The kids have been wanting to catch fireflies since they saw them on July 4th waiting for the fireworks to start. Sadly, that was the first time they have stayed up late enough to see them. So, Chad and I decided to let them stay up last weekend and catch some. They LOVED it. Adam and Jack used their nets to capture them, which worked really well. Maya was too freaked out to touch them, but she loved being in the middle of the action.
We let the kids keep the fireflies in a glass cup with saran wrap on top. I thought it would be fun to let them sleep with them in the tent. That lasted all of 5 minutes. Someone (no one would fess up) poked bigger holes in the saran wrap and let all the fireflies out. So once we captured the bugs again, we let them back outside.
The kids have been asking to go camping. Since it's been so hot outside we decided to go camping in our playroom. It was a lot of fun. At first they played in it, then we read books, and the boys played with Chad's ipad and iphone. Maya probably loved it the most.
Maya loved the tent so much that she kept everyone up until 11:30. That was the latest they have ever stayed up. The boys were so tired and wanted to sleep, but Maya was still wanting to party. Sadly, she got in trouble and had to sleep in her bed. About 2 minutes after Maya left the tent both boys fell fast asleep.
We are planning on going on a real camping trip in the middle of September. We are going to a state park about an hour away. We rented a cabin, but plan to put up a tent and attempt to sleep in it...we'll see. This park has bike trails, hiking, a shallow river you can float down. It also has a pool, but that will be closed by the time we are there. This is sort of a trial trip. We will go next summer for a few days if all goes well.
