Glamping

This weekend we took our first family camping trip!  It's probably better to say we went to a campground than camping.  I consider camping to be no electricity and tents.  We stayed in a fully stocked cabin with electricity, including heat, a kitchen, full bathroom, TV, and beds.  It was definitely glorified camping, "glamping".

"Camping" with young kids in 2015-
Napping in bed with portable DVD player

I do love the idea of a weekend at the campground; showers are optional, technology is limited, eating lots of campfire goodies, and having pretty much nothing to do at night except drink beer with friends.

First time making s'mores!

Can you sense the panic I am feeling about Braylen
holding something at the fire?

Daddio teaching Braylen how he likes
marshmallows- burn, peel a layer off,
burn again, repeat until gone. 

YUM!

Braylen demonstrating how to protect his
eyes from the smoke

Our first official family vacation with friends!
I think it will become a late April tradition....
along with a November all-inclusive tropical trip sans kids :)

We stayed at Frontier Town, which has an added bonus of being 10 minutes from the boardwalk in Ocean City, MD.   Going in late April is dicey with spring weather in Maryland.  While I enjoyed the brisk air for campfire hanging out, I wish it would have been a little warmer and calmer winds for the beach.  Nothing some winter boots and hats can't fix though.

I wasn't joking about the winter hats and boots.  BRRR!

The girls are snuggled up while the seagulls go
after our Thresher french fries

A far cry from our last beach trip with Josh and Liz

All this boy needs is some sand and toys and he's happy

Sibling love

Reality of family shots with young kids

My attempt at the "jump shot"

Our kids were tuckered out after playing outside all day on Saturday.  I was thankful our first try putting the kids in bunk beds together went off with zero issues.  

Dads taking kids to the playground in style

It's awesome going to a campground in the "off season"-
not many people around us to the kids ran
across the road all afternoon.

After a night of rain, we woke up Sunday to a beautiful day.  We hit the beach again, this time at the inlet, before we hit the road home.

I guess when it is chilly at the beach, one wears
socks?!  I prefer Braylen's clam diggers style

Checking on the dredging process

Loving the digger

Love her!

Glamping is definitely the way to go with little kids!  Looking foward to Frontier Town 2016!

AHHH!  This shark was an actual prop in JAWS. Not
nearly as scary without the music :)