Camping with Yogi Bear

We recently took the boys to the Yogi Bear Campgrounds in Goodfield, IL over a weekend. Jay's Aunt Teresa had her camper there, and she and Memaw invited Holden and Chelsey to spend the night. We joined them for the day's activities. It is my kind of camping; not really roughing it! Ha! The camper has air conditioning, a bathroom, TV, DVD player, fridge, etc. And the campgrounds are really fun and family friendly. There are activities each weekend that run all day long and revolve around a theme. The theme that weekend was dinosaurs, which Holden loved. It was a beautiful weekend; not as hot as it has been, but warm enough for the kids to enjoy the pool and "the great outdoors." :)

Yogi raises the flag each morning and says the pledge with the kids. So cute!

Ready to swim! Holden, Daddy and Hunter, and cousin Chelsey

Fun in the pool! Let's just say Teresa was not planning on getting in. Jay decided that she needed to. She didn't really have much of a choice.

I think Holden's favorite part of the day were the morning and evening tractor rides. Yogi hops on and moves around the tractor so that all of the kids get to sit near him. I was thinking about a little over a year ago, when he was petrified of characters. Would have been his worst nightmare then! Now he loves them.

The kids made a froggy friend. Or is it a toad?

We got a glimpse into the future with these little pedal cars. There was some interesting driving going on between Chelsey, her friend, Holden, and Aunt Allie. Scary!

I was impressed with all of the fun things to do. Holden painted a wooden dinosaur, enjoyed an egg toss on the front lawn, pet a snake and saw an opossum in the camp hall, and enjoyed eating lots of junk food and winning a stuffed animal out of the claw machine in the little camp shop. He could have watched the popcorn machine all day. It's the little things! I have to say that the snack shop was my favorite area. Malts, shakes, popcorn, ice cream treats, candy, mozzarella sticks...there is a reason that I can list the menu to you. And it is not good that I know it! Let's just say I sampled most of it during the day. NO WILLPOWER!

Hunter was SUCH a good boy! He loved watching everything and even joined in the pool activities during the warmer part of the afternoon. He really liked the tractor ride, and just laying on a big blanket in the shade. He was a trooper!

Love my jolly baby!

Before we left in the evening, we had the prerequisite campfire. We grilled hot dogs and roasted S'mores. Holden helped with some marshmallows....can you see how they are literally ON the firewood? Needless to say we did not eat any of the ones he cooked!

Memaw and the infamous Jiffy Pop! The packaging says you can NOT cook it over a fire. Tami decided she didn't believe it. Umm....the packaging was right! Directly after this picture, the packaging burst into flames. Can't say she didn't try! Good thing the camper had a microwave.

This kid may be picky, but he knows what the good stuff is! :) He had a wonderful time camping and can't wait to do it again.