The other night our youngest son, Cameron, talked his dad into "camping out" with him in our back yard in a little "pup tent". Against his (and MY;) better judgement, they did. Needless to say: BAD idea!! There was NO room for James to stretch or move, and beyond that, the ground was VERY HARD--NOT GOOD for someone with a bad back!!! {WHAT was he thinking????} Well, he DIDN'T make it through the night...or even most of it. He came in a few hours, but Cameron stayed. Cameron was *FINE* sleeping outside in his little tent alone, having himself one fine adventure! :D It was "MOMMY" who didn't want him staying out there the rest of the night alone. So, there was only one thing for me to do: GO OUT THERE WITH MY BOY <3 And so I did :)
I slipped quietly outside in the dark {BEAUTIFUL} night...in AWE of the bright glittering stars, the softly glowing moon, and the cool night air that whispered, "fall is on it's way..." :) Wow! It was SO BEAUTIFUL that night...you can't experience those things unless you happen to be awake and outside at "odd hours" of the night :) Anyway, I quickly made my way to the little stand of trees where my little boy "pitched his tent" :) I spoke his name several times, to let him know I was there (not wanting to scare him), but he never responded...so I slowly unzipped the door, and saw his sweet little angel-face sleeping peacefully; moon shining on his beautiful face {how a mother's heart loves!!} . I crawl in the tent, slightly waking him, and we snuggle together in the *LITTLE* tent. {*Memories*}
Cameron drifted back off to sleep pretty quickly... I lied there feeling cozy and blessed, basking in the moment, thinking about my little brave boy :) I could hear the wind blowing through the tress...that was ok, it was a pleasant sound. I just pulled the blankets up a little more. The longer I lied there, I began to notice other night sounds...none of which particularly disturbed me. I was pretty much enjoying Cameron's aventure :) I could hear twigs and branches popping and cracking ever so often..."Probably deer," I thought. I could hear bugs and ... I don't know, "What ARE all those noises?"... ;D I looked through the netted top and looked at the stars...so pretty! "WHY can't I go to sleep??"...."I hope those ARE deer...", "Yea, it probably is a deer"...."Didn't James bring me out to hear COYOTES before?"...."COYOTES???"....."Are coyotes afraid of people?"...."Yea, I think I've always heard that they are"...."Yea, I'm pretty sure they are"...."They wouldn't come close to a house or yard anyway, would they?"....."No, I don't think so"...."Nea..."...."What if it was wild dogs instead of coyotes?"...."Are there even such a thing as wild dogs around here?"..."I've never heard of any"...."What was that?....That wasn't something sniffing around out there, was it?"..."That's what it sounded like!"..."Was that something SNIFFING?"..."Sniffing us?"..."Was it sniffing around, sniffing us??"......."Cameron?....Cameron??....Cameron, let's go in!!!" ;D
*HAPPY CAMPING!!*