Double Trouble

A few weeks ago, while visiting my mom, Callie and her cousin Cory (who's 2 1/2 months younger) got into their first "trouble". My cousin was over with her 3 kids (9 year old twin boys, 8 year old girl) and she, my mom, and I were in the kitchen working on something. The babies were into everything, so we decided to put them in "The den" which is a small play room my mom has for the kids. The big kids (my cousin's 3, Cameron, and my nephew Cody who's 5) were in the den and we asked them to keep an eye on the two babies. There was a gate across the doorway and the bathroom door was closed. Plus, we were in the very next room.

A while later, we found out what happens when you leave two 9 year olds, two 8 year olds, and a 5 year old in charge of two 1 year olds. This happened in the span of about 10 - 15 minutes and the older kids were completely oblivious! Apparently one of them used the bathroom and forgot to close the door behind them :) Luckily, though....they remembered to close the lid!

Swimming!!!

My kids both love to go swimming at Nana and Pappy's house. It was one of our favorite summer activities this year because it was SO hot! Cameron is so tall that he has no problems touching and keeping his head above water...Callie likes her goldfish floaty, but prefers being held so she can kick her legs and splash! Here are a few highlights from our pool days this summer...

Callie getting ready for her very first time in the pool!

Callie and her cousin Cory

She was having a blast!

Swimming with Aunt Shelby

Cam looks distraught...

Taking a break and looking adorable! This was my favorite of her bathing suits :)

She loved getting out and marching around the deck...

Ruffles on the toosh are a MUST!

She's Got Personality!

That girl of ours certainly has enough personality to go around. She hasn't a shy bone in her body and loves to make her presence known wherever we go. Walking out of Skyline a couple of weeks ago she yelled "bye" and waved at every table we passed on the way out. I have so much fun just watching her play and learn. Here is one of the times I captured a bit of her personality when she was eating...I love some of the expressions she makes :)

Baseball

Cameron loves to be active and play any kind of sports, but he's always been a hockey player at heart. He started on his first hockey team at age 3 and still loves it more than anything.

When he was very young, we noticed that he was very good at hitting a baseball. Especially after many trips to the neighbor's yards to fetch baseballs. :) Every year when baseball sign ups would come around, we'd ask him if he wanted to play and he always opted for spring hockey. Well, this year he finally decided to give it a try and we are all very glad that he did! Baseball season was so much fun!

He is definitely a natural...his coach couldn't believe that he had never played before. He played for Warren County Little League and was on the Angels team. His favorite position was catcher and he did a great job! At one game he even got an out when he caught a pop up foul! One of his favorite parts about the season was that the coaches had nick names for all of the players. His was "slap shot" because he plays hockey. He really thought that was cool....but we aren't allowed to call him that...it's "only for the coaches" :)

They didn't win the league championship, but they definitely won more games than they lost. Most importantly, though, he had a wonderful time and learned so much. The coaches were wonderful at encouraging the boys and not putting them down at all. We were lucky to be on such a great team!

Over the summer the coach invited the team to his house for a pool party which was very nice! Also, Cameron has the opportunity to play for the team again this fall. The season will be brief, but he's so exited to play again! Here are a few pictures of our Little Leaguer in action!

Opening Day Parade

End Of Season Pool Party