A Cabin in the Woods

After our visit to the pumpkin patch, we travelled to Cunningham State Falls Park for a few nights of camping. We stayed in a very simple cabin. It had two rooms, a bunk bed, a full-sized bed, a table and chairs, a futon, no insulation, and no heat. The cabin was also equipped with a brought-from-home potty chair for Xandra and Theia to use. Boy were we glad to not have to run to the bathroom everytime one of the girls needed to potty! For the record, Joe and I did NOT use the potty chair.

The girls got to experience their first dinners cooked over the fire. We had hotdogs the first night and hamburgers the second. Xandra also got to eat her first smores from the campfire. This was a big hit!

It was October and it was chilly in the evening and morning. We bundled the girls up in layers of clothing each night before bed and then piled blankets on top of them once they were in bed. Xandra and Theia slept in the bedroom with us and Aliyah slept in the pack n play in the front room.

Breakfast time was chilly, but delicious. Muffins one morning and pancakes from the griddle the second morning. The cold made for some unhappy children our first morning, so after breakfast we headed into town to warm up. We landed at a mall about 40 minutes away (one of the closest places to go), and they played in a play structure and we enjoyed our sack lunches in the nice, warm mall eatery. Joe even bought me ice cream for dessert. After lunch, we returned to the park for naps and afternoon fun.

Our last morning there the girls spent a few hours playing with the gravel on the walkway. They scooped it up and dumped it in their buckets and containers all the while talking about the chocolate chip cookies they were making. Joe and I watched nearby reading books while Aliyah slept happily in her carseat.

It was so nice to be away as a family enjoying the changing colors of the outdoors and each other. While the weather was cool, it made for a quiet park. The only other campers in our area were the newlyweds in the cabin next door. Never did a honeymoon provide better birth control than to have three very young Pull children playing, crying, laughing, and carrying on next door.