Just because you have young kids doesn't mean you can't do the things you still enjoy doing. Believe me I had a great amount of fear surrounding camping with friends with Milo and his unfortunate sleep habits. Most of you know that Milo has had sleeping difficulties since he was a little baby. He is now a little over 3 years old and yes he still has his moments. He passionately refuses to go to bed, he passionately wakes up through the night and he happily looks at you in the morning as if nothing ever took place. And then.........it happens all over again.
With that said doing things in group settings has always been a challenge for me, as a mom it's hard to let go and just accept his night time behaviors. It took me almost 2 years to get comfortable with camping with other people. Fortunately I can say that I am over it. We have camped plenty of times with ourselves and larger groups including other kids and I have learned that most kids wake up, cry and then settle back down. When it's not yours you simply roll over and get back to sleep.
This is the perfect time of year to go backpacking in Santa Barbara, the creeks are raging, the wildflowers are starting their show and the bugs are still pretty calm. We decided to take the kids on their first backpacking trip last weekend. It was an overnight trip. Short and sweet. 1 mile hike in, 5 creek crossings, some as deep as our waist. Both kids wanted to collect and throw rocks the whole time. The did great, Eric and I had a blast and I do believe that Milo & Ruby will totally enjoy their next backpacking trip. If we can get a warmer sleeping bag and better equip ourselves for cold (freezing nights) then we would have all slept a little better.
Enjoy the photos. Lesson here is to continue doing the things you always enjoyed doing before the kids, they adapt much more easily than you would think. What's one night of "rocky" sleep.
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