Can't Start a Fire Without a Spark

Can't Start a Fire Without a Spark

Meredith and Addison and their kids' great discovery of camping.

"Can we go camping?"

That's what Addison and Meredith wake up to one morning, with Bailey Shepherd bouncing up and down on their bed on a Saturday, and telling them that all of his friends are going to join Scouts next year, and that he wants to know everything about it.

"We'll see," says Meredith, as she tucks him under the covers alongside herself and Addison.

They sleep for a while until Ellis wakes them up, reporting that Henry's hungry, and that Zola was saying that there was no cereal left.

"Alright, we're coming, we're coming," Addison smiles, as she wakes Meredith and Henry up for their nap.

"Mom, momma, there's no cereal left," says Zola. "None. Not even the sugary kind, which you never let us have except for while watching movies!"

"Oh, sorry, we'll have to go grocery shopping," says Meredith.

"Yeah, I was going to go the other day, but then I got called into work," says Addison.

"What are we going to eat then!?" Ellis frets.

"Can we have pancakes?" Henry inquires.

"Hmm, we don't seem to have any pancake mix either, but we do have eggs," says Meredith.

"Hey, I know how about a camping recipe. Bailey was asking about camping this morning," says Addison.

"And that is...?" Meredith asks her skeptically.

Pretty soon, Addison has Meredith fetching the eggs, Ellis fetching the cheese, Zola fetching plastic bags, Henry in charge of getting some salt and pepper, and Bailey getting the orange juice out.

"Alright, so to make an omelet while camping, what you do is you crack the egg into the plastic bag, and then mix the toppings in, then close the bag. Then we drop them into boiling water, let it simmer for a few minutes, and we each get our own omelet," says Addison.

"How did you ever learn this?" Meredith asks her.

"Hey, I went to Scouts when I was younger," says Addison.

Meredith kisses her sweetly, until Henry starts groaning, and Bailey pulls on Addison's hip.

"Look, it's cooking!" Zola says, as she watches Meredith stir the baggies around in the pot.

Soon, they come out and they let them cool before handing them out on a plate each, along with some juice and a fork and napkin.

"Now that we tried out camp food, and it's pretty good, can we go out camping for real?" Henry asks them.

"Come on moms, we both wanna join Scouts next year," says Bailey.

"Ooh, we can have a campfire, and tell scary stories," says Zola.

"Not too scary!" Says Ellis.

"We could see if there's a tent on sale at the superstore maybe," offers Addison.

"Too bad we don't have Derek's trailer still," Meredith teases in a whisper to Addison.

"Come on, you would have hated the trailer too," Addison laughs.

They do find a large tent on sale at the superstore, since they're still in the off-season, and they decide to invest in it.

"Whoa, cool," says Ellis. "It's like a princess pirate ship!"