Thursday, January 27, 2011

Cameron These Days


I have a few things I have to "get on paper" about Cameron these days.

1.) He is always something. Sometimes he is Batman, a puppy, Buzz- he is ALWAYS something. Lately, he is an elephant. He does this funny on all fours walk with his bottom way up in the air and makes an elephant sound. It is hard to concentrate on anything when you see "Little Elephant Boy" walk by.

2.) Cameron is all into his cousins right now. EVERYTHING is about the cousins... everything! This is not bad but none of them live very close so I have to constantly remind him we can't just go see them after school. It's sweet the things he says about them- he has a heart of gold, that's for sure.

3.) Cameron is learning to tell time. The other morning he crawled into my bed, after Van had left for work (he leaves at 5 am BTW) and said, "Mommy, it's time to wake up!" I replied, "Cameron read me the numbers on daddy's clock." His reply was, "It says five two five." Um- WHAT?! I thought surely he had mixed up some numbers so I sat up and saw- that he was, in fact, correct. I couldn't overlook the fact that he said the correct time, so we were up. Telling time is fun... unless your child thinks anything after 4 am is "wake up time."

4.) We have hit "FIT" central. I was hoping to take the short cut from the whiny three's to happy four's. We must have missed the exit. EVERYTHING... okay maybe I should cut him some slack...ALMOST everything turns into a, "buuuuuttttt mmmooooommmmyyyyyy...." Yep, Gee, three wasn't so bad ;)

5.) I have been forced to put Cameron in preschool 5 days a week from 9-2:30 because this college thing is demanding. Yes, I know, I know, a four year degree is not easy. However, I miss my baby. I am blessed though that his school is amazing.

6.) The kids is just plain funny. He spouts out random things at the most perfect time. You can't help but crack up. This may be one of my favorite things about the age of 4.


That's all I've got for now.


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Santa Over The Years



Christmas 2006

Sadly, I just realized I do not have Christmas 2007. It is in my Christmas stuff :( I am going to have a fit until I can dig it out!

Christmas 2008
Pearce Family Picture



Christmas 2009

Christmas 2010

Our Santa Picture

Christmas and New Years

I have been finishing up my last year (well year and 3 months) with so much vigor, I have not blogged in so long. SO- this is the super post! I am going to cover Christmas eve up until today all in one. Thank goodness for "tags!"

This Christmas was very magical for our little family. Cameron's preschool was very good at teaching what Christmas is all about. I was very pleased. Also, we had our first real Santa year! I am cheesy- so don't laugh. As usual, we made cookies and read the night before Christmas and sent our happy four year old to bed. Luckily this year, we had no "assembling" to do! Phew! I have ALWAYS caught Cameron's Christmas morning reaction on video- every year so far. This year, since he actually gets it, I did not. I did however, set my alarm for 6 am to get up before him. (He is a very early riser!) Van and I woke up and pretended to be asleep... after I set the coffee pot. When we were ready, I tiptoed into the hallway, shook a bell VERY load, and in a muffled voice yelled, "Ho Ho HO!" and ran back to bed and waited. I heard it all-
"Cameron- "Santa? SANTA!?" He gets up and runs to the tree. In tears my sweet boy is yelling, "Mommy, Daddy he came! He really came! He's real. Oh, mommy, Daddy!" It was amazing. His little voice was fighting back the sweetest tears- It made me cry. He was so excited, he was beyond himself. He found the bell "Santa" left and a note from Santa cautioning him to be a good boy. It was magic!




New Year's Eve my mom and I went to Holly Lake Ranch to have Christmas with Mamaw! I was so happy I was able to make it to see her... and her tree!



This is just a random picture but I love it.