Camping out

Austin has been really into pretend camping lately.  Several days at nap he has asked if we can set up our travel tent downstairs so he and blue puppy can go camping.  He will acquire pots and pans from the kitchen, pretend food and other things to go along with the tent.  So the other day I looked in the backyard and was surprised to see our little tent back there.  Apparently Austin had put it in the backyard at 7 am!  The rest of the day he kept talking about wanting to camp in the backyard, while I said that sounded like a fun idea, it would NOT be fun when the temperature at night is in the teens.  He kept asking about it and I tried to explain what frostbite was.  Later that day I overheard this conversation:
Austin: "Bennett we can't camp in the backyard tonight.  Mommy says there is something. It's frostbite and its worse than mosquito bites and we might get it.  So we can't camp in the backyard."

Ha ha.  I kept laughing as I thought of him trying to conceptualize "frost bites" on his body.  So I had something that evening and went out. I came home to this. 

 

Chris helped the boys "camp" in their bedroom.  They read stories by flashlight in a dark room.  They built a Lego campfire.  Their play food was all over the floor.  And I found Bennett and Austin both asleep in this small (one child size) tent. Bennett was naked (of course), with his rear on the same end as Austin's face.  Lest Austin wake up to a puddle in his face, Chris and I wrestled his pull up back on him, without Bennett waking up. They slept all night together in that tent.  Austin has camped every night since then, on the floor of his room but Bennett seems to prefer his bed and is back in it.  Hopefully clothed.  Our boys can certainly be creative in their play and provide quite a few laughs as well.