Let’s Talk Babies

This past weekend we took Maya on her first camping trip.  I grew up camping with my family and with Girl Guides (the Canadian equivilant of Girl Scouts) and my husband did a lot of camping growing up too.  We hadn’t been camping since before Maya was born and we figured it was a good time to get back in the game and see what Maya thought about it.   She loved it.  Our first camping trip with Maya was a huge success and we all had a great time.

Since this was her first camping trip and we weren’t sure how it was going to go we decided to try out a campground close to home  just in case we needed to make a mad dash for home.  My friend, Heather, told us about this great little campground just up the road from her place (about 40 minutes from our house) called Klondike Park.  It sounded perfect, so we decided to give it a try.  We made a reservation, packed up the car and headed for the campground Friday afternoon for a fun-filled weekend of camping.

First things first we got our campsite all set up.  Of course, Maya had to help!

Our campsite was great.  Plenty of shade, a really nice firepit, lots of level, grassy areas to up the tent and for Maya to run around and play.  The park itself was really nice too with well kept bathrooms, a common camp kitchen for clean up and food prep, a little lake to fish in (or throw rocks in if you’re Maya!), a playground and plenty of hiking and biking trails.  We had a wonderful time exploring the campground and relaxing at our campsite.

Our only challenge (besides fitting everything we needed into the car!) was sleep.  Maya went to bed okay the first night, it was later than normal for her so she didn’t fuss too much before falling asleep, however, she woke up a lot that night.  I think part of it was she was a little cold and part was because it was brighter and louder than she is used to.  Needless to say when morning came we were all still a little tired.  Luckily,  Maya did end up napping the next day since she was completely exhausted.  It was a bit of a battle to get her to fall asleep, but luckly she did get a couple of hours sleep under her belt and was pretty good that evening.  Saturday night proved to be much better sleeping wise.  She went to sleep as soon as I laid her in her crib and only woke up once that night to be covered back up because she was cold.  Sunday morning we all woke up much more rested.

On Saturday my friend Heather and her kiddos came out to join us.   Her and her son Logan spent the night and then the rest of the family came out Sunday to enjoy the day with us.  It was great fun.  Maya loved having her best friend Claire and her good buddy Logan around to play with.

It was a great first camping experience and we’ll definitely be doing it again.  But there’s nothing quite like that very first experience!

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