After a year of break, we are back to camping with a teardrop trailer. A lot has happened since last time, John was able to convince me that owning is financially reasonable and we finally got the trailer delivered! We decided to take a trial run at Nana and Pa’s backyard over the fourth of July weekend. Oh, I delivered something small in May called Ruth. You will see soon.
The trip was supposed to be short. But with kids, you can never expect anything to be easy. We forgot many things while packing, accidents happened, many stops were necessary. I remember texting the family chat, “Amelia’s car seat is all wet and soaked through, what do I do?”. The advice I got, “Put a towel down, and keep driving.” Words of the wise and experienced. Oh yeah, with two kids, RIP back seat space.
When we finally got there, my Sister-In-Law and the kids tried to take a selfie in the trailer, but Amelia was too good for the photo. Here is what I got. The view above us is not bad either.
Amelia had a lot of fun the first night. She watered the garden with Nana which turned into a water fight with her chasing everyone with the hose. It’s well water which is ice cold. When it got dark, we all went for a walk and caught fireflies. It’s my first time catching fireflies and I really enjoyed it. We put them in a Parmesan cheese bottle with netting on top and put them in the trailer.
The first night is always hard. Amelia spent a long time playing in the new space when we were supposed to sleep. She had a lot of fun crawling and jumping over mom and dad. And then she got upset since she was too tired to sleep. Ruth did the opposite and did not make a noise. We wondered if she was still alive. We didn’t have curtains yet, no one got to sleep in. Amelia asked to turn the light off when the sun came up. Well hon, mommy can’t turn the sun off. It’s called the sunshine. The next day we all needed a long nap.
This is the weekend to get all of our supplies. We tallied the list of what’s necessary and made a Target run. We debated on what types of storage to get and the color of kitchen utensils. I loved it, it was like designing our own space all over again. Of course, I had to go back to the store a couple times to get everything. It’s still a working progress. We also brought a box of blue apron to cook in the galley kitchen. After we got the propane tank filled, we cooked our first meal. Thanks to family who entertained our kids, we got to make the meal ourselves. This almost feel like a date night. Curry scallops with rice and snow peas. YUM!
After dinner, we went for a boat ride to watch the fireworks on the lake. Amelia was not scared at all, she kept saying “BOOM! BOOM!” So many new things for her, but best of all is family time spent together. Kiddy pool time outside with bath toys, Amelia chasing after bugs, us swimming in the lake, Nana teaching Amelia to sew, meal time around the picnic table, Amelia finding tallest person to ride on, and ice cream at Ramone’s.
Till Beta Testing
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