Safety Days

I took Calvin over to the local mall for Safety Days again this year. 

 There were lots of police and firefighters there. 

 Calvin preferred the mascots this year. 

 Last year he hid from them 

 and this year he stalked them and insisted on interacting with them. 

 He almost got stepped on by McGruff the Crime Dog because Calvin kept following him everywhere trying to hug him. 

 There was a free train ride, which Calvin could not pass up. 

 And he got to assemble his own boat. 

 Someone has been paying attention to his daddy. 

 Lastly we saw a friend of his there and they learned some water safety together (but not sure how safe letting a 3 year old have a huge paddle is). 

Another fun Safety Day!

Birthday Party

Back on June 1st we had Calvin's birthday party with a small group of his friends and family. 

 Calvin was so happy to see his favorite friends there.

 Calvin wanted an orange cake and a baseball cake. 

 So he got both in one. 

 He was happy. 

 They all were pretty happy. 

 The power of cake is amazing. 

 They sit so nice and still while they eat it. 

 Then the sugar kicks in. 

 Before we knew it, it was time for for good-byes. 

Overall it was a great party. 

 Birthday boy was thoroughly tired out. 

 But napped only briefly and started opening presents back at home. 

Overall, a great day!

Pirates and Princesses

The week after school was over, they offered a camp for those kids (or moms) who weren't quite ready for school to be over yet. 

 Calvin's first week of camp was a pirates and princesses camp. The kids did not have to dress up but Calvin wanted to and got to wear his pirate shirt from Grandma Happy and Pop-Pop. 

 This is us telling the boys to say "Argh" like a pirate. Calvin took his role as a pirate very serious. 

 The next day we borrowed a princess dress from our neighbor.

 Calvin LOVED wearing the princess dress. He kept asking how much people were going to laugh and say he was silly. 

 Spencer also enjoyed dressing like a princess so we posed the pretty princesses under a pretty tree. 

 We had to teach them how to walk up steps with long dresses on so they stopped tripping. 

 Calvin went straight for the the castle to play with (pretty sure he thought you HAD to dress like a princess to play with the castle stuff). 

 I let Calvin chose whether he wanted to be a pirate or princess the last day and he picked princess. 

 Owen's (the boy in the green) mommy made popsicles for the last day. 

 When we got home, Calvin wanted to put on all the pirate stuff he had made at camp. 

                                                   He had a great time!