We did a Thursday night camp out in Matt and Jamies backyard! I love camping and this may have been the cleanest wimpiest camping ever but we had a lot of fun. We ate our tinfoil dinners and roasted marshmallows. Kids rode bikes and played soccer and ran around with glow sticks and they watched a movie on the projector outside while the adults enjoyed the campfire. Perks of camping in the backyard: bathrooms!, didn’t have to pack a bunch of water or drinks, when we got marshmallowy fingers we could clean them easily, no dirt, and that grass was a lot more comfortable than pine cones and rocks. I did miss the dirt and nature of real camping but this was great. We had a wasp, a mosquito Eater and a moth in our tent this morning so we were the first ones up. All of the Dads got up and went to work leaving cleanup and breaking camp to the ladies – THANKS boys. And now I am enjoying a quiet afternoon because all of my children are sleeping soundly. I vote we do this every Thursday night!