Yesterday, Cameron’s pre-school hosted their first annual field trip to Roaring Camp where we got to ride the train to the Bear Mountain pumpkin patch! Dylan would have loved this, but since he’d earlier had a question about why he had to go to school everyday, we thought it best if we didn’t open up the possibility that he could occasionally take time off for special dates like this. He still has no idea that Cameron went on a train ride without him!
In any case, Cameron was pretty excited….
Another large group that was riding with us got lost and arrived very late. It was very nice of them to wait, but it was difficult for 2 cars full of pre-school kids to wait that long. Everyone had to bust out their snacks and drinks early which meant that, just as the late comers arrived, a gaggle of kids had to go pee! Cameron was super patient, though. We watched the steam blow out of the smokestack, ate some snacks, and chatted with other moms and kids around us.
I didn’t actually get many photos of her on the train OR in the little pumpkin patch because every time I tried to move away to snap a photo, she’d come trotting along after me! After lunch, though, we did a little running and playing around the camp and I got some sweet pictures of our happy gal then.
I love, love, loved hanging out with her! She’s so much fun to talk to and she’s so cuddly, too! After the train trip, I explained to her that I had a doctor’s appointment so she’d have to go to school for a while and she was totally down with the plan. When we got to the school, she was telling me we had to be quiet (the pads were already down for the kids to nap on) and she was whispering all while I changed her diaper, but as soon as I brought her into the napping area, she started to cry!
When I came to pick her up after my appointment, she was as happy as a clam. In fact, it took us nearly half an hour to get out of there! She just kept working on her snack and playing with her buddy Owen! All in all, it was a sweet day. Tomorrow is Dylan’s field trip to the pumpkin patch, so more pictures then….
