Cruise Photos: Nassau

The second stop on our cruise was in Nassau. We spent the day at the British Colonial Nassau Hilton. The hotel and beach were a short walk from the cruise ship. The hotel and beach were pleasant enough, however we could have used a bit more sunlight and maybe a couple of extra degrees. The kids still had plenty of fun playing in the ocean and the swimming pool. I am certain that there are beautiful parts of the Bahamas, however I did not see them. I think you have to go to a less populated part of the island to get that beautiful and remote island experience.

Here are the photos from the beach:

Nassau Hilton

After the fun had worn out I tagged along with the girls to watch them get their hair braided. Nathan slept through the whole thing. They didn't get the normal island hair braiding experience that you would expect, partly my fault. I decided that we were on an island and that you didn't have to go to a special place to find the hair braiders. They were everywhere, right? I thought if we just asked at one of the straw markets if anyone did hair braiding that multiple people would just start braiding right there. We found the one person that insisted we follow her to her salon and she didn't want anyone to aid her in on the money making hair braiding party. We ended up in an initially sketchy salon/barbershop somewhat off the beaten track. It took a pretty long time so Aubrey and Anjie made the decision to leave and find someone else with hair braiding skills. Not a bad idea. I sat it out because the company was good and Nathan was asleep and I didn't want to interrupt his nap. We made it back to the boat safely before dark and the girls looked great!

Hair Braiding!

The final product!

Cruise Photos - Edition 1

Last week 23 members of the Reynolds Family cruised from Baltimore to the Bahamas in celebration of my Mimi's upcoming 95th birthday! We had a fabulous time. Nathan loved playing with his cousins from Oregon. We hope that we can see them again, next summer maybe??? In attendance were my dad's 3 brothers and their extended families. The kids ranged in age from 19 months to 11 years old.

This first round of photos is from the Jammie Party we had on the second night. My cousin's wife, Dana, bought all the kids adorable Christmas flannel pajamas. It was hard to get a photo of everyone together, but you get the idea.

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Lafayette Children's Museum

The Friday after Thanksgiving we headed to Lafayette for my 10 year high school reunion. It was really nice catching up with my old classmates. ESA does a good job of setting people up for a life of success. There were doctors, engineers, teachers, a counselor, geologist, lawyer, speach therapist, army captain, and nurses A very impressive class.

The next day Cameron and my brother headed out for their traditional golf game. After Nathan woke up from his 2.5 hour nap my parents and I took Nathan to the Children's Museum of Lafayette. The museum was nonstop fun for Nathan. It didn't take too long before I figured out Nathan's museum cycle. Every activity that he participated in was the best thing in the world to him - at that moment. If we pulled him away to a new activity he broke out in a mini temper tantrum that ended shortly after he realized what the next activity was all about. He had a blast and probably could have stayed there all day. I was very suprised at how the entire museum catered to an 18 month so well. We will have to continue to visit the museum when we are in town.

From childrens museum

Overdue Thanksgiving Pictures

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at Cameron's Parent's home in Conroe. Just about everyone was in attendance (10/11). Dinner was wonderful and we worked off our big meal by playing at a nearby park and by chasing John while he was pulling the boys around in their new offroading wagon.

From Thanksgiving

Pictures from our Broussard visit

We had a great visit with my parents 3 weeks ago. We started our trip off with a visit to the zoo. I ran into two of my childhood teachers while we were there.
We had a visit from my high school friend, Lacie, and her husband, Scott. My mom also threw a little party and I got to see my friend Michelle and her little girl, Brianna. She is just a few months older than Nathan. We had a very good visit and will be heading up again there soon.

Also, Nanny Pam has been working with Nathan to identify his grandparents by their chosen names using pictures around the house. It worked! Tonight we saw my dad for dinner and Nathan kept saying, "Papa...Papa". It was too perfect

Broussard Photos

Pictures from the Fall

These are pictures I took a few months ago and never got around to posting. Life is good here. Nathan is busy learning new words all the time. Today he took me outside so that he could show me the moon. The moon of his favorite thing to point out in books such as "The Going To Bed Book" by Sandra Boynton. In "Goodnight Moon" where there are plenty of moons, he instead points out the mouse. He has also learned recently what an elephant is. If you ask him to make an elephant sound he will squeeze his lips together and try to squirt out a high pitch elephant sound. Cameron did a great job teaching him how to do that. I will post more recent pictures shortly:)

Good Pumpkin Photos

Awesome Fall!

 

 

We took photos at a pumpkin patch on Sunday. We were able to snap piles of photos of Nathan. I was quite impressed with a few family shots that we took using Cameron's tripod and remote clicker.

I am taking my Professional Engineering Exam at the end of October. I haven't blogged much recently because most of my free time has been spent studying for it these last few weekends. I am hoping for the best. Cameron passed his easily in the Spring with lots of studying. Cameron has been very helpful and supportive of me by taking care of Nathan and chores while I am studying. I can't wait to be done. The weather has been so great lately that it makes being stuck inside just awful.