All about Camping: Day 4

I wanted to have the kids help me make some snack mix to take on a short hike I was planning for the weekend.  They had been begging me all week for the Cheez-its and pretzels they saw me buy.  They were excited when the time finally came to open the boxes!  I like the Scrabble edition of the cheese crackers because it is a great literacy tie in when you pull out a letter you can try to think of word that starts with that sound.  It makes a great game that everyone can play and can be adapted to any setting.  I knew it would add a fun component to snack time on our hike.  Small stick pretzels are the same kind of literacy fun.  You can build letters with them!  On a hike they're perfect.  "I see a ladybug.  What letter does 'ladybug' start with?  Who can build it with their pretzels?"  To the pretzels and cheese crackers we also added a bag of trail mix.  The kid worked together to mix them up and portion them out and were more than happy to be the first taste-testers!

I am loving this tent so are the kids.  It made a perfect place to test our their snack!  Even our cat likes it.  :)  You can easily slide the two floor rods out and then fold the tent flat and store it under the couch.  It takes two seconds to pull it out and slide the rods back in to set it up.