Kicked the wife and kid out of home.....

LOL

I always try to start with a HEADLINE, blame the Newspapers for it.

So this weekend I have kicked the Wife and Kato - Miss 14yrs, out of home and into a tent.

Only 10 minutes from home, inner city camping, AND I had to put up the tent with assistance from Miss 9yrs, before they got there.
Powered site, showers, camp kitchen, swimming pool - bloody luxury camping.

Tent up, air mattresses, sleeping bags, 45L camp fridge and even a convection oil heater if it gets really cold tonight O
Fridge full of Iced Coffee for Kato, and cinnamon donuts for both.
Made them plan and pack the rest of their crap, no coming home if they miss something.

They are off to my wife's very first 'Mummy daughter glam camp' together, the wife was getting excited about it last night, as it has never been
done yet by her.
The purpose is Mum be close to Kato, and for them to spend some personal quality time, doing girly stuff together, shopping ,
makeup, coffee, cake, eat out, explore, breathe a bit with no stress.

It's going to be interesting.

I have said before that I do these trips with my girls individually, last one to Victor Harbour, Miss 8yrs is still talking about it from a Jan '19 trip with her,
so it is worth it for those special memories.
Hope the Wife gets the same results, I'm sure that there will be an interesting debrief - LOL

Nice clean site. Don't forget to clean it before you go home whilst the Mrs drinks a latte and child a Macca's hot chocolate. :cloudy: :heart:

Nice idea, funny that you have to do the setting up tho, lol.

That's lovely GH and fantastic that you all can do that.

Unfortunately as much as I would have loved some one on one bonding time with my mum (or dad for that matter) being stuck in a tent with them would be like living a very bad M.Night Shyamalan movie. I'd come out more traumatized than I went in and they'd probably come out dead

Great stuff and you're a gentleman. Next time let them set it up....it builds character!

Don't know how you do it indervidualy Just wouldnt feel right. When I go they all want to come. :beer:

The wife is learning to put up and take down, the kids all know how to do it, and strangely they are all good with the 'one on one' camping,
because they all get a turn.
Normally it a tribal, YES tribal affair and its chaos at its best with all the excitement - LOL

After many years of working hard and not playing at all, we dont have that anymore and less money, so we have turned it on its head
and go the other way.
In many ways much better.

The wife is our sole income now, she worked until 8.30pm last night, so I think it is fair for her to make the most of the weekend one night stay that she can, my gift to her
and Miss 14.
If it was a longer stay or further from home she would have a steep learning curve, as it is she isnt confident either, bit more practise then she can
show me what she can do. LOL

I get to boss all the other women in my life while she is away! They demanded hotdogs for lunch :awful: LOL

Im loving it GH,
All the more power to you mate.
I have a one on one camping trip next weekend with my now 18 year old.
We always have a great time whether its bush camping or otherwise.
Its given us the best memories and a very close bond.
Its the same with my 16 year old as well.
We always have family holidays as well me the wife and 2 daughters.
Its the best of best times.
Cheers Steve

Well folks,

The verdict is in, after two days and one night away from home. (10mins from home in a tent)

Both the wife and KATO (14yrs) have had a great time, some adventures, including turtle catching, eating ribs, having a coin assessed by a dealer,
pub dinner, shopping, veg-ing bloated in a tent, some free wifi Youtube burger patty cooking lessons (WFT?), a toe dipped into a VERY cold pool,
coffee cake and some wine to aid the sleep - seems like they had a very good time.

The wife was surpised at how good it was, a good bonding session, they cuddled in the double sleeping bag under a queen size quilt too.
:Y:

A taste of what I get from taking the kids away.

Now she is keen to take another one. YES !!

AND she can roll up the sleeping bags now, WOOHOO!

What a fantastic outcome mate and congratulations to Mrs. Greenhornet and Kato.
Mackka :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :flowers: :flowers: :cake: :coffee:

Maybe just You and Her next time - LOL

GH, well done on the wife and daughters bonding trip, great story, just goes to show you don't have travel 100s of kms to have a good time.

I'm hanging out to get away, I shed a tear every time I walk past the camper.

Mate, Kato is still using the Deteknix pin pointer you sent her, she has worn out 3 of those plastic cover end caps and tries to keep it clean,
but almost never leaves home without it, the Deteknix digger and the CTX3030 detector.
I even had to stop her taking it on this urban camp, then got told off when she got home - seems like she had a spare 5min

With 4 girls, just me and the missus camping, we would just lay in bed and snore for the 2 days - LOL

I'm due to take the 3yr old away next by myself.
But we have 2 family camps programmed for the school holidays, one with the wife and another just me and the kids because she has to work.

AngerManagement said:

Maybe just You and Her next time - LOL

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This is an interesting idea! My best friend has 2 daughters of about the same age, I will tell him about it.

Remembered, there is one problem. One of the girls curvature of the spine, will not be painful to sleep on a regular inflatable mattress? Or maybe they fit the usual Signature Sleep Mattress Hybrid Cool Gel?

Knowing a friend, he will not be removed much from home, so carrying a mattress if necessary will not be difficult.

There are many high end air mattresses out there and camp beds that may fit her needs, a chat to the specialist to find out what
are the important features may be needed to help her not suffer pain.

Our's even occasionally have the 'flat tire' feature through the night, or the roll onto the floor feature. They are cheap.

BUT some are super with adjustable support, camp stretcher beds too, but into the 3 figures range,
if my kids needed it, I would not hesitate so that they could participate in the outdoors.

Miss 14yrs has a genetic medical condition, a broken finger could spell disaster for her or a minor virus infection, but we prepare and set forth
in confidence, she has to grow and experience life as all kids and people should be able to.

Our's are all girls, 3, 8, 9, 14 - and it is $ tight, but so good, and can be done cheap, doesn't need to be fancy, in fact the rougher and more disorganised,
it seems the bigger the adventure.

First camp, me and one child, food for the weekend was 2 dozen donuts and 2L of ice coffee sleeping in the back of the van, Miss 12 then was so stoked. LOL
Good bonding right there, we just picked up and went.

Wish your friend the best from me.
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its really great to see/hear/read of other families doing this. too many kids grow up spending the majority of their young years enclosed in suburbia & wrapped in mod-cons, & learning little of the natural world thats out there.
I have 4 daughters & a son, & when they were little we spent a lot of time camping & trekking around. We would buy notebooks, pencils, torches, batteries as required & still have a fair few books on wildlife. After setting up camp we would take them for walks around spotting wildlife & particular plants, & then after dinner we would do a night walk to find nocturnal animals. Needless to say, our kids always had great stories to tell, & sometimes stuff to show, at school the following week. This also had the side benefit of learning orienteering, using a compass, small map of the area etc.
My (small) grandkids are now starting to get the same opportunity.
And of course its the best bonding time parents can get.

Ded Driver said:

its really great to see/hear/read of other families doing this. too many kids grow up spending the majority of their young years enclosed in suburbia & wrapped in mod-cons, & learning little of the natural world thats out there.
I have 4 daughters & a son, & when they were little we spent a lot of time camping & trekking around. We would buy notebooks, pencils, torches, batteries as required & still have a fair few books on wildlife. After setting up camp we would take them for walks around spotting wildlife & particular plants, & then after dinner we would do a night walk to find nocturnal animals. Needless to say, our kids always had great stories to tell, & sometimes stuff to show, at school the following week. This also had the side benefit of learning orienteering, using a compass, small map of the area etc.
My (small) grandkids are now starting to get the same opportunity.
And of course its the best bonding time parents can get.

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your dead right ded driver I have 3 teenagers coming out to my property for easter and I can bet they wont leave the house for two weeks just want to play on their phones waiting to go home

savage bitter said:

I have 3 teenagers coming out to my property for easter and I can bet they wont leave the house for two weeks just want to play on their phones waiting to go home

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set up a mystery/treasure hunt in advance. give them a note sheet with some (not too difficult) cryptic clues .. give them reason to go on a journey of discovery ...

yer cant see that working have more luck turning oop: to gold city kids they don't want to do to much the more you push them the quicker they get pissed off everything is phones and talking rot to their mates (they are not my kids. my kids you don't see them unless they are hungry they go nuts around the place from morning to night )

My parents never saw me unless it food time. I was either up a giant gum tree or pine tree or fishing in the local creek or riding my bike 20-30 miles away or in the pine forest playing Robin Hood or making cracker guns etc. etc.....