Abby thought she had pretty cool parents last night

(In other words, even simple free things can be pretty fun!)

So, we're planners. We don't do a lot spontaneously. (Our poor kids.)

Anyway, yesterday Mike decided to set up the new tent we bought to check it out before we go camping this weekend. Abby thought that was great fun. Unfortunately, we decided after we set it up that we'd need to return it because the entire top half is mesh and we're afraid it'll be really cold.

I took Abby in shortly thereafter to get all "jammied up". She was unusually excited about putting her pajamas on. I didn't think about it until she pretty much sang to me that she was getting jammied up so she could sleep in her new tent. When I told her we couldn't sleep in it because we had to take it back to the store, she was devastated! Tears and tears and tears.

This is where spontaneity comes in: we decided to set up the old tent in the backyard and have a little family campout. There wasn't a lot of interest in sleeping. (We live pretty far north and it is the middle of June. Translation: the sun never goes down. Yes, I know that is an exaggeration.)

We had so much fun watching Abby. She thought that it was the greatest! Here's proof: