallows, made scrambled eggs, and had lots of other snacks. The kids played all night long, looking for bugs and playing with flashlights in the tent. One of the older boys told Brody there were bears in the woods which scared him a little bit but Dad insured him they were only in the forest not in Kansas. Brody stayed up until 11:15p and woke up at 6:30am....I had quite the crabby boys when they came home on Saturday morning. Brody was so upset that they had to come home he wouldn't get out of the car, but he finally had to because he had to pee so bad :) I'm SO glad this was a successful trip because Sophie and I definitely didn't mind a little alone time.