Happy Easter!

We spent Easter with the Holz's in Rochester. Cam had a blast looking for his Easter baskets and Easter eggs. He did pretty well looking for it too - he needed a bit of prodding for places to look, but kind of got the hang of it. Once we went outside for the egg hunt, he knew exactly what to do. He did not like the Easter grass that was in the baskets; he kept trying to dump it out and didn't like when it stuck to his hands.

Is my basket under here? No....
Here it is, I found it!
I got lots of good stuff!
Cam checking out his loot.
Another basket for me?
Cam got lots of "little balls", his name for jelly beans or little chocolate eggs.
I woke up from my nap before Mama woke up from her nap!
Outside on an egg hunt
Cam found one!!
After finding all of his eggs, Cam also found out that he could fly!
We all had a great Easter. Cam really loved finding his basket and eggs, and loved playing with all of his cousins!

We are saving Easter at home until when Tim comes home, so there will be more Easter pictures in a week or so.

Happy Easter!!

Rochester Zoo

We were in Rochester this past weekend. On Saturday, we went to the zoo with Uncle Jim, Aunt Jill, Maddy and Kelly. Cameron really enjoyed seeing the animals, especially the rhinos, meer cats and sea lions. Those were the animals that were the most active, so he liked watching them. He also loved playing on the playgrounds with Maddy and Kelly. Each of the took turns going around with Cam, showing him how to slide, or how to go through a tunnel. It was very sweet and he loved playing with the big kids.

Ready to slide with Maddy

Crawling through a tunnel
Uncle Matt the turtle
Cameron, Kelly and Maddy watching the sea lion swim by
Cam gets a kiss from his sea lion friend!

Goodbye Fro!

So we went way too long between haircuts for Cameron, and the result was quite a fro on the poor kid. Last weekend I finally took him to get a haircut and he looks super cute now. Well, he was super cute before too, but now he has a decent haircut! Here are a few before and after pictures, along with a few other ones.

Before: I am pouting because I have a fro.

Before: The tousled look does work for me though, doesn't it?After: Much more streamlined and short.

Peek-a-Boo, I am cute!
I love to climb on chairs (and everything else!)

Update for Tim

As some of you know, Tim is out of town on travel. He called today and asked me to put up a post with some pictures of Cam, since he will be gone for two weeks. Unfortunately, he called when Cam and I were already in the car, so rather than nice pictures taken with the digital SLR, here are some lovely pics taken with my cell phone camera.

Hi Daddy - I am on my way to school!

Last night Mama and I went to a Crunch game. I got to see Al the Ice Gorilla and I was SO excited and happy. I smiled and waved any time he was in the arena.

I miss you Daddy, and I love you and I can't wait for you to get home!!

Love, Cam

P.S. Posts from Grand Cayman are temporarily on hold because we are having issues with our laptop and that is where all the pictures are. Hopefully I can resume posting soon because there are some great pictures coming up!

Cayman Islands - Day Four

On Monday morning we decided to go check out another part of the island. We drove all the way around to the West side, which is much more populated and is where most of the tourists are. We saw a lot of really pretty beaches on Seven Mile Beach, but we didn't stop at any. We did stop really quickly at the Turtle Farm, but decided the price tag was a bit steep for what we would get. We kept driving around to the northern part of the island and found a dirt road that we decided to check out. We drove down the dirt road and found a bunch of little turn offs that led to the beach. We picked one and parked, and walked out to our own private beach. It was covered in beach debris, but it was all our own, for as far as we could see in both directions. Awesome!

Looking both ways down "our" beach.

First, Tim, Cam, Jeff and Bridgette went for a swim.

Then we ate lunch in the great little tent that Jeff and Jaime brought.

After lunch Kristin and Jaime went for a wade in the bathtub temperature water.
Meanwhile, the kids played in the sand.

After we were sufficiently sweaty, sandy and salty, we packed up and got back in the car. We stopped along the way at a major tourist trap, a town called Hell.

This is what Hell looks like.
Of course we had to take these goofy pictures. Tim the devil:
Kristin the devil:
We felt like bad parents for doing this, but it is so funny! Cam the devil:
On our way back to the car, we saw this guy (a green iguana) up in the trees above us. So cool!

Cayman Islands - Day Three

On Sunday we played on the beach in the morning, and then decided to do something productive with our afternoon. We went to Queen Elizabeth II Botanical Park, which is located in the middle of the island. It was really nice, lots of beautiful plants and flowers. The best part, I thought, was that it is also a habitat for Blue Iguanas. There are not too many left in the world and most of them live there. They walk around where ever they want, so we ran across a couple of them walking down the trail. They are big - 25 pounds is what the website tells me - and are pretty cool looking. It was a great walk around the park, although very HOT! We finished at the park and headed back to the pool for a swim. Cameron loved swimming in the kiddie pool, he loved that he could walk around on his own. He splashed, ran around, swam in his "boat" and did not want to get out of the water. It was very cute. We don't have any water-related pictures yet because we used Jeff's underwater camera for all of those... hopefully soon though!

The first Blue Iguana that we saw - very cool!
Bridgette being cuteClose up of Bluey
Very cool picture of a dragonflyYet another Blue Iguana - they were so cool!!
Cayman water lily
Sweet Abby
Cameron and his friend the Blue Iguana. He had no fear whatsoever - in fact, he wanted to go closer than this but we didn't want him to!
Cam and Mama
Trying to get all three kids to ride the iguana didn't work so well!
Cameron, with his hair slicked down with sweat!

Cayman Islands - Day One and Two

We are back from our vacation in the Cayman Islands. It was the three of us, plus our friends Jeff and Jaime and their two kids Bridgette and Abby. We had a fantastic time - the weather was PERFECT every day. High of 85, low of 75 every day. It was a humid and sunny every day. You get the picture - it was awesome weather all the time. We stayed in a two-bedroom townhouse timeshare on the East End of the island. It had three pools and was right on the beach. It worked out really well for meals because there was a full kitchen. We only went out a couple times, which saved money and probably our sanity because three kids out at a restaurant doesn't always work out!

We arrived on a Friday afternoon around 4pm. We checked in, unpacked and walked around the resort. We had dinner at the hotel and went to bed fairly early, after a long day of travel.

On Saturday we spent the morning at the beach and the pool. We headed in to Georgetown (the capital) around lunch time, to both have lunch and pick up groceries. The drive was around 45 minutes or so, even though the island isn't all that large. On the way into town we stopped at Caybrew, which is the brewery for the local island beer. It was a very light lager - a refreshing taste for the warm weather. The best part was the free sample that we got at the brewery was a whole 16 ounce pint each! Needless to say, that was not the last time we stopped at the brewery!

Cameron and Bridgette playing in their own personal sandbox, right outside the townhouse.

Time to Travel

The Traveling Walkers will be doing exactly that... traveling! We will be in the Cayman Islands for a week, starting on Friday. I don't expect to have a good internet connection down there, so there will probably be no updates until we get back. In the meantime, here are two cute pictures of Jack and Cameron playing at Jack's birthday.

Cam and Jack Playing.

Here is a quick post with a couple of videos of Cameron and Jack playing after Jack's Birthday Party last weekend.

Skunkdate #3 and Ottawa Video

Skunkdate: As of this morning, there have been SEVEN skunks caught at our house. SEVEN. Yes, that is insane. We are getting closer to "Albert the Skunk Guy" (animal control person who is trapping the skunks at our house) record of 13 skunks caught at one house. He said we have quite the den of skunks living under our porch. Apparently females live in the den, and males come to mate with them. So some of the skunks that have been caught are females from under the house, and others are males from somewhere else in the neighborhood who came looking for the ladies. Apparently we have a super romantic skunk hotel under our house. Lucky us. We are still staying at Mom and Dad's (well, actually just Tim and Cam right now - I am in San Francisco for work). Our house doesn't smell as bad as it did at first, but it still isn't pleasant. We are waiting until the skunks are caught before we really try to clean the place up.

Video: Here is a video of us skating on the Canal in Ottawa. Tim is pulling Cam's sled, and Cameron is trying to hold my hand while we skate. You can see he is bundled into the sled quite nicely!