So Many Things

I've been so busy with vacation and our big family announcement... That I haven't posted much here lately.

If you don't know by now... We're expecting baby number two in the first week of January! Cam doesn't know yet, but it won't be long. We're waiting until he notices that big belly that's already forming.

Anyway. Cameron's been very, very busy. He got to go to Maine with the family and had a blast. His favorite things to do were throwing rocks and standing on the big tall rocks. We got to spend time with my parents and brother and meet my uncle's new wife and daughter. It was a great trip. We also announced Baby Z (yes, he or she has a blog too: reevesbaby2.blogspot.com)!

Cam's been really lovey with me lately. My favorite story is how we were sitting together at the breakfast table when he reached over and stroked my hair and said: "I like your hair."

I thanked him.
"De nada!"

Then he stroked my leg and said: "I like your leg."
I thanked him again (but with a bit of skepticism)
"De nada!"

Mind you, the de nada came with a really cheesy, lovey smile. We are clearly in love with each other these days. Man, 3 years old is so much sweeter than 2!!

What's Your Name?

Cameron's really into know what people's names are. He just likes walking up to strangers and ask: "What's your name?" Everyone seems willing to tell him... And he's proud to say he's: CameronLeeReeves. He says it so fast, it sounds like one very long first name.

He's very interested in my name. So I told him... Now I have a "real name" and a name that Cameron calls me: "Mommy." Fun.

High energy kid

Randy and I just got out of Cameron's parent-teacher conference. He's doing great... But we all know, he's very high energy. His teacher says there's times when she just hands him some play-doh just to keep his hands busy. Yikes.

But the great news is what we already know: He loves to learn and he's learning a lot. He's incredibly verbal... And just has times when he has a rough time controling his emotions from time to time.

The teacher commented on how we were amused when we were going through his files... He's not perfect at everything? Of course not. She said some parents get really concerned. We know the boy is okay. No reason to stress out yet!

I'm sweet too

So it appears that Cameron's new thing is to stroke my ego when I do something he wants me to do. Today, after having a battle over how he had to eat a bannana *before* he could eat granola... When he finally got to eat the granola... As I handed it to hime he announced that I am "a really sweet girl."

Goodness. That's very kind. But I see through his coy plan.

I'd Love To!

Cameron has had the chance to enjoy a bunch of babysitters this weekend because of graduation. Cameron tells me it was fun. He was able to scam last night's babysitter into letting him sleep with every single toy he's ever owned and leave the light on so he could play with them. Today he convinced his babysitter that watching TV for hours would be fun.

He's a scammer.

We took him over to a graduation brunch and he was amazing. Cam played by himself with a bunch of super hero toys that was at the house. He was incredibly social. When he went outside, one adult asked Cam if he'd like to play soccer with her. Cameron responded: "I'd LOVE to!!!" Where does he get this stuff?

He was pretty loopy because he was so out of his schedule this weekend. We also got word a couple of days ago that Cam can eat dairy again. So I had to get him ice cream this weekend. Unfortunately, I decided to buy some an hour before bed time. He got sticky, gooey and started complaining that the ice cream was too cold. So I put it back in the freezer for later. That led to a freak-out fest right before bed. I blame myself. But he got to bed.. Just 40 minutes later than usual.

By the way. The way I get Cam out of a freak out these days: I rock him in my arms and sing "Rock A Bye Baby" until he starts screaming: "I'M A BIG BOY!!!!"

Bad Habit

Cameron has a thing for playing with his toys at the dinner table. We haven't put a stop to it. The latest rule is no big toys are allowed on the table... After too many spilled milks.

It's hard to put a stop to an imagination.

He just tried to put Mr. Incredible in his rice krispies. That's not good. Hmmm.

Earlier today Cameron and his dad sang me happy birthday. It was very sweet. Cameron decided that since it's my birthday, it his as well. So we've been singing happy birthday to each other all day long.

I'm Nice!

Cameron loves me. It's the day before my birthday and he slept in until 8:15am. Then we went downstairs for breakfast.
He asked me for milk with a very nice please... And as I poured the milk he said: "You're so nice to me."

Gosh. Thanks! I feel so good about myself.

Sky time

Cam and I are enjoying the great weather out there.

Yesterday was a really cool day. We ran around in the backyard chasing after monsters. Then I noticed our front yard looked really great with all of the leaves. So Cam asked me to lay on the ground with him and look at the leaves.

We did just that -- looking up at the trees, the sky, clouds and birds. It was so cool. Then we started looking at the colors and talking about those colors in Spanish. Very cool.

By the way, Cameron's turned the back stoop in our backyard into a stage. He stands there and sings. When I clap he starts to bow really low as if he made a performance of a lifetime. Fun to watch.

Sticky mud

Cameron and I are hanging out at the kitchen table right now. Bubba is barking at squirrels in the front yard. I'm surfing the web while Cam plays with morado play-doh. Yes, that's right morado. We're talking spanish colors when we play with play-doh for some reason. Cameron decided his Mr. Incredible toy is stuck in sticky mud (or purple play-doh)

Nevermind. Now Mr. Incredible created a face in the play-doh and now the face is talking to Mr. Incredible. You never know what can come alive in Mr. Cam's eyes.

Cam woke up really early this morning... He needed to go to the bathroom... Then he spent about 45 minutes trying to talk me into coming into his room or letting him sleep with me. In the end, we got into a tickle fest in my bed while daddy got ready for work.

Not a bad morning in our household.

Funny things Cam said

Yesterday we were about to go to a friend's house. I wasn't sure if we knew where to go. So I asked Randy if he knew how to get there.

Cameron responded: "You drive like this:" And he held his hands up like he was holding the steering wheel of the car.

Ahhhh. So that's how you get there. Thanks Cam.

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Cameron was in sunday school eating a snack. Randy and I were talking to a parent when I asked Cam if he was ready to go. He said: "No. You keep talking."

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Cam doesn't watch as much t.v. as before. I decided to turn it off on our mornings. We play more... We mainly play with Incredibles toys. Anyway. He just looked at a TV and called commercials: "Commershinals"

Azul y Rojo

Cam and I went to the library this past week. I thought he might like to listen into story time. We got there... But he wasn't interested in the story time. He wanted to run around and read as many books on as many different chairs in the kid area.

The best part was when a little boy threw a book on the floor that was all about colors. I told Cam to pick it up and read the book to the little boy. So Cam sat on the floor in front of the little boy and said:

"Hi! I'm Cameron. I'm going to read to you."

He opened the book and said: "Blue. Azul. Red. Rojo."

Those Spanish lessons seem to be working! That's pretty cool.

Teenage years in preview

So we've had quite a ride lately. Cameron had his adenoids out two weeks ago. It's like we have a different child. He runs all the time. There really isn't a moment when he slows down. But we realize we're probably already getting a little peek at what Cam will be like as a teenager.

Here's an example: We went to the Earth Day celebration today. Cameron was so NOT into it. There was music to enjoy, games to play... But he didn't like any of it except for the popcorn.

Until we found two of his friends from school. Suddenly it was awesome. Suddenly he had Luke and Justin to play with. Suddenly they could share popcorn with each other. Hilarious.

It was also kind of nice just to be able to talk to adults. I need more of that.

Long time, no blog

So... There have been dozens of funny moments... And I've forgotten to post them.

Today is Easter. Cameron was very lucky and got some very cool toys... Including a Buzz Lightyear and Woody toy. He had a hard time at church because he couldn't bring Buzz to church (he says: "To infinity and beyond!"). Anyway. Cam immediately starting singing about Buzz with a tune created by the VeggieTales folks for its hero, Larry Boy.

Here's one from last week:
Cameron’s really obsessed with a little character toy from the movie, “The Incredibles.” He loves playing with Dash. One day, I sent Cameron to school but I had to take the toy away against his wishes... We don’t bring toys to school from home. It just starts fights. (My toy! No, my toy!) Anyway. I left the toy in the car and realized Randy should take it with him... So I put the toy in my purse to hand over to Randy.

But I forgot to give the toy to Randy.

SO, I get a call during a meeting. I answered thinking it was Randy... When a voice says: “Mommy? Do you have my Dash?”

I responded: “Oh no! Yes I do. I’m sorry buddy!”

“Bring it back to me.”

Very demanding little bugger. I ended up leaving Dash in bed with him when I got home. He was very excited when he woke up the next morning.

What a trip

Cameron and his Daddy got home yesterday from our big vacation in Florida.

We were delayed for many hours in Chicago as a snow storm roared. As we waited for them to finally tell us we could board the plane, Cameron decided to play plane. He asked me to sit on the floor with him. He pretended to buckle up and made sure I buckle up. He put his arms in the air and announced we were flying and then he bounced a little and announced we landed. Then he took his seatbelt off and said: "We in the new airport!"

I looked up and realized the entire gate was watching our performance. It was so cool.

I had to leave town again for a conference. Randy said when they finally got home, Cameron told him: "We had a great trip."

That is also very cool.

God bless....

Cameron had a rough time going to bed tonight.

According to Randy, he really wanted a drink of water or milk... But it was bed time and he had to deal.

So here was his first four items in his prayer:

Bless water... and drinking... and milk... and drinking

He's good.

I'm not done "prayering"

Cameron's found a great way to stall going to bed at night: His prayers.

Cam's prayer went a record 12 minutes last night. He prayed for everything from his parents and grandparents to his Uncle's girlfriend, his mac and cheese, the door, the window and the other window, the paint on the walls, the Tigers , the football team, his bed, pillow, books (and he named some titles), Kodah (his stuffed bear), his pajamas, The Wiggles, The VeggieTales (he called it BeggieTales), Little Mermaid, Beast and Beauty, Buzz Lightyear... The list just kept going. Everytime I tried to tell him "Amen," he'd say: "Wait, wait, I'm not done prayering."

He finally went to bed... But not for long. He had a rough night thanks to his latest ear and sinus infection. Poor kid.

We're hoping to figure out his latest ills... We're working with a specialist and hope to help Cam live a more comfortable life soon.

Oh that is really gross

I promised not to talk potty talk much.

But Cameron is officially in the regression phase.

He's never had this many poop mistakes and I think tonight's won the prize for the worst.

I won't give a ton of details. But Randy tells me he was doing okay with the clean up when he was helping clean Cam... He kind of detatched himself cleaning someone else up. But when Cam sat on Randy's arm... That's when he started losing it.

That is really gross.

Holiday's over

I forgot to mention -- Last weekend Cameron noticed I was slowly putting some of the decorations away. That's when he looked at me and said: "Holiday's over Mommy."

He seemed okay with it all.

Imagination takes a turn

So Randy got an iPod for Christmas and he was really obsessed with finding all of our CD's in the boxes we haven't unpacked since we moved. So he opened up a box that was half CD's and half VHS tapes. Those tapes include all of my Disney movies that we've never watched with Cam because we don't use a VHS player anymore.

Cam decided the VHS tape boxes are toys... Pictures of stories he can pretend with. Last night I called him from work when Cam told me he was playing Princess (I have Beauty and the Beast and other pretty girly movies from Disney). He was making up stories with the boxes as if they're toys because the poor kid has never seen a VHS tape box before.

So as he went to bed with Randy last night, he announced: "I'm a princess." Randy replied, "No, you're a prince." "I'm a princess." "No, you're a pince." "NO, I'm a princess." "You can't be a princess, Mommy's a princess." Cameron replied: "Oh."

That was the end of the conversation.

Until this morning. He decided he's a princess and started getting upset when I said I'm a princess and he's a prince. So I dropped it... Why not let the boy pretend what he wants to pretend. But then he announced I'm the Beast and he's Beauty. I tried not to feel insulted. I think we need to return to Buzz Lightyear and run around the house yelling.

Happy New Year!

Cameron likes to yell that at the top of his voice... It could be the sugar. He's had a lot of it during the holidays.

We've been busy with family and I haven't posted much lately... But I'll say we've had some very funny moments with Cam lately.

He's a little obsessed with who gave him what toy. He sits down and starts playing with something and he'll state plainly: "Grandma bought this for me." He is right about who bought the item almost every time. It's a little creepy.

Cam's also taken imagination to a higher level... He's Dash from the Incredibles, then seconds later he's Buzz Lightyear, when suddenly he's Woody. He likes to walk up to me and say: "Who are you?" I say, "I don't know, who am I?" And Cameron chooses a partner to the character he is at the moment. If he's Dash, I'm Mr. Incredible. If he's Buzz, I'm Woody. If he's Woody, I'm Buzz or Bullseye (Woody's horse).

Randy's parents found a pretty big rocking horse that's suspended by springs... Cam got to play with it over Christmas with his new cowboy hat. He called it Bullseye and had a ball. When we got home, we reminded him that he has Bulleye here with his smaller wooden rocking horse. Cameron called it: "Little Bullseye"

Happy New Year to everyone... I hope you have many reasons to smile.