Camping With 3 Six-Year-Olds

This weekend Ethan and I went camping with Beth, her daughter M., Susan, and her daughter ME at Tully Lake. Here’s a photo of our campsite. Ethan and I arrived Saturday morning, set up the tent, and then went swimming in a beautiful lake. Blueberries were all over, so the kids had a lot of fun collecting them into cups. We also took a walk to nearby falls, cooked dinner over the fire, and made s’mores for desert. Ethan had a great time playing with the two girls – they had a good round of hide and seek, climbed some trees, and went into the ‘enchanted’ forest where Ethan turned into a vampire, and the two girls were transformed into his pet cats. Ethan went right to sleep in the tent, and was a good sport about the whole thing.

This afternoon we’re going to meet Lisa, Mike, and R. at White Pond and have a picnic dinner, and a pizza delivered. We became members of White Pond this year, and it’s worked out well because it’s a bit less hectic and crowded than Walden Pond. Ethan loves to try to catch the fish there with his net, and there are some pleasant picnic tables under the trees where I can relax.

Ethan continues to have a great time at camp. I wish he were this relaxed and happy all year. He continues to amaze me with all that he learns and thinks about. He's started getting into a stage of telling us the facts and information that he's learned. The other day he was telling me that Jupiter is the largest planet, and named several others as well. Then he moves on to naming the other characters he knows in Batman stories.