One of my brothers brought over his tent for us to borrow! Last night the children and I slept outside. It got chilly (mid-40's) but we were all snuggled under a huge down comforter and stayed toasty warm! :)

The boys have been very, very excited about "camping out". Camping in the back yard is far enough from home for me -- I like being able to run in the house whenever I want. ;)

I put Ruth on my back (in the mei tai) while I made up the beds in the tent. Lately I have been wearing Ruth on my back around the house. Yehoshua is now old enough to help me get her legs in the right spot! She loves riding on my back. :)

Yehoshua's bed -- a crib mattress. He was warm enough on here last night but crawled in with us halfway through the night. :)

The other side of the tent has our queen-sized air mattress, lots of pillows, and lots of blankets. I went and got the down comforter after this picture was taken. That comforter is so warm!

It was a challenge to get the children and myself all ready for bed by 7:30 last evening. I am very accustomed to doing a few hours of work after the children go to bed for the night.