Birthday Boy ~part 2

Last year Zach requested a birthday camping trip. And we obliged. It was half adventure and half disaster. Despite it all, this year he wanted to camp again. And I thought we could pull it off, until I decided that hiking and sleeping on the ground is just not going to work at 27 weeks pregnant in the high heat and humidity. So we came up with a middle ground, a "back yard" camp out style get together with his three best friends (and their gaggle of siblings).

Ingredients:
~One borrowed fire pit
~Lots of firewood from the local woods and a resourceful neighbor (did you know you can't buy firewood in June? At least not around here.)
~A pile of roasting sticks (also from our romp in the woods last week) pre-sharpened and wood burned with names (real and silly)

~Hot dogs for said sticks (cook it yourself is just my style of entertaining!)

~One tent with loads of quilts

~Queen Ann's Lace & pine cones (both also from the woods) in jars pulled from the marina recycling bin

~Burlap sack table cloths from our local coffee shop dumpster

~Trail mix

~Loads of marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers

~A pile of flashlights and glowsticks

~Mason jar lanterns, twinkly lights in the trees

~And a pack of glowing giggling kids, high on marshmallows, running madly in the perfect midsummer's night weather.

~A very happy birthday indeed...