And She's Four...

It was Waimea's birthday today. And we celebrated it by going camping. You may think that is cruel, but it is what she requested. She loves to camp.

Illinois is not known for its camping. But we picked a state park surrounding by lakes (appropriately named Chain O'Lakes State Park), and went up Friday after Evan got out of class. We pulled into our site about 8 PM, got camp set up, and immediately went to bed. We woke up to cold, windy weather. So Waimea opened her presents in the tent (we decided to celebrate on Saturday):

An Aurora doll, Prince Phillip doll, Aurora dresses, and three mini fairies from Grandma and Grandpa:

A Belle doll from mom and dad:

A six pack of fairies from Mummi and Pappa:

A doll, some cutely-adorned clothes, and hair clips from Aunt Kristy, Uncle Todd, and cousins:

And, not pictured, a Rapunzel lunch box and book from Spencer, some homemade dresses for her Belle doll from mom and dad, and some braided yarn Rapunzel hair, also from mom and dad. Quite the loot! But we've always told our kids that we'll give them more presents if they don't have a birthday party. (Sadly, I think Waimea thought she was going to have friends come camping and have a birthday party at the campsite. Oops!).

The temps warmed up a bit (not much with all the wind!), so we headed out for some walks to the lakes:

Played on the playground (What is it with campgrounds with playgrounds? I never saw them until we moved out east. Must be compensating for lack of real camping atmosphere):

And then we spent some time in the tent (it was just way too windy outside!):

Spencer and Daddy working on something:

Mommy napping (Do you blame me? Friday was crazy, packing up everything by myself):

Waimea playing with her new loot:

And when we made it back home, Waimea had this easel to open on her actual birthday:

We had a great time! Thanks for wanting to go camping Mea! SOOOO glad you're part of our family!