March/April 2011

We took Cameron to the Clark County Fair. Believe it or not it was so cold that it rained, sleeted & snowed while we were there (yes this is the desert and it was April)! We got stuck in an animal barn for probably 30 minutes while we waited for the thunder and storm to pass. Cameron wasn't too thrilled as he wasn't overly interested in the animals. He just wanted to go see the rides. It did clear enough for us to ride...though it continued to sprinkle. We only made it 2.5-3 hours total because it was just so cold and we had to thaw out.

This was Cameron's first time really riding. We thought we'd ease him into it and try the carousel first. David couldn't get him on a horse...so they sat in the bench. BORING! :) Made us question our plans to take him to Disney. He did get more into it when we got to the next options. They walked through a mirror fun house, which he liked. Then he went through a line of the same ride...just different things to ride on (whales, boats, planes, cars, etc.) that go in a circle.

From the look on his face you would never know he was having fun. It was just a blank stare and he refused to smile. Although, when he got off he asked to get right back on one. We even tried another carousel round to see if we could get him on a horse...he screamed and cried!

They actually let him go on the little roller coaster. Probably shouldn't have been allowed as David had to literally hold him in. This video is really not that good because you can't see them, but it shows the ride itself. The look on Cameron's face was priceless...he looked terrified and had his little hands wrapped with a death grip on the handle bar. When the ride stopped he looked at David and said "that was fun dad". So the kid that is terrified of riding a horse on a carousel loved a roller coaster.

He was so tired he fell asleep while eating a churro.



Papa Rick came out to visit in March. They started watching Toy Story together on Cameron's little DVD player. He loves this movie! He will sit through it over and over again without moving...and will literally recite parts of it. You can tell from this picture Papa wasn't as interested in the movie and napped.



We took Cameron down to MGM Grand for something different to do. We say the lions and ate lunch at Rainforest Cafe. He liked all the animals there. We were sitting at a table that had rain falling from the ceiling right at our back...that he wasn't so impressed with. At first he was a bit upset that it was splashing him.



He loves "driving" the car. Look at that big cheesy grin! It has turned into a fight every time we get out of the car because he just wants to climb in the front seat and play versus getting out of the car to go in the house.



Since it's playoff season, this one fits. Cameron still references our chanting at the time of the Superbowl and will randomly want one of us to say Steelers and the other say Packers. Well, at the first playoff game for the Mavericks, David started saying "Mavericks". Cameron then started saying Packers. We had to explain that Steelers/Packers was football and Mavericks was basketball. So we got him chanting for the Mavs.




Here is a video of Cameron "helping" mom bake a cake.