Patriots Training Camp

It worked out this year that one of the days of the Patriots Training Camp was a Saturday.  It worked out even better that it was a weekend we were already planning to be in Massachusetts for Lucia's birthday party.  We went to MA on Friday, staying in Swansea.  On Saturday morning we drove up to Foxboro to training camp, and the Borsts and Tom and Joan met us there.

Cameron was very excited to watch the practice

Aaron and Daddy

Patriots training camp

Auntie Kim with Aaron

Jack and his newest cousin

Once his cousins arrived, Cameron was a bit of a crazy man the entire time.  He was tackling poor Ella left and right.

Tim really enjoyed watching the practice.  Everyone else watched a bit but mainly played (the kids) and chatted (the adults).

Mama and Aaron

After the practice was over, we headed over to the Patriots Fan Zone, which was a huge exhibition with tons of cool stuff for the kids.  They really enjoyed it.

Cam dropped and did some push ups in order to get a pencil and some other goodies from the soldiers.

Leah the Patriot

And Cameron the Patriot

There were a bunch of bounce houses and the lines actually were not very long.  The kids were in heaven.  Here are Jack and Cameron starting off one of the bouncy obstacle courses.

Over the obstacles

And through

Ella and Leah were up next.  Ella was so sweet to help Leah through the entire thing since Leah was too small for some of the parts of the course.

Giving a boost to Leah

Here comes Leah down the slide!

Bouncy slide - here comes Cameron

And Jack - check out the air he got!

And Ella

Here is Leah, complete with eye black and tattoos, showing off her muscles

She's tough, don't mess with this kid

Mr. Aaron hanging out in his stroller

Cameron (complete with eye black after seeing his sister's and wanting the same thing) shows off his muscles

This was an NFL Play60 obstacle course that Cameron, Ella and Jack did.

Shuttle runs

Throwing the football

Cameron's turn to catch

Leah was too small for the obstacle course so instead we went and collected prizes from other booths.  She was pretty excited to get some water bottles and sunscreen.

Back to the obstacle course - Jack takes a corner

Cameron makes another catch

After we were done in the Fan Zone, we headed over to Bass Pro Shop in Patriot Place.  We checked out the store first, looking at the fish and turtles and other animals they have in the store.

Behind the store was a path through a cranberry bog.  We all went for a walk, it was really cool.

Auntie Kim and kiddos

A stroll through the woods

It was a fun day, but we had to get back to Swansea to go to Lucia's birthday party!

Random Winter Fun

Here is a bunch of random pictures from fun stuff we did during January and February.

Cute Leah sitting on the table.  I don't remember why she was on the table, but she is a cutie no matter what!

Cam and Tim shoveling off the rink

Cam really liked helping out!

Cameron did all of his puzzles one night.  He wanted a picture of them all.  I love how proud he looks!

Superbowl night - Nana is teaching the kiddos about the fun of Superbowl squares.  They both really enjoyed picking their squares, and then Cam wanted to stay up until the end of the game to see if he won (and he did!).

Watching the game with Poppa

More fun on the ice rink!  This is actually Leah's first time skating.  Here is Mama putting on Leah's skates for the first time.

Cam the hockey player!

I love that Leah's first time skating was our backyard rink!!

Leah did NOT like it.

Oh well, there is always next time!

Daddy tried to skate her around to show how fun it was, but she wasn't convinced.  :-P

Skating the puck down the ice

We took off Leah's skates and she watched us skate for a bit.  She wasn't very happy with that either.  About two minutes after I took this picture, Leah and I went in.  She was much happier watching Cam and Daddy from inside!

On another weekend, the ice was good enough to skate on.  Nana and Poppa came over to skate with us.

We asked Leah if she wanted to skate - she emphatically answered NO.  So we pulled her on a sled instead.  She was okay with that.

Hockey game - Nana is the goalie and Mama, Cam and Poppa are on a team.

Cam getting a pass from Poppa

Most of the ice, and the very involved hockey game

Hooray for random winter fun!