Autumn Pictures

Our neighbour has a beautiful maple tree in his yard and I have taken annual photos of Camden by it.  This was a challenging year as Camden was not in the mood for pictures or for staying still.

I did get a few nice shots.....

.....and then, I took this one :)

Thanksgiving 2013

We had an eventful Thanksgiving long weekend.  On Saturday the 12th I attempted to take Camden to see a movie.  As the lights dimmed I am sure the entire theatre could hear Camden crying to go home.  I didn't even want to see the stares from the people sitting to my left, so we just packed up and left.  Maybe we'll try again next year?

On Sunday Ron made tacos for Thanksgiving dinner.  Not the usual turkey fare, but it is what was requested by Cam.  All thanks to this book - Dragons Love Tacos.  Dragons may love tacos, but Cam didn't :(  I don't know if the shell was too hard to bite, or the meat was on the spicy side. He ended up eating oatmeal instead.

Monday was beautiful for outside Autumn pictures and like the previous two years we "borrowed" our neighbours tree.  

This is Cam in the same tree when he was just a tiny babe.  

Ron was behind him, holding him up.

Here are some more of my favourite pictures from the day.  So hard to choose just one or two to share.

Finally, here is our silly boy trying on Daddy's shades....

Jelly Time

We have some really nice grape vines in the backyard that were lovingly tended to by Ron and Camden all summer.  An amazing amount (36 cups) of grapes were harvested this year and turned into juice.  I made two batches of jelly but have enough juice to make three more batches!

Camden helped me pick the grapes and carry the bucket to the house.  Wish I could blame the mess I made in the kitchen on him, but it was all me.  Making jelly is a serious business and causes some big mess!

I guess the weather has been just right and we had all sorts of mushrooms growing in the yard too.  I have no idea what type these are, but Cam enjoyed them....until he destroyed them all.  Boys!

Moncton Touch a Truck

On Saturday I took Camden to the Moncton Touch a Truck event held at the Coliseum.  What an amazing and fun experience.  He had a blast sitting behind the wheel of all the big working trucks!

It was a gorgeous day, more like Summer than Autumn.  There were people everywhere and lots of kids being told to be patient and wait their turn.  I really hope the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation was able to raise the funds they were hoping for.

On to the pictures....

Cement mixer - he was so excited to see this one.  We have been reading about them in this book

Funny story behind this picture.  The man who owned this digger gave Cam the hard hat to wear.  He thought it was his for keeps.  There were candies in the bucket of the digger and I told Cam he could have one.  He took the candy and the hard hat to the owner of the digger and gave him the candy, while  holding onto the hat!  It was so funny.  The owner ended up giving Camden a new ball cap (next picture) to make up for it.

Any ideas who this might be?  A spark plug maybe?

All I heard when he climbed up here was "Ooooohhh"

Autumn 2012 Photoshoot

Camden got dressed up yesterday for an Autumn photoshoot in the backyard.  He wasn't too impressed at first and kept his back to me most of the time.  I would ask him to turn around and he would turn in circles.

It's great fun taking pictures of a toddler these days :)

Here are the best shots of the day.

(He tackled me to the ground, again...)

He was hiding behind the tree....I love this one!

Peek A Boo

No more pictures Mum-Mum!

Camden's serious face