He's a Happy Camper

When I last checked in, Cael was in the midst of training for the upcoming egg hunting season.  All of his work led to successful egg hunts with the cousins ...

... and at school ...

... and during his pantless finale on Easter.

Cael definitely had an egg-cellent Easter searching for eggs, dying them ...

... and enjoying their contents.

The eggs weren't the only exciting part of Easter weekend.  Cael also had his first camping experience which his outdoorsman dad had been looking forward to since the day he was born!  We headed to a state park that was only about 1/2 an hour from out house ... close enough to retreat to the comfort of home if necessary :)

After helping bring gear to the camp site ...

 

... and prepping the campfire,

 



 

Cael settled right into camp activities by exploring the beach,

 

 

playing a little football,

 

 

checking out the campfire,

 

 

and enjoying dinner in his chair.

 

 

We topped off the evening with a tent-showing of Cars which was all that Cael needed to call it a night.

 

We peacefully curled up and called it a night, knowing that we might get some rain that evening.  Zac woke me up around midnight to show me the radar that pictured a solid red line of storms that would pass over our campsite.  We decided to stay put since it was already heavily raining.

 

We spent the next 3 hours marveling at the torrential rain and tent-shaking thunder.  We also passed the time by monitoring the incoming water as our trusty old tent wasn't quite as water resistant as it used to be.

 

Zac and I might not have had a ton of sleep that night but Cael was in full hibernation mode.  That little guy was knocked out from all of the camping fun and missed every single roll of thunder.  He seemed to be right at home in that tent!

 

We woke up to a beautiful morning following that storm and were able to capture one final picture before departing from our campsite (and before saying good-bye to that tent that provided great shelter for so many years).

 

 

The only person who wasn't ready to go home that morning was Cael ... as we made our way to the car he decided to head back to the campsite.

 

 

Zac has already planned out their next 10 years of adventures together :)