After school we've all been walking down the street to the park. Cameron meets lots of other kids and shares her ball with them. She runs around all the structures and loves to climb into the sand pits.
She has overcome the fear of the slide. She can climb the steps by herself and sits down to go down the slide. On this day she did it repeatedly and when she got to the bottom she would give the sign for "more." Several of the grandparents were impressed by her and laughed at how happy she was on the slide. "More, More, More."
In addition to the slide, she spent some time on the swing. The swing is especially fun when you duck down and she gets to fly over your head. This is sure to get lots of giggles going. She did a few loops around the park: slide, slide, slide, swing, swing, run, run, run, (repeat).
After all that fun, she waved good bye to everyone and insisted that she walk home by herself. She is extremely confident with her walking, and will walk home without asking to be picked up. That's good for mommy and daddy too, because bedtime comes really easy.
Cameron hosted a painting party with some of the kids from the neighborhood. We froze some paint ice cubes on sticks and Cameron showed all the kids how to push the paint cubes around on the paper to produce pretty pictures.
She shared her favorite techniques that included the important slide and lick. It was a pretty warm day so the ice paint was very tasty. All of the babies really enjoyed it and for many this was their first piece of art. All the mommy's were very excited.
After painting the kids enjoyed some lunch and continued to play. After the picnic on Friday where Cameron enjoyed the ball pit, we decided to get one for her at home. She really loves it and so did the neighborhood kids who came to her party. Its a lot of fun but requires a lot of chasing of the balls. We are trying to teach Cameron that chasing the balls is just as much fun and making them fly out in all directions.
