Smile!
One day while waiting at the Pancake House for our name to be called for breakfast, I snapped this picture with Cameron. He was looking adorable and sporting Grandpa Reis’ hat.
Trains = Serious Business
When Cameron is playing with his trains is always fun, and sometimes it is serious business that requires laying right now on the floor to really become one with the trains.
Swim Lessons
Mommy (or Daddy) and Me swim classes have begun. We wanted to make sure Cameron got a chance to get comfortable around water and pools since we don’t actually have one. I was a water baby, so it’s important that he knows how to swim and this is a good start. He loves swimming night and would prefer if it could be every night.
Garden…still growing
You’d think that by October the garden should be done, but that is not the case in our back yard this year. We are still getting plenty of crops!
Zoo
On a mild afternoon we decided to venture out to the zoo to take advantage of our membership- which always includes a ride on the carousel. Luckily daddy was the chosen passengar this ride because it makes mommy very dizzy!
Halloween Preparations
In the weeks before Halloween we decided to go big with a costume this year, which really will be the first Halloween that we put real effort into the costume. Of course we went for Cameron’s favortie- Thomas the Train!
Using Dad’s artistic talents and access to a plotter- we were able to really go big! Cameron wanted to be there to supervise each move. He also was need to ensure the scale was correct.
End results were nothing, but awesome! I’m only responsible for securing the overalls and train hat, but it all Cam together so well.
Thomas Back Ups
Some kids are attached to a specific blanket or stuffed animal, but Cameron was pretty attached to Thomas. We could occasionally distract him if he was looking for it when it couldn’t be found, but then we really lost it. We searched high and low with no results…so I went to get a new one. Then I picked up a few, just in case…plus Christmas is right around the corner so these will only be used if needed.
As luck would have it, within hours of giving him the new Thomas I found the lost one in magazine holder on a high shelf…I’m guessing Thomas went airborne and never came down.
Elaborate Tracks
When Cameron naps or sleeps sometimes elaborate train tracks are created…and he’s always so excited when he sees them. Sometimes he will take them apart as a way to convince one of us that we need to come ‘fix’ it.
Charlie Brown
Cameron is definitely at the stage where he has begun to associate like objects to each other. In this case during Charlie Brown’s Great Pumpkin Patch Show (is that the title?) he rushed over to his stuffed toys to grab Charlie out to introduce him to the television version of Charlie. “see that’s you..”
Sleeping Soundly
Since I’m writting this nearly a year after the occurence, I have no clue why I took the picture of Cameron sleeping. Could it be he was fighting a nap? Yes. Could it be he had a restless night before and we were glad he was sleeping? Yes. Do we just love taking pictures of him? Yes.
Thomas the Train Rides
This year we took Cameron to the Farmer’s Market for a trial run of the costume. We also took Cameron down to Halloween on Hertel for trick-or-treating at the local shops. He and his costume were big hits wherever he went. On Halloween it was rainy so we just went out briefly at a friend’s house with all the kiddos.
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