Return of the Camping Monkey

Friday night M. and the boys camped out in the backyard. It was the first campout of the summer, and Colson's first campout ever.

It was cute to watch M. and Braden try to set up the tent while Colson and Brogan raced around their feet and in and out of the tent. All we lacked was the "Russian Sabre Dance" playing in the background.



They set up the tent, changed into pajamas, and then snacked and guzzled Gatorade while telling superhero stories. When it came time to sleep, Colson raced between sleeping bags driving the others nuts. Eventually, M. brought him in to finish the night in the crib. Colson was just fine with that. The tent was fun to play in, but cribs are where you sleep, of course.



This is Colson holding the camping monkey and Bubby the Giraffe.

The Camping Monkey first made its appearance two summers ago, when Brogan spent his first night in the tent. M. had taken the boys to the store to buy "camping munchies." Brogan called them "camping monkeys", and was slightly distressed at not finding any monkeys at the store. We have a stuffed monkey, and Brogan dragged that out to the tent to be the camping monkey.

Every camping trip since then, the camping monkey has made an appearance. This year, Colson got to meet him.