Mat had to take his first set of board examinations for medical school, so my parents offered to let Camden and I come out to visit for the entire month before he took them. We wouldn't have seen him anyways, so it was a great blessing to be with people and so well taken care of, especially as pregnant as I was/am. So from May 13th to June 16th, we went to Moscow to live there.
The whole vacation seems like an amazing blur now that it has come and gone, but here are a few of the fun things that we did during our time there:
We spent a lot of time with my sisters, who both live within 20 minutes of my parents. The each have 5 children and Camden absolutely LOVED being with them. Every morning he woke up asking when we were going to see them. Bless Tiffany and Tara for dedicating so much time to us while we were there--we definitely made a lot of memories, even with the little things, like going to the park.
Tiffany, Tara, Mom and I, and our youngests all went to costco one day. Tiffany thought it a good idea to teach Camden to drive. She quickly became one of Camden's favorite people.
Camden gained a love for boxes and bins at Grandma's house. Grandma is very organized so she has all sorts of things stored that are waiting for two year olds to dump out and put themselves inside. Exhibit A:
We went to visit my brother Shawn in Moses Lake while we were there and got to see his family. We love them all! Shawn thought he could out-do me on belly size. I think I win.
Camden came to love cooking with Grandma, especially when she made cookies. They never seemed to last long enough to take a look at a FULL masterpiece.
Grandpa is a hard worker and often when he would disappear off to get something done, I would lose Camden, only to find him with Grandpa. Here Camden is helping Grandpa test the quality of their air mattress for trek. It doubles as a great slide apparently...
We went swimming with the cousins one day--they all took swimming lessons and it was fun to watch them--in the few seconds my eyes were not glued to Camden the close to the water... (the kid has zero fear, and zero understanding of the drowning concept...)
We went to the Pullman Science Center with Tara, where the kids could play in a "Sand" pit of Lentils (Pullman is the lentil capital of the nation, after all). Cam got really into it. :)
Camden has started singing a ton recently, and one day I found him at the piano singing twinkle, twinkle, little star. The kid actually has relatively good pitch.
More time spent at Tiffy's house:
Camden watching Grandpa work
On the last day of school we got ice cream with the cousins. Camden is now obsessed with cones, which we had never tried before this trip (I won't admit how many he actually HAD in the time we were there...)
Bonding with Sam--the closest cousin to his age. Yes, they are watching Diego. Outside. At a park. It had been a long wait.
We were also able to celebrate Camden's birthday and visit the cabin a couple times while we were there. Stay tuned for more on these! The fun has just begun!
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