Fire!

The Crawfordsville Fire Department came to Camden's daycare on Wednesday.  They brought the big fire truck and several firemen talked to the kids.

When I picked her up on Wednesday afternoon, her teacher was quick to tell me a story about our little girl.

The fireman were explaining about needing to talk to your mom and dad about what to do if there is a fire in your house.  They gave them a few pointers, then asked the kids, "What do you do if there is a fire in your house?"

Camden immediately screamed out, "Make s'mores!"

Pumpkin "Treats"

For Camden's treat for her friends at school this Halloween, she and GaGa made pumpkin faces. 

Each of them have different hair and facial expressions.   The boy pumpkins wear cowboy hats and the girls wear straw ones.  Some have curly hair, some straw.  Some have red hair, some are blond.  Each of them have a sunflower. 

All in all, they made 16 pumpkins - each of them unique!

 

Neighborhood Friends

One of our neighbors is the manager at Kroger.  This year, 3 large halloween display items have appeared on her lawn.  I think they were last year's eye-catching features, but Camden is obsessed.  Some days they are blown up and greeting us, other days they are deflated.  Whenever they are up, Camden must go say, "hi" and touch the "niminim" guys (and the pumpkin with the rising/lowering ghost).  We make several trips each evening.  



Ronald

We made one more trip to Riley to visit Preslee.  Camden loved getting a parfait at the McDonald's in the hospital.  She especially loved sitting on Ronald's lap (despite the scowl in this photo).  

The good news is that Preslee got to come home yesterday!  Mom, baby, and big sister Hali are doing good.



First Haircut

Camden's hair has been a little out of control for a while. I've been hesitant to cut it, but it really needed a trim, especially around the bangs where she constantly blows them out of her eyes.  I decided the girl who does my hair was the best choice. I trust that she does a good job, plus she has a young one at home.  I knew she could handle a squirming worm and would understand my desire to just give a little shape to it. 

Camden was excited to go to the beauty shop and hopped right up in the booster seat on the chair.

I had gotten my hair trimmed just before Camden and had it blow-dryed.  Camden didn't want that noisy thing anywhere near her.  So with some previous instruction from GaGa, the first thing she said when she sat down was, "I don't want blowdryer please."

She sat still and smiled the whole time!

We shaped the point off the very back and simply trimmed the bangs to angle out of her eyes.  Haley tried to catch a few clippings to save in an envelope.  They are very tiny and VERY blond, but we have them!

We pulled it up in a pony tail for the rest of the day.  It looks so much more "neat and clean" than the straggles before.

The cutest thing was when we were walking out the door, Camden turned to me and said, "Mama, I just love her."  Guess I picked the right stylist for the perfect first cut experience!

Hayride & Pumpkin Patch

We stayed for several hours at the farm.  We didn't end up ever going in the corn maze.  It was quite warm and we were all getting tired.  I've been to a corn maze three times now and have yet to actually do one!

We did enjoy a nice hayride around the property. 

One of our last activities was the corn cannon.  Despite the loud noise, Camden took her four shots.  Kevin helped aim, but Camden launched the cobs.

This expression happened after each shot.  She's pretty impressed with herself!

On our way out, we let Hali pick a pumpkin to take home.  Always the helper, Camden took charge of the selection process.

I always like to select our pumpkins from a patch.  So after we dropped Hali at home, we headed to a "pick your own" patch down the road from Waveland.  Camden found her pumpkin, declared it "perfect" and we snipped it off the vine.

We selected four very nice ones and the patch owner insisted we get a picture to seal the deal.



Back home, Camden helped carry them to the porch to complete our fall decor. 

Corn Maze & Farm

A few weekends ago, Camden, Kevin and I picked up Hali and went for an excursion to a farm in Rockville.

There was a corn maze and pumpkins for sale, but there were also several other hands-on activities to play.  The girls really liked the animals in the petting zoo.

Camden's favorite activity was the HUGE roller slide.  She must have gone down 20 times and kept going back in between other options.

Hali really liked the water pumping duck races.  Camden and Kevin were also big fans.

I thought the corn sandbox was pretty cool.

Kevin and I really liked the huge bouncing pillow (see it in the background of the first slide picture for perspective).  Of course, Camden is not always thrilled with bouncy things, so we didn't play as long as the adults wanted.  But I was glad Camden at least tried it...hopefully it will encourage her to try such things in the future.

The girls also "milked" a cow.

They attempted to ride in the corn train, but Hali was reluctant after it drove away from us.
 

Camden tried to comfort her, but we stopped the four wheeler and got Hali off.

Next, Camden ran ahead of us and climbed to the top of the wheel tower. 

She also enjoyed swinging on the tire horse.