A camping we will go!

This weekend we went camping at the oh-so-kid-friendly Warm River Campground. Aunt Aimee came along with us--it's been so nice having her in Rexburg while she's been going to Evan's Beauty College. We were a little worried about battling with the rain, but the storm's timing was actually perfect. It didn't rain until after we'd set up the tent and shade cover and then it stopped right after dinner so we could go for a walk and enjoy a campfire in the evening. Lisa is at such a fun age for this kind of stuff. She eats it up! When we told her we did not bring marshmallows and that we would be pretending to roast marshmallows, she got so excited and helped me find just the right sticks and went at it for quite awhile. She has not been quite as interested in fishing, but will still humor us for a few minutes. Ryan would catch a fish and then have her reel it in. She seemed to enjoy that. She had even more fun just pretending with the net.She got a little nervous when the fish flopped on the ground a little, but she was still willing to touch it. My favorite part of camping with Lisa so far has probably been her campfire singing performances. Give her just a little encouragement and she's off to silly land. She learned "The Farmer in the Dell" from listening to a nursery rhyme CD every night going to bed. I didn't even realize she knew the song, but she certainly adds her own touches to it. For example, her new verses include "The wife takes the mop and the mop takes the cheese." I'm not sure where she got the "mop" idea. She certainly doesn't see her mom doing a lot of that. She ends her songs with quite a flair too. She's picked up on the concept of embellished finales. I love it. Lisa got herself dressed for bed and apparently slept in wet socks all night without us realizing it. Her little toes were so cold in the morning! We spent a good amount of time just relaxing by the fire before we cleaned up camp.