2 weeks ago(!) we finally opened our Christmas present, just to check that we’d got the right thing for ourselves…

It’s a quite big tent. Technically speaking a 6-berth, but the main thing we like about it (apart from the more room) is the fact that there’s room inside for the table and you can stand up in it. So if it rains, we don’t get sore necks any more…

Here’s Joel demonstrating the spacious living area:

See how, with a massive tent to play in, he still squeezes himself into a wheelie suitcase!

And here’s Lily demonstrating the spacious sleeping area:

In this photo you can see what I’m anticipating will be my favourite feature: pockets to put stuff in:

All in all, a big success so far!

We put it up the week before Easter and left it up for a couple of days so that the children could play in it over the holidays. Of course, they didn’t because as forecast (oh how I wish we’d checked!) it promptly rained really hard all week. It finally came down today (pretty easily, thank goodness) and I’m sure the grass won’t take too long to recover…