Last night Kylie had her first camping experience. Her, Mommy and Mimi spent the night camping in a tent in the backyard. Mommy said they all had a great time, and here is the recap of the events from Mommy:

Last night Kylie helped us put the tent up; she was holding the poles for us as we slid them into the slots and making sure the tent was being opened fully. After we set the tent up, we had to let it air out, so we went inside to get our things ready. Kylie helped gather up her blanket and pillow and she was able to take 2 stuffed animals out with her and she decided to chose 2 dogs. She then helped me use the vacuum to inflate the air mattress. I also brought down her mattress so there would be enough room for Kylie, Mimi and I. We took them all out to the tent where Kylie kept saying “This is going to be awesome!” I asked her what else we should bring with us, and she said “books and popcorn,” so that is what we got. We also made some Kool-Aid and brought out the book “Going on a Bear Hunt” and had popcorn. We also brought out a flashlight to help us read the book and to find our way back to the house at night if we needed to. Kylie was in charge of the flashlight which she thought was cool. After we ate the popcorn, drank our juice, and read our book, we used the flashlight to get us inside to use the bathroom. Kylie kept saying, “I’m not scared.” She thought it was cool that it was so dark out (about 9:30 now). We looked at the stars when we came back out, and made a wish on one, saying “star light, star bright” and Kylie thought that was really cool too. After that we went back into the tent to go to sleep, and Kylie fell asleep pretty quickly. I think it was because she was so excited. In the morning, she was happy because we saw that there was a mommy bird feeding her babies in a nest on Mimi’s balcony. Since there was something new, the tent became old news and the birds became the focus of the morning. After discussing the birds for a little while it was time to pack up camp, Kylie helped us take down the tent and said to me “Mommy, I can’t wait to be in the tent again. It was SOOOO cooooooool!”

It sounds like Kylie had a very fun time on her first camping experience. Hopefully she will be able to have many more throughout the years and that will help help her develop a lfe long love of the outdoors.