So here’s a funny story: last weekend we tried to take Kit camping on her very first camping excursion ever. David and I are big campers and have done it many times before so we were supremely confident that it was going to go GREAT. Do you see where this is going? Yeah we ended up leaving at 11:00 at night and driving home. She had done great all night… up until bedtime. Kit just WOULD NOT fall asleep so at about 10:30 we decided to take her out of the Pack and Play and try to co sleep with her hoping that it would help. Nope. She then alternated from rolling back and forth between David and I giggling and trying to grab our noses to emotional scream crying. It got to the point where we realized that we had to leave out of respect for the other campers. Having a baby changes things doesn’t it!? My nice, predictable life just isn’t that way anymore. Normally Kit is the happiest baby, but in that moment she just chose not to be (to be fair, it was HOT with 90% humidity, so I think the poor thing just couldn’t cool down). I’m realizing more and more that these babies actually have their own feelings and wills!! Weird right??! Having Kit has taught me that life can’t always be predictable and that flexibility and adaptibility are important qualities (that doesn’t mean I don’t believe in boundaries and structure ha!). This can pretty much apply to anything in life, but especially your capsule wardrobe. Rigidity is rarely enjoyable and allowing yourself to relax and just enjoy the ride will make things so much more fun! I realize that I may have guidelines for how my capsule should go, but life isn’t always so cut and dry and it’s important, with anything that you’re doing, to be able to adapt to life’s ebbs and flows.
All that to say, we were planning on going into Stillwater (this cute little town on the river, which was really close to our campsite) the following day, but that obviously didn’t happen. So we headed back on Labor Day and had a really good time poking our heads in all of the cute antique stores and boutiques. Kit had her first pony ride and her first little bite of ice cream! Needless to say, that trip went much better than the first one!
Has anyone else had a camping trip go wrong? Or really anything else? It would make me feel ten times better to hear your stories. 🙂 Let me know in the comments below!
Until next time,
Outfit Details:
Hat: Old Forever 21. Similar
Dress: Old Forever 21. Almost Exact
Sneakers: Converse
Purse: Old Kate Spade Saturday. Similar
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