DECEMBER CAMPING WITH ETIENNE AND ANDRE

The three other grands had all had time with us camping in the RV. Susan was determined that the year would not end without giving Etienne and Andre the same adventure. On Christmas Day we drove to Fay Bainbridge campgound for a day, evening and night full of fun. Then a second day and night at another campground.]

I called this a ‘boat’ and Andre was quick to tell me it is a Pirate Ship.

Both boys spent a lot of time enjoying the Pirate ship. Etienne walked the “plank”. No — Andre said it is a bridge ;’-).

And he should know since he is the pilot.

As I was looking over the other parts of the ‘ship’ I heard a little voice saying ‘you have to lift me’. I was sure that Etienne (older and taller) was lifting Andre (younger and shorter) up to reach something. I peeked around the corner and there was Andre lifting his brother up to look through the binoculars.

I told Andre how nice that was to help his brother reach the binoculars, and he said that was because he has good muscles.

After pirating around the Sound, there were bikes to be ridden.

Meandering down to the beach took some cross country work, but they did it. And found some forts to explore.

During some of their bike exploring, Grandma and the boys came back with a gift from a neighboring camper, and we decorated the van.

After moving to the Kitsap Memorial State Park the next day, we think Fay Bainbridge was our best camping spot this trip. But still,  the boys had more biking fun and a hike to the beach, and a good playground where there were other kids to interact with. 

Night time activity involved reading and doing the ‘Look and Find’ book before bed.

The day after we dropped them off at home we heard from their dad that Etienne was already asking about going camping with us again. Seems even though we had to correct them a few times (rather sternly) the adventure was a success. Though doing some of the correcting was needed, they are good boys and we will want to take them again.