What Did You Say?

I love the age 7.  Camryn isn't afraid to ask me anything and is still so innocent.  If only I could keep it that way forever.  I should preface what I am about to post by saying, Camryn is a goody-goody much like I was in school.  She never does anything wrong, always wants to please the teachers and somewhat of a "teacher's pet."  Well, a few weekends ago, our family was walking "up street" for dinner when Camryn says to me, "Mom, Nate says "f****" is a bad word."  Obviously I was taken aback by this!  I quickly regained my composure and asked her where she heard that word.  She said her friend's little brother says it!  Jerrod and I looked at each other and just told her to never use that word, and that it's probably the naughtiest word anyone could say.  She dropped it at that.  Whew!

Tag, You're It!

Carson has never been shy.  Ever since he could talk, he's been making friends.  ( kind of reminds me of my dad!)  He will literally go up to ANYONE and ask them, "What's your name?  My name's Carson."  Well, last night was no different.  We took Cooper for a walk and decided to stop at Blue Slide Park for a bit.  When we got there, 7 or 8 high school age boys were hanging out on the play structure.  At first I thought, oh great, Carson is probably going to overhear some choice words to start trying out at preschool.  But before they even had a chance, Carson had them all playing a game of tag!  It was hilarious.  They asked Carson what the rules were, where base was and who was "it."  He loved having these "big kids" doing whatever he told them to!

Carson's New Friend

Carson likes to spend a lot of time digging in the "garden" with his friend, John David.  (our neighbor who is 3 years old)  They usually find worms and other gross bugs.  On this particular day, Carson came running to me yelling, "Mom, Mom, I found a lizard!!"  I had no idea what he could possibly be talking about.  Pretty sure we don't have lizards here in Pittsburgh, but they've found bears in Frick Park and wild animals in Ohio, so I guess anything's possible.  When he finally reached me, I realized it was a salamander he was talking about!  He had a lot of fun watching him squirm around. 

Penguins

Last weekend, Jerrod and I had the opportunity to attend a Penguin's game.  We had seats 10 rows from the center of the ice!  It was amazing.  The last time we went to a hockey game it was in Denver to watch the Avalanche play, and we had nose-bleed seats.  (I remember feeling dizzy right away!)  The Penguins didn't win, but it was still fun to be out together.

Camryn took this picture on my phone when we were driving to the JBF sale last month.  I wonder what he's praying for in his sleep?

Gateway Clipper Fleet

We were told by Camryn's preschool teacher, that when we moved out to Pittsburgh, we needed to be sure to take a riverboat tour aboard the Gateway Clipper Fleet.  Well, after 2 and 1/2 years, we finally did it last weekend.  The weather was gorgeous and so was the scenery!

                           

Our Family Tree

Camryn was given an assignment to make a family tree.  Here is the finished product.