They grow so fast...and it’s their first camping trip already!
Aurora and Dylan’s twins were growing up fast and the little flat in the city wasn’t big enough for everyone anymore. So, daddy got busy and found them a perfect new house in Brindleton Bay - right where Aurora always wanted to live. It also happens to be the town they first met in.
After settling down, they started to redecorate. Adrien and Crystal fell in love with the place immediately but they didn’t care much as long as they weren’t kept apart.
While mom and dad were busy redecorating, these two were busy playing with each other and with the pets. It was a hectic first week, but the family pulled through and had lots of fun while doing so.
The following week, daddy Dylan had an idea, one he shared with Aurora.
“A camping trip? Are you sure?”
Dylan grinned.
“My first camping trip with my dad was when I was three. The twins are one year olds, but I think I can manage..”
Aurora pecked his cheek.
“You’re wonderful you know that? Fine, you can go but please be careful.”
And so, he arranged for the following weekend to take the little ones out in Granite Falls for a camping trip. He booked a camping site for three days and packed everything they’d need including camping gear such as tents, light and chairs.
“Alright, you two listen to your father and be good. See you in three days!”
Aurora sent her camp troops off to the woods and all she was left with was taking care of an empty new home.
Just before they left though, Obi - Dylan’s German Sheppard started dragging his pant sleeve back.
“Obi....alright fine, you’re coming too. We can use a watchdog.”
Obi hopped into the cab between the twins, happily wagging his tail.
In no time they reached the bus station and from there they hopped onto a bus and went straight to Granite Falls.
There, they set up camp and the little ones immediately started to touch everything and just generally enjoy being there.
And, of course a lot of twin hugs happened as well. Night came pretty soon and daddy Dylan had one job - tell scary stories to the twins because Aurora wasn’t around to scold him for it.
He had a very hard time keeping them both in one place long enough to finish a sentence, so in the end he just left the fire to burn and let the two goof off in the tent with the flashlights.
After they got tired, one stayed into the tent to nap and the other twin - Crystal - came back out and started playing a game on her dad’s tablet. After a while, Adrien decided to join his little sister and they both just sat there in the almost complete dark giggling their little cheeks out.
The following day, Dylan took them to a fishing spot a bit further from their campsite. He thought that it’d be a good idea to take the twins for a walk. Turns out, the idea wasn’t so great. After they got there, Dylan only had Adrien nearby. He started to look for Crystal and he heard a little cry coming from somewhere close. He found her, she was nearing the fishing site but she was crying because she was tired and scared because she thought she’d lost herself in the woods.
Later though, he had both present and accounted for at all times.
While Adrien was splashing around and throwing pebbles in the water, Dylan took Crystal in his arms and started spinning her around - she loved that ever since she was born.
“You like this? Wait till you see what else I have in store haha!”
He turned round and round with her, and everyone stared at them, at how happy they were to be with each other.
“I love dada!”
She screamed. Dylan’s face lit up.
“You called me dada...I love you too ya little monkey!”
He started to laugh and twist and turn her around even more.
Pretty soon time came for them to return to the camp and to Obi who Dylan left to guard the tents and all the stuff.
He was fine, napping when the three returned. The kids were exhausted but happy and they spent most of the night playing on the chairs around the fire pit.
Then, Dylan decided to try his luck at the horseshoe throwing pit which was set up near their tents. The twins got up and made their way over to the cooler Dylan had brought with and started to discuss plans on how to sneak some frozen strawberry yogurt out of there without being caught. They did get caught in the end but, they were also granted permission to get the yogurt.
On the third day, sadly they had to end their camping early because Obi had gotten sick by a squirrel bite. When they returned home early, Aurora immediately rushed to check the children.
“Relax, it’s not them it’s Obi - I’m about to take him to the vet clinic now.”
Aurora just sighed in relief.
“I thought something happened - when you walked in so early I almost had a heart attack. I’ll go check what they’re doing then.”
She found Adrien trying to sleep and when she took a peak into Crystal’s room she saw her playing Blickblock on her toddler tablet.
“Yep, the twins are good. Alrighty...”
She slowly backed away from the door and left it a bit opened up so she could hear if something comes up.
After a while, Crystal noticed her dad and Obi weren’t there. She started to worry and just as she entered her brother’s room to check if any of them were there, Obi almost ran her over trying to get in.
“Obi, you came!”
She giggled as he was licking her all over her little face. She gave him a hug and he stayed in Adrien’s room for a while, until he switched to Crystal’s room, but by the time he came there she was already asleep, so he just spread his four legs on the floor and snoozed there.
All in all, a great trip with a few minor mishaps mom didn’t get to hear about and a happy ending for the sick dog.