Easter 2011

Easter was lovely this year! Cameron was at a fun age and was able to take in ALL of Easter. We started out at Sunday School, followed by a wonderful service, then home to eat a great lunch! It was fun!!

Here Comes Peter Cottontail...

My Child will be the one who has a decorated holiday vest for EVERY holiday.... I have no idea where he gets that from. :) Cameron is obsessed with holidays. Christmas is the worst, so far. He will cry to put up the tree, begs to watch the Grinch everyday and sings all the holidays songs constantly. However, the past few weeks have been Easter. We have been hunting eggs since April 5th. I finally had to put it all away and say- STOP and wait for Easter. Although he did manage to keep one thing..

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.

It's Beginning To Look A LOT Like Christmas!

After our insane "Black Friday" shopping, we merrily drug out ALL the Christmas decorations! Christmas is a very special time for us (Like a lot of families, I'm sure.) Van and I always try to make things "magical" for Cameron. We have our traditions and stick to them! Van fluffed the tree, I did the lights and Cameron helped decorate before bed! It was great!

After two days of decorating and cleaning everything was finished and beautiful! I was so in the spirit, I began wrapping gifts on Sunday while The Santa Clause was on!

Transform!

Well, it has been a while! I have tons to blog but I will go in order! Happy Halloween! Cameron decided to be a Transformer this year. I didn't see that coming. The child has NEVER seen the movie (Foul language and way too old for him) nor does he have any toys pertaining to Transformers. Who knows! Anyways, we had a nice time visiting our neighbors and seeing family and friends.

My babies :) Cayden, Me, Carolynne, Cameron and Elizabeth (Yes, named after me.) I have been friends with their mother for 15 years, so they may as well be my nieces and nephew.

My boys!

My baby and me

All the kiddos! This was take 8 and I was done trying to capture a perfect picture form a 2 year old, almost 4 year old, 5 year old and a 6 year old. I was done :)

I love seeing all the kids dressed up! It is a fun time for children to be ALLOWED to wear their costumes out in public! I know if I would let Cameron, he'd be Batman at the grocery store!