The Noblesvillain

Memorial Day weekend the three boys in the Sherrill household went camping in the back yard.  The boys are 4 1/2 and 2 1/2 and can be trusted around fire (wow—I’m not sure I’m there yet!).

The boy’s got to extend their bedtime as the sun was still up.  Adam got to sleep on a crib mattress (we should all be so lucky to have a mattress when camping!) and Mark & I each had an inflatable camping pad and fleece sleeping bag.  We built a camp fire in our fire pit and roasted marshmallows.  The swings where right there, so we had everything we needed!  We had nice weather, with the evening getting cool enough to make our blankets and sleeping bags just right.  Each of the boys woke up one time in the night (one for fireworks, the other disoriented), but went right back to sleep.

Jenny got to pretend that we were far away, and I appreciated having replacement batteries for my reading light within walking distance.

For our first time experimenting with backyard camping, it went very well!   My brother reminded me that we did the same thing growing up (I seem to remember a much smaller tent) and we slept under the walnut tree (which was a danger in itself!) in the thick, green, smells like attic sleeping bags.

Here’s a YouTube video putting up the tent, getting ready for bed, and drinking hot chocolate the next morning.

The Thief recently posted his answers for the Name Game.  This list required the amount of brain power that I have available (low) and looked like I could finish it in one sitting.  I love my Star Wars name (because you never leave your 8th grade humor behind) and Soap Opera Name.

1.YOUR REAL NAME:
Timothy Paul Sherrill

2.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME:(father and mothers' middle names)
Timothy Julie (Like that doesn’t stick out…)

3.NASCAR NAME:(first name of your mother's dad, father's dad
Arnfinn Marvin (I’d get kicked out of pit lane)

4.STAR WARS NAME:(the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name)
Sheti (Awesome!  I’m either related to the Bantha/Tauntaun or something a one left behind.)

5.DETECTIVE NAME:(favorite color, favorite animal)
Purple Monkey

6.SOAP OPERA NAME:(middle name, town where you were born)
Paul Pipestone (This is good…I can use this one.)

7.SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd fav color, fav drink, add "THE" to the beginning)
The Orange Chai

8.FLY NAME:(first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name)
Tish (the sh sound stays handy)

9.STREET NAME:(fav ice cream flavor, fav cookie
French Vanilla Loaded Chocolate Chip

10. PORN NAME: (1st pet's name, street you grew up on)
Blackie Maple

11.YOUR GANGSTA NAME:(first 3 letters of last name plus izzle)
Sheizzle

13.YOUR IRAQI NAME:(2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, first two letters of your middle name, last two letters of your first name then last three letters of your last name):
Impaimill (It’s the newest pain reliever)

14.YOUR GOTH NAME:(black, and the name of one of your pets)
Black Newt

15. STRIPPER NAME: (name of your fav perfume/cologne, fav candy)
Polo Butterfinger