Camping with the cousins

Another first for H. Her first backyard camping, grilling smores in the firepit and seeing real life fireflies.

H had been asking us to go camping ever since we read Richard Scarry backyard camping story. My sis in law asked if we wanted to go camping in NJ, but my hubby is not a big fan of camping. So we settle by camping in the backyard. Hubby can sleep inside and the kids can sleep outside. Everyone happy. And so we did =).

Pitching the tent was a big family affair. H and A was busy *helping*. Once the tent is up, H and A were busy testing the sleep pad and enjoying the big backyard that we don't have at home.

Finally nite time!! R, my newphew, the B.I.G bro, showed H how to make fire. H was so proud being near such a *big* fire and passing along the sticks. She was sad when she burnt her first smores, but hey... second one was a success.

There was no time for scary story since everyone passed out really early from having too much fun during the day.

We did it again the next day and we grilled our u picks: Corns, eggplants, peppers, peaches... yummmm....

Nothing beats fun nite with cousins. Hands Down !! Thank you to R and my brother's family to make this such a fun FIRST CAMPING FOR H !