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.

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.

Cookies With Nana

This was during the Christmas season- FYI. I thought I published it, but it was saved as a draft. Oops. Anyways, Nana and Cameron took some serious time making the most yummy cookies! They were almost too pretty to eat. There is something special about Nanas (grandmas) and sugar cookies!

Random Cuteness!

Cameron, since he has turned four, has grown up so much. It seems like each month he is doing something else I thought he would do at 6 not 4! The cutest thing happened the other day when I picked him up from preschool. I walked in and heard the "Nutcracker" playing. When I peeked in the classroom, Cameron was waltzing with a little girl. He saw me and said, "No, mommy you can't watch!" I was watching anyways of course. He bowed to the girl and said, "Princess, I am a Prince. Can I please have this dance?" I about fell out on the floor and wished I carried my camera in with me... it was in the car. The cuteness out weighs the tantrums by quite a bit. Now if only the cuteness was more often than the fits :)

This kid and his "Rock On" thing cracks me up!

:)

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!