Backyard adventures

Last night we decided it was time to set up the tent and let the kids have a back yard camp out. Allie and Kara were so excited to be sleeping in the tent for the first time. All 3 enjoyed jumping on the air mattress outside... You would have thought that would wear them out and they would sleep.

We told the girls we were going to look at stars tonight so Allie runs into the house and exclaims, "I need the turtle so we can look at stars outside!" Silly girl, we are looking at the real stars, but we did bring the twilight turtle outside so we could see stars once inside the tent. 

Once it was dark enough outside we turned off all the lights so we could see the stars. Kara at first was not impressed when the lights went out. She snuggled her face into Daddy and said she was afraid of the dark. Allie kept telling us "I'm not afraid of the dark!" Eventually Kara calmed down and we all got to enjoy looking at the stars.

Eventually the kids went into the tent and an attempt was made at sleeping. The girls enjoyed having the stars shine in the tent from the twilight turtle. About an hour later we were back at looking at the "real" stars again. Eventually everyone fell asleep. Kara however, was not that comfortable outside. She twisted, turned and whined all night. Finally about 2am Kara and I were in the house together. The others slept restfully outside and Kara calmed down once in the house. The kids are waiting to do it again. Even Kara :)