True Love
You know that Cameron loves his trains, which is only made more evident when he’s sitting on the couch where his Thomas pajamas, holding his Thomas train, and watching Thomas on TV. Not sure he’ll be growing out of this fascination for a while.
Brewery Tour
We purchased a Groupon with our friends for a brewery tour and dinner, so of course we both brought our little boys along for the adventure. The tour went well and the kids were really good, occasionally one of us would hang back with the boys to ensure we weren’t bothering others on the tour. Below is a cute picture our friends captured during dinner.
Election Night
When an Election Day rolls around, we sometimes have no choice but than to go with Cameron. This time we all went in together and since our polling place is a local school we even spent some time playing afterward on the little playground in the dark. It’s good for him to see people voting, though I know he had no clue what was going on.
(716) Restaurant and Bar Reveal
One of Matt recent projects was completed, and as part of their soft opening for Matt and his guests were invited to have tasting meal at the restaurant. This allowed us to see the place in action, and the employees to get active training in preparation for the general public opening. We invited Aunt Sabrina along with us since she has helped us out through the transition. We all enjoyed being able to check out the place including:
Large viewing screen mainly for sporting events:
Milk and Cookies Dessert:
Bar tops that look like hockey arena ice:
Back of the house operations designed by Matt:
Beer/Tap room designed by Matt:
Baby Shower Time
No you didn’t miss anything; we still only have one Cameron. My best friend Katie was expecting a little girl, so I threw her a small shower for her girlfriend to celebrate the upcoming arrival. Her mom had a separate, larger shower for family- so I kept this one intimate and fun!
Dessert Spread:
Adorable and delicious almond cupcakes:
Hot Chocolate Bar with many toppings:
(Chalkboard design by Matt)
Alphabet Coloring:
We each colored various letters to be placed in a book for the baby while we chatted and Katie opened gifts. It was a great way to spend the day and everyone when home with a box of desserts since we can’t eat them all at one time….some did try!
Tricycle “Riding”
Cameron and I vented out to Delaware Park to take a bike right since the weather was unseasonably warm. He doesn’t actually pedal at this point so I pull him, he walks it along with his feet, or I stand on the back and push with my foot. After a while he tired of the tricycle, so I ended up carrying it while also chasing a toddler- fun times!
Running the Bases
While at the park I managed to corral him onto the baseball diamond for a little base running- allowing me to set the bike down and let him do some running.
Soup and Sandwich
Do you know the best way to eat tomato soup and grilled cheese? If you answered, dunking the sandwich into the soup, then you are correct. Cameron picked up this technique early on, and even though it is a bit messy it is the best way.
Sleeping on the Job
Cameron must have been a really exhausting day, and managed to fall asleep at the dinner table.
R32 Toy Car
One of Cameron’s new favorite toys is a replica of Daddy’s car…in blue. It does get easily lost since it is just a matchbox sized car, but he does love it. Much like he loved the larger version that he played with through August 2014 until it finally just go too worn out, so we put it aside since it was actually our ring holder from our wedding. You can barely see the car in the photos, but you can tell how focused on it he is.
Playtime with Mason
Thankfully we have close friends with little ones too, and we all try to help each other out and babysit for each other. It is a little play date, so it actually ends up working out really well for all of us. Tonight Mason came over to play and the boys had a lot of fun together.
Nacho Making
We have started to include Cameron in the dinner preparation whenever possible. He has his stool that he climbs on to help, and this night he got to help assemble the nachos. Sprinkling cheese is a lot of fun for a toddler.
Mommy’s Heels
I rarely wear heels anymore. I seem to have stopped after I got pregnant and flat shoes just work better for daily chasing of a toddler! One day Cameron found a pair that he liked in my closet and he tried them on…even was brave enough to attempt to walk downstairs!
(Don’t worry, we stopped him.)
Then when I put them on, he laid on the floor to look at them. Mostly I’m thinking he just liked seeing his reflection in them.
Thanksgiving Celebration
This year we decided not to travel for the holidays. We spent the afternoon and evening with our friends- Aaron, Diana, and baby Alex. Cameron loves playing with baby Alex- especially loves his toys. They are about 1.5 years apart, but still play really well together and I’m sure that in the years to come they will be best buddies.
(sorry no photo of this event…)
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