Fire's Burning, Fire's Burning...

Finn attended his first ever campfire on Saturday night. James was all set to finish putting down laminate flooring on our stairs (see A Little Dash of Cuteness, the mess behind the cuteness). While he gave the risers one last coat of paint I took the Doodle and Finn for a walk.....and decided that it was the perfect night for a fire. So James put his aspirations aside and off to the fire pit we went Wow, that sounds so much easier than it was.  I was ready to go (changed, drinks packed, sweatshirt located and ready for transport, stroller in the garage ready and waiting) when Finn decided he was hungry.  I'm feeding Finn and Oscar is running around whining because he's so excited and doesn't want to be left out of the fire fun.  Finn is finished eating and we're ready to go again - I open the door to the garage so I can put Finn in the stroller and Oscar runs out in front of us (and the big garage door is open to the neighbourhood - doh!), unable to contain his excitement....I call him back and he runs out again...4 times.  I yell out to James that I'm sending Oscar out.  After Oscar had bounded across the backyard I realized I had not put a collar on him so there was nothing to attach his lead to...poor James brought Oscar back and found a collar.  I loaded up Finn and we were finally off...phew!

So it was our first fire of the season and Finn's first ever. Little does Finn know that this is one of our favourite things to do in the spring/summer/fall. It was so impromptu that Becky (one of our neighbours) and I didn't even have all of the fixin's for Smores (which is almost unheard of since Becky and I are the best Smores makers ever!). We both had not-so-fresh marshmallows and I had graham crackers. Neither of us had chocolate so we improvised with chocolate chips - and really, you can never go wrong with Smores, it doesn't matter if you're using semi-sweet chocolate chips or the richest chocolate money can buy. Smores are always yummy! Unfortunately for Finn he will have to wait until next year's campfire season to indulge in Smores.