Touch a Truck

We went to a great event at The Orleans called Touch a Truck. It is basically set up for kids to be able to explore all kinds of trucks and vehicles. There are police cars, fire trucks, bull dozers, semis, and everything in between. While we were there we got to see the helicopter land.


In the back of a limo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He loved the bus!

Back of an ambulance.

Catching the cement.

Cameron & Reindeer on the city bus.

The only time he's allowed in the back!

Loved driving the police car.

Inside the balloon.

Entertaining Melia in line for helicopter.

Flying the helicopter.

Riding where the sick people fly.

Video of the helicopter landing.

We got to see Robosaurus there too. I knew Cameron was going to be uneasy during the show. The robot actually goes out and picks up a car and ultimately rips it in half! Apparently there is usually fire involved (coming out of his mouth). Luckily that wasn't working or I'm sure it would have been worse. When he picked up the car he shot streamers out of his head. It was a loud pop and as stuff came shooting out Cameron was immediately crying! You can actually hear him on the video say "I wanna go home". He was not a fan and could barely watch the rest of the show. He just couldn't figure out why he was ripping the car in half.

After the show we had to talk through it all...over and over and over. We watched the video a few times. The rest of the day he kept asking why did he pick up the gray car? Why was his skin (no idea where this came from) was screaming. After a while he decided he liked Robosaurus. He convinced himself he was ready to go see him again for his next show when he would pick up another car. He assured us this next time he wouldn't cry. Instead, he would laugh really hard when he ripped the car in half.

Catch Up

Cameron is a great big brother! Well, in spite of hitting her in the head with a Wiimote and giving her a huge goose egg & bruise (he felt pretty bad). The first video is him trying to help put Melia to sleep...doing what I used to do to him when he was little. The second shows the hugs/kisses she always gets (he taught her to scream like that)! Then the third video is him helping feed her (and sharing his food).

One of our latest projects is trying to grow some flowers. I needed to repot one of my plants and bought a few new ones. I thought he might have fun planting some seeds and watching them grow. Well I picked out something that didn't require full sun that would survive in the house...and had the shortest gestation period. I was expecting these things to take a week or two and they sprung up right away!! We planted them on a Sunday afternoon and when I came home Wednesday after work the first thing out of his mouth was "mom my plants are growing". Sure enough they were.

This was Wednesday night.

Some big Cameron news...and you understand why I don't have videos & pictures...he has FINALLY warmed up to the idea of taking a shower! If you know my kid well you know this is a huge deal for him. Of course he would only take a shower with me. The first time he even washed his hair. Now every once and a while he will want to get a shower...he thinks it's a big deal. A couple of times he has even stayed in by himself, which he thinks is an even bigger deal! We are making progress.

Fell asleep on Ralph watching a movie.

Now that the weather has been nice, we've been going out for walks in the evenings. The other night we walked down to feed the ducks on the golf course. He loved it until 2 big geese came in to try and steal the bread. They were really aggressive and came right up to Cameron. Probably would have taken it out of his hand if he didn't keep putting his foot up to keep them back. He was a little freaked out by that point and decided we were done.

Valley of the Fire

Cameron loves hiking so we made the trip out to Valley of the Fire. We figured this was the best time before it gets really hot. We went out with friends and took a picnic lunch. Then did an easy hike with the kids. There are lots of rocks for them to climb on. Cameron and David even ventured up pretty high.

With the Papushak's.



Cleaning out his shoes.

Getting his hands dirty!!

Cameron and Ava had a great time! She was even able to man him up a bit. The entire time she was playing in the sand while Cameron wanted to stop and empty his shoes and stay clean. By the end of the day he was putting his hands in the sand too!