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I posted this picture a long time ago of my then month old girl Abigail.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/Spamel/HPIM1977.jpg
Well, here she is today after we put the Zeltbahn up in the garden and made a "tup o' tea" together! She wanted to go to the woods today but it was a little chilly and she has a bit of a runny nose. If this weekend shapes up, we'll be off up the woods and may even spend her first night out. She's 3 years old now!
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/Spamel/0804040002.jpg
:) Cute!!! Lovely at that age, aren't they. Enjoy it. Before you realize it they're going or gone!
Shambling Shaman
04-04-2008, 18:42
:D I know Just how you feel...
Cherish these moments, it seems like yesterday my girls were that small. Now there's one in college, one about to start and one wanting a horse really bad! Then there's the Eagle Scout!
DoctorSpoon
04-04-2008, 18:59
awwww .... lovely pictures! My daughter's 14 now and still loves camping - it's me who's not so keen any more :o
She's nagging me to go back out now with her, but it is getting too cold for her! She won't listen though! :rolleyes:
Dougster
04-04-2008, 19:08
Mine's the same age and loves camping too, we're throwing their kit in the boot and going to see Andy/Oakleaf (who's sausages are the best in the world according to Megan) after the funeral. My wee peoples first jaunt north of the border!!
It's good at this age as they don't take up too much room in the tent.:D
Here are my two in the woods at the S Wales meet with Jed jnr (left). Not sure they are 'bushcraft green' kids.;)
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p26/dougster_01/January08019.jpg
Wow, Spam I remember you posting the first picture of her. How the time flys, she looks like she's becoming quite the bushcraftin' gal! :You_Rock_ (both of you)
:D
Heavens Spam that takes me back...my baby is 26 in a couple of weeks :eek:
Summer's coming...before you know it she'll be sleeping outside with the backdoor unlocked so she can get in and you won't sleep until you know she is ;) :D
During the long summer holidays you'll wonder why you bothered making their beds......and they dive in four times a day for food and bolt back out the door again :rolleyes: they bring their friends too and it's only when you count heads you realise there're more than you remember of these little mucky, suntanned, happy people around....:confused:
Best of times...hope you both enjoy them :)
:grouphug:
Toddy
Bernie Garland
04-04-2008, 19:17
Must say she looks a little cracker Spam,She'll gain loads of bushie knowledge from you
Bernie
DoctorSpoon
04-04-2008, 19:51
before you know it she'll be sleeping outside with the backdoor unlocked so she can get in
Our youngest spent many months sleeping in a tent in the garden a couple of years ago - through rain, snow, wind, everything. If you look at the satellite image of the place on Google maps you can see his tent in the garden (they obviously don't update the images around here very often):
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd10/design-doctor/random/leefarm.jpg
My eldest is 3 as well, it's a great age, just starting to get really interested in stuff. Loves the outdoors too.
I was packing for a weekend out last month and she tried to hide herself in a box of stuff that was for the car!
Comments such as,
"I know the birds are awake sweetheart, but Mummy really doesn't need to be yet :sigh:"
"I can hear your tummy is empty too! :rolleyes: :D "
"No, fires are not a good idea under the washing lines! :eek: ! "
"Trust me, the burn is not a good bath.....and that's a leech, not a pregnant worm :yuck: "
"Oatcakes do taste better cooked outdoors, don't they? So do sausages "
"You are not sleeping up the tree...I don't care if the squirrels do or not....:bluThinki ."
"Yes, you can play with the hose.....and your brother....and your uncle :naughty: "
"That's Orion, when he's up clear it's time to think of back into your own bed; can you find the Pole Star?"
I swore I'd never nag at my boys to make me a Grandma; their lives not mine, but sometimes..... I miss this :o
M
Dougster
04-04-2008, 20:27
I love it too, I just long for the days of not being knackered.
She looks like you are firmly wrapped around that little finger Spam.:D
My wee girls 22 now and we used to camp and youth hostel when she was young. She fledged a few years ago but we are planning a family camp soon so it never leaves them. The other thing that has changed is there is a lot more gear for the little uns. Enjoy enjoy enjoy...
jon
I love it too, I just long for the days of not being knackered.
She looks like you are firmly wrapped around that little finger Spam.:D
Nah, none of the girls have managed that yet! they know how far to push it, sometimes they cross the line and they find out quickly when they do! No doubt as they get older they will perfect their ways of getting my money, lifts to and from the night club, more money to spend in the night club, money for clothes to wear in the night club, etc. etc. etc.
It could be that instead they'll do the whole,
"But Daaaad..... I neeeeed a new Swanni, I want a new woodlore...... :D "
Maybe ??
bushscout1
04-04-2008, 21:58
Nice story & pics Spamel.
My lad's 3 and he keeps on asking when we can go & play in the hammock or cook bannock...
I'm a duty warden at the local Scout campsite & he comes along and 'helps', I usually take some of my kit along to have a play with in my spare time (not that I usually get any), so he's familiar with a fair bit of the kit.
A while ago when I was cooking lunch for us I realised we were out of bread, so cooked up bannock (on the hob), I didn't realise it would be so memorable but all of a sudden he's started saying he wants to do it again - although it's always at the most inappropriate times !!
He also loves helping me build fires, although he's very good and never gets too close.
3 is a lovely age and Abigail looks like a lovely girl, you're a lucky man. I've got a 3 year old and i think it's a great age, so many changes, personality coming through big and strong (a bit too strong sometimes!)
3 a magical age :D
Damascus
05-04-2008, 11:22
I read and had a smile, I can remember my two girls one's a nurse the other a police officer sleeping in the garden as little tots and me in the middle in the tent. When they grew older, one night sleeping in the shed as the tent was full of their friends, the wife thought they might be abducted, ha. Happy memories make the most of them!!!!!!!
Hi Spam, you look like a very proud Dad, and rightly so.
Took my daughter (age10) out last night for her first night in a hammock, in a real wood (well, local Scout Camp).
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd178/simonandbev/DSC00447.jpg
Just as the Sun came up, the dawn chorus started and she said "Dad, hit the snooze button on your alarm clock!". Looks like she inherited my sense of humour as well. :D
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd178/simonandbev/DSC00443.jpg
She was amazed at how comfy the hammock was and also how much more you notice when not in a tent.
Simon
That's a giant tarp! Looks like a great way of setting it up though, I reckon I may need to get one that size myself! I have two Magikelly hammocks with two Wanderingstar Underblankets, so they are perfect for me and one of my many girls to sleep out under. Come the summer, I probably won't even need a tarp unless we have a re-run of last year!
That's a giant tarp! ...
Its 4.5m x 4.5m Tatonka polycotton. Not the lightest bit of kit I own, but then it will only be used when car camping.
I just need to get another underquilt now as she did not get on with the Thermarest in the hammock and ended up taking it out after about an hour of wrestling with it.
Simon
I know what you mean, I cannot get on with a sleeping mat in a hammock, I always slip off of it and end up getting cold!
It seems a bit cold today, I'll see how the afternoon shapes up and if it gets a bit warmer, I may sleep out with Abi in the Zeltbahn in the garden. It gives me the freedom to duck indoors if she doesn't like it!
My little boy is 3 next month, it really is such a great age. He always wants to go to the woods and can spot dog, horse and badger tracks. He also tracks his own little feet back to the car!! He seems to know instinctively how to set up sticks to make a fire, maybe I watched a little bit too much of Ray Mears when I was pregnant!
It'll be fun to see all the little ones at the Bushmoot.
Hey Spamel do the mighty Wehrmacht still use the zeltbahn design then?,I know they used them from atleast 1939 to 1945 and Iam guessing the 1914 to 1918 too but yours looks to be Flecktarn pattern!
Yeah, it is flecktarn. The older Zeltbahns were triangulr, this isn't. It has two triangular door sections on the end of the rectangular main piece. There are millions of buttons! The two sections button together along the ridge, with the poles and pegs nesting together in a seperate bag. Each sheet then packs with it's poles and pegs into another bag which can be used with a single sheet to form the hood onto a cape. It is a pretty versatile bit of kit that I need to get more use out of. I paid something like 15 euros for the whole lot brand new from Raeer in germany.
Yeah, it is flecktarn. The older Zeltbahns were triangulr, this isn't. It has two triangular door sections on the end of the rectangular main piece. There are millions of buttons! The two sections button together along the ridge, with the poles and pegs nesting together in a seperate bag. Each sheet then packs with it's poles and pegs into another bag which can be used with a single sheet to form the hood onto a cape. It is a pretty versatile bit of kit that I need to get more use out of. I paid something like 15 euros for the whole lot brand new from Raeer in germany.Thanks for that Spamel,looks like you had a right top bargain there!:)
Spamel
Have fun while you can my daughter goes back uni today after a couple of weeks at home. Do as much as you can with them now as these times pass quickly.
Continue to let them play outside a lot the world is not as scary as is often made out.
Not in the least bit bushcrafty, but my daughter (as pictured earlier in the thread) has just won the team event at Blackpool Tower Ballroom - Proud Dad moment coming on! :D
Best of both worlds IMHO, a partner on my many walks and overnighters and a girly girl to boot! :cool:
Simon