Favorite camping quotes.

Though most of these come from my children (they're all from nieces and nephews), the quotes were too hilarious not to post.

#1: Our niece (as her dad was walking her to their tent to get put to bed for the night): Dad, I'm nocturnal!
Nice try!

#2: Our nephew to me: Look at my loose tooth! pointing to a very loose and wiggly front tooth. I already lost this one! pointing to a gap neighboring the loose one. 

Me: Oh, that's neat.
Nephew:  Did you know that girl teeth are rarer than boy teeth?
come again?
Me: And how do you know that?
Nephew:  Well, a friend of mine lost this tooth pointing to his gap in his front teeth and the tooth fairy gave her FIVE DOLLARS for her tooth!!
got it.  Smart kid.  Later I found out that was his dad's explanation to him as to why the Tooth Fairy was much cheaper when paying him.  He didn't think of the idea on his own- but that makes it no less funny.

 #3:  King and I were deliberating whether or not to take the kid backpack (I forget the real name- you know- the one you put the child in and then strap them to your back. Keldy Kid? Kelty Kid? Something like that.  I digress...).  We were only going to be hiking a short hike- or so we thought- so King decided Eddie would probably enjoy walking and he probably wouldn't have to carry her much.  I already had Millaker strapped to my front in the Ergo- so in the end it was his call.
Wrong call.
Roughly 100 yards down the road- just as we have rounded the bend and are out of sight of the cars- Eddie asks to be carried.
"It's too hard, Daddy!!"  
Thinking it would be a short break, King complied.
We ended up hiking over four miles.
I think he carried her over 95% of the time.
Every hike thereafter she repeated the same line.  She has got her daddy wrapped around her finger. She was carried most of the hikes.

Out-takes

Lest you think getting good pictures is easy...

For every good one there were 73 1/2 out-takes.  

Here's hoping they make you smile.

 Yoo-Hoo! Eddie! Over here!  Guy- who or what are you waving at?

 "Bah!"

 Oh Girls?!  Guy, tongue in!

 Now we've lost all three...

 What's with the toe?

Ok, that's a wrap. 

Translation:

Some times you might need an interpreter around our house. 
When Eddie says "tarrot."  Its toilet, not carrot.  However, when she actually does say carrot... it sounds the same.  Imagine the possible sentences that could be confusing with that word. 
"Bapper" is diaper and "Siddy Tup" is a more recognizable sippy cup.  
Guy likes to call what I periodically do "EXTRAsizing"- meaning exercising.  He's not implying that I'm putting on weight and buying new wardrobes.
Millaker has a different cry for when she's tired, when she's hungry, and when Eddie is three centimeters from her face and won't move... but that's a whole different story.