Maryland trip preview

Our car seat arrived at our door about 2 minutes ago, which means all of us are back home. Car seat got an extended stay in Detroit while the rest of us had to get back to normal life a day earlier.

Anyway, we had a very refreshing vacation to Maryland for about a week. We visited Gettysburg, several Smithsonian museums, Mount Vernon, Philadelphia, some Amish towns, Camden Yards, Baltimore Harbor, the DC temple, Arlington, and the National Cathedral. Whew! Grandma and Grandpa Marchant were fabulous tour guides and spoiled us by taking care of Camden while we wandered around. We'll tell more about it in future posts.

Camden and Grandpa at the museum in Gettysburg. Camden spent a lot of time with Grandpa

Camden trying to convince us to let him sit in a regular seat.
Grandma and Grandpa Marchant with Camden

Amen!

We've recently been teaching Camden to fold his arms during prayers. Sometimes (mostly at nighttime prayers and during church) he gets really angry that we make him fold his arms, and he gets squirmy and squeals a lot. For those situations we compliment him for being reverent if he is simply quiet. He is starting to get better...occasionally. At dinner time (and other meal times) he lets us know he's ready because he folds his arms and impatiently waits by the table for the rest of us to get there. Once we finally get everything settled and start to pray, he gets really fidgety. He stays quiet for meal time prayers, but he waits until he hears us finishing the prayer. He knows how prayers end, and he immediately folds his arms just before we say amen...then he gives a big grin and immediately starts clapping for himself. It's hard not to laugh!

Camden update

Hi, again! I thought I better post a few recent videos. They are each pretty short.

Here's Mr. Daredevil riding his motorcycle:


Here's Camden's elephant trumpet. He is quite adept at identifying elephants in many different books.



Here is Camden's "roar", which is used for dinosaurs, lions, and, occasionally, bears.