I’m hoping to get to my at least once a month blog output as we start a new season of new and fun activities. I never want this blog to become a running diary of our days together, so if there isn’t much happening, I won’t bore you with the details.

The summer was fun, but fairly tame. We spent a lot of time in Bethany Beach where we couldn’t keep Cameron away from the ocean! We spent a lot of time at our pool, where Cam continued to get comfortable in the water. All of these are good signs, considering his parents started dating in part because they were both on the local swim team 20-something years ago.

The summer was also a change in our day-to-day routine. We took six weeks off from all of the classes we usually go to. Music and swim lessons took a break. We missed a few storytimes along the way. Storytime may be going on permanent hiatus soon, since all I do is chase him around a small room for 45 minutes as is! He can’t exactly be tuned in to the stories, when there are things he can grab and throw all over the place!

Amazingly, I decided to add more to the schedule this fall and we recently started a toddler tumblers class at Rebounders Gymnastics, and he’s taking part in the Lil’ Kickers Soccer program at a sports complex down the street. These decisions we made with the idea that anything that allows him to run around and spend some of his limitless energy is a good thing. Talk about your all-time backfires….

We found out last week that Cameron was taken off a waiting list for a preschool up here in Baltimore. We applied with the idea that we would want him to start going somewhere in January, just before his second birthday. The process moved much faster than we expected; now he can start as soon as next week. Not taking the spot probably isn’t wise, since we have no idea when the next one will open. So I’ve spent the last three days trying to move stuff around so he could keep doing most of these activities, and start school in a week or so. All the while, I’m not really even sure how ready he is, or I am, for him to start school already! It’s only a three day, half day program, at a Montessori school ten minutes away. But this was not something I was prepared for!

Pretty soon we may have gymnastics and swimming on Mondays, music class on Tuesdays, school Wed-Fri and soccer on Sundays! I’m starting to understand why I never see my friends with kids anymore! Wish me luck with all of this; school related blog to come once we get started.

A few weeks ago Cameron turned 18 months old. This means that he’s eligible for some of the programs above (school and soccer for starters), but it also meant another trip to the doctors office! No shots this time, so it was our favorite check-up yet! He’s more than 32 pounds and 37.5 inches tall. So he’s still trending to be the first 7-footer in Fogarty-Paley family history!

A lot of new and exciting things are coming. Most of this should be fun, and some of it will be stressful and awful. Those are the ones that make the best entries, so it’s a win-win I guess!