May
21
Tristan recently learned how to ride Camden's Razor scooter. Here is a video of him riding it just a little more than a month before his second birthday.
May
19
This is an early birthday present for Tristan. He is not quite tall enough to sit comfortably on the seat and still walk the bike, but it shouldn't be long. For now, he just stands in front of the seat and walks the bike up and down the sidewalk.
May
19
Camden's Girl Scout Troop held its annual bridging and awards ceremony last Saturday. Along with most of the rest of the troop, Camden bridged over to Junior Girl Scout from Brownie Scout. Two of the older girls bridged to Cadets from Juniors and the two youngest bridged from Daisy Scouts to Brownies.
On Sunday, I took Camden and Will to Latta Plantation in Huntersville to see a World War II reenactment. The reenactors pretended that the plantation house was a French farmhouse about 30 days after the Allied D-Day invasion of France. It was a very loud but interesting show. Unfortunately, I had to take Camden to the bathroom before the battle was over and when we returned people were running to their cars to escape a deluge of rain. At that point the day's events were cancelled and we went home.
May
08
Camden's chorus performed their spring program on Thursday. I had limited space left on the camera, so I didn't record the dialogue of the tour guides between the songs. The theme was songs of the world and the tour guides were travelling to each country by boat. I hope you enjoy it. If you listen carefully you can hear Tristan cheering his sister on in the background.
May
02
Here are a couple of pictures of Tristan in his "big boy" bed. He has done pretty well with the transition. Although he gets out of bed several times each night before he decides to fall asleep, we haven't discovered him sleeping on the floor...yet.
Yesterday, we went to Historic Brattonsville near Rock Hill, SC. The site reconstructs 17th and 18th century living on the plantation that once belonged to a Revolutionary War leader, Col. William Bratton. We toured Bratton's home as well as his son's 18th century home across the street. The kids, including Andrea's nephew, Will, enjoyed looking at the old buildings and artifacts, but especially enjoyed the animals. Since the plantation is a working farm, there are hogs, chickens, sheep and plow horses to see. The workers dress in period costumes and perform tasks from the time including plowing the fields to plant corn, cotton and flax, and they also cook meals over an open flame.
