Tuesday, April 13, 2010

catching up...




Why am I so bad at keeping up with this? I could think of a million excuses, but I won't. I will just pick up and fill in the blanks. So...my baby boy turned 7 in February! I really have to pinch myself to realize that I have a seven year old. We celebrated with a little laser tag action and anything from a galaxy far far away. I am so proud to be this little man's mama.
This was my birthday letter to him...
Dear Cam,
My young jedi you are! I love how you become so passionate about what you enjoy. It makes me giggle inside when you run upstairs to turn your Star Wars music on (rather loud I might add) and play out scenes with your Lego ships and figures. You have an incredible sense of imagination and creativity. I will not be surprised if you grow up to be the next Steven Spielburg. I am so glad you have your daddy's smarts! You rock right on through all your weekly spelling tests and read chapter books in a day. You are alot like your daddy actually, which is a good thing. You are a quiet soul, always have been. You have a very kind heart and it bothers you to see or hear of people hurting. I cherish the few hugs and kisses that I get from you these days. I know you are growing up, but if you could sneak in a few more snuggles for me that would be really great! I am so grateful that you know God and his love for you. You ask me good questions that challenge me...keep them coming. I hope the animals talk in heaven too! I love playing games with you, Uno and Guess Who being my favorites. I don't know if I will ever master chess, probably not. I have mastered making you the best cinnamon raisin french toast ever according to you :)
I love you every inch, Mom

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

10 Days of Christmas

I can't believe it has been a month since Christmas.
Eeek! I am so behind on my posts.
Here is a taste of our favorite time of the year!

On the first day of Christmas we took a snowy trip to Blowing Rock to find the perfect tree...


On the second day of Christmas a sweet list of "Thing's I am thankful for" was presented to me with mom and dad being numbers 27 and 28. I am just glad I made the cut!

On the third day of Christmas an early present for our little student arrived from Nana and Poppy.

On the fourth day of Christmas we decked the halls.

On the fifth day of Christmas we ate lots of candy and managed to put some on our gingerbread house.

On the sixth day of Christmas we sat on Santa's lap with our cousin "baby Baker"

On the seventh day of Christmas we became a Spanish dancer in our school's "Around the World" Christmas show.

On the eighth day of Christmas Santa brought ballerinas and princesses...

and left us a special letter....

and the force was with us.

On the ninth day of Christmas and EVERYDAY we praise Jesus for being born to save us.

On the tenth day of Christmas we rang in the New Year!