I just survived six days camping with my daughter (7)!

[hemispheres]

This was WAY outside my comfort zone. But besides a deeply terrifying John candy/Chevy Chase grease fire inside a very small RV it was basically the greatest time of my whole life.

She’d recently stopped letting me hold her hand, but all that went out the window as she faced the unknowns of sleeping under the stars up in the mountains. And there was no mama to go to for comfort.

It was great to have just one of my kids with me, too. We ate s’mores, hiked trails, watched whales, and I learned the words to every Kidz Bop song ever released.

I’m sad its over.

 

[steve2010]

@hemispheres Same time, same place, next year… go ahead and put it on the calendar.

You just created a memory she’ll have for the rest of her life!

 

[hemispheres]

@steve2010 This really is the answer.

We got home and she was excited to see Mama, but she wanted me to put her down for bed. She asked me to lay down with her like we did on our trip. And not to leave even after she falls asleep.

 

[karen2010]

@hemispheres Shit man, everything makes me teary since becoming a dad!
Glad you had a great week OP!

 

[childofgod881]

@karen2010 I watched a goofy movie after my son was born and cried a ton. I have never cried to that movie before having a kid. Give it a watch if you want a good cry

 

[navyreb]

@childofgod881 A Goofy Movie is low key one of the best Disney Movies.