City folks go camping

My family has been camping for the past week. Not outside of course. It's hot there! But in a tent in the middle of the living room.

My 5-year-old has been learning about camping at preschool, and so we thought it'd be fun to actually break out the tent stored in an unopened box in our attic.

Putting the thing together was fun for my husband because there were no directions. Bravely, he managed and we soon had a bigger-than-I-expected igloo-shaped domicile. My daughter collected an array of snacks for our "camping” trip and I turned on the Discovery Channel (the TV was right there) to find some scenery. Despite the whirl of the ceiling fan, it was fun to imagine we were actually on a great adventure. Our dogs became "bears” prowling for snacks. We made fire-free S'mores with chocolate marshmallows and Ritz crackers.

But did we sleep there? Of course not, the floor is hard after all.

Next my daughter wants to go fishing. Maybe we'll turn the bathtub into a "pond.” Do goldfish crackers float?

Susan "Scared of Mosquitoes” Simpson, Education Writer

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