For Ewans birthday a few weeks ago we had bought a large 6 person tent. The idea was for him to have a sleepover in the garden party with his friends, well that was part of the reason. Recently all the party's Ewan has been going to have been sleep over party's and that is what he wanted, but i wanted to do something a bit different. Also i have been trying to convince Paul to get a tent so we could maybe go camping in the summer, so it was a good excuse to get a tent and once i had told Ewan the party plans he was excited. I have to admit i am most probably not a camping person but i know the kids would love it and if we just book the odd night here and there when we know the weather will be good, it might just be fun! I have visions of being sat with a nice fruity cider, crocheting on a warm summers evening outside our tent after cooking something wonderful on the little stove and the kids playing nicely. So we have the tent now, however due to Ewan being at camp and the Gala exhibition we decided to wait till half term to have his party,but as the weather was so nice i thought it would be an idea to have a go at setting up the tent. It was quite easy really and the kids enjoyed playing in it.
It was a lot bigger than i had thought, its got three sleeping compartments that each fit a blow up double mattress and a big area in the middle that we can stand up in and walk around. We could only fit it one way in the garden and even then it wasn't stretched out to its full width.
I did sit out and do some crochet
Andwe used our camping table and chairs to have a BBQ
We built a fire pit but didn't get to light it and anyway it would probably need more wood than the kids collected up
Over the week the weather was just as good and we got to play out a lot
Even a little paddle!
Hope it stays this nice
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