Inverhuron camping trip

On Sunday, we went on another camping test run, this time at Inverhuron Provincial Park. We managed to fit everything into the car, with room to spare.  You need almost as much gear for a 1-night trip as for an 8 week trip.  We'll just need some more clothes and food for the real trip.  Jasper's bouncy seat is a real space-hog, but it was so much easier to have somewhere to set him down while we worked or ate.

We woke up early and packed up camp.  Pat headed to work, just around the corner and Jasper and I drove home.

Overall, the trip was a success!  I'm sure we'll get faster at set up and take down as we go, and start to learn where everything lives in the car.

Jasper hanging out while we eat breakfast and take down camp.

Backyard test run

We took a test run of our tent in the backyard a couple of weeks ago.  We have a small two person tent that is really light, small and easy to put up.  It is cozy for two people, but the result of the test was that we definitely need a bigger tent!  There was enough space for us to sleep, but no space for gear.  I also think we'll all sleep better if Jasper is in his bassinet, instead of in with us.  We don't normally co-sleep, and I was worried all night about squishing the little guy.

Jasper kept warm in his giraffe fleece sleeper and socks as mittens, since we don't have any mitts bigger than newborn size. Baby clothes are ridiculous, and ridiculously cute. 

Jasper all bundled for sleeping outside.