Weekend Away

I love to tent camp, especially in the woods. We (as in the VVDH and myself) decided that it would be wonderful to share this with little Peanut who is 2 1/2 now. We considered carefully: not being gone too long, a campsite that was well surrounded with vegetation so that we wouldn't have too much 'exploring' going on, and a beach to do some really fun castle building at.

We headed up to Deception Pass State Park, Whidbey Island, on early Friday afternoon. We discovered that Peanut excels at stake hammering, distributing air in the blow up mattress, and 'gardening' with his shovel and bucket. He enjoyed running away from the waves along the Strait of Juan de Fuca, but most of all, Peanut is a master castle maker and just loves to play in the sand! It was all about the beach.....

Sunday arrived with the rains. There is nothing quite like a 2 1/2 year old telling you he is 'awake now' at 6:00 in the morning and then becoming more insistent, and louder, when your eyelids refuse to open. In consideration of our fellow campers still trying to sleep, and recognizing that the beautiful weather was behind us, we packed up in record time and made it back home for a late breakfast! It was a fun weekend, and what a treat to share it with this lovely little boy.