Flamily

My husband’s summary assessment of his solo camping trip with the badgers, from his Facebook page:

“Lessons from camping:

1) Hot dogs go with everything.

2) The five year old girl is really in charge.

3) One parent, two kids is a sub-optimal ratio.”

I’d like to say that I didn’t say ‘I TOLD YOU SO,’ but I can’t.

Wild rumpus: pending

Because I totally said I TOLD YOU SO.

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