What I Did This Weekend

• Answered the "are we there yet?" question 6 times before we even got on the Pike.
• Swam before dinner.
• Zipped two kids into a tent, told them to go to sleep, and walked away.
• Regretted that decision.
• Vowed to delay moving Quynh to a Big Girl Bed for as long as humanly possible.   
• Stared longingly at our friends' pop-up camper and wondered how much we'd have to camp to justify that cost.
• Swam instead of napping.
• Laughed at my husband the first time he was bitten by a fish.
• Felt bad for laughing (and a little scared for my own safety) the second time he was bitten.
• Swam after dinner.
• Marveled at my son swimming, really swimming, in water over his head.
• Received so many mosquito bites on my feet and ankles that I look like I have some sort of pox.
• Wondered why we were sleeping in a tent instead of an air conditioned hotel, or our house. 
• Swam in the rain.
• Took my potty-training two year old to the campground bathroom to pee every time she asked me to.
• Saw an old friend, and his 3 kids.
• Paid a 9-year-old $2 for watching my kids for an hour.
• Packed up a wet tent (again) and swore never again to camp if there is even the slightest chance of rain (again).