Last Birthday Post...

By the time Cameron's actual birthday came, it felt like we had already celebrated it several times (because we had!) We still made it special and he got to open more presents on the morning of his birthday and have pancakes (his favorite). Since Cameron's birthday is so close to Christmas, the practical side of me always wants to get him things he actually needs vs. stuff he wants. This year 2 of his presents were clothes and a bicycle helmet. Needless to say he wasn't too psyched on either. When he opened the bag of clothes he immediately threw them over his shoulder and said, "these are terrible." When I finally got him to try on one of the shirts the best he could offer was "this isn't too terrible."
Thank goodness he had some awesome Dinosaur gifts from Chuck and Robin that really hit the spot and made up for my "terrible" choices.
The day after his birthday he also got to celebrate it at school with a little party. I think Cameron successfully celebrated turning four!

This is his "getting-clothes-for-a-gift-is-terrible" face

 One last celebration for the birthday boy at school, topped off with a birthday crown!

Relax

Between the presents and parties we had to find time to just relax with Papa and Kathy. They, of course, got to read lots of stories to the kids, including Papa's favorite, "I had trouble getting to Solla-Sollew" and Papa, Kathy and Cameron even managed to snuggle up on the couch to take a nap. We had to keep warm after riding the trolley! We even spotted an elf on the way.

Celebrate!

In addition to celebrating Cameron's birthday, we got to celebrate an early Christmas with Papa and Kathy in town! The kids of course went crazy for the gifts and we had a great time playing with everything. We successfully assembled, tried on or played with every gift that was received! We learned that the kids tell very creative stories, Cameron is extremely good at HeadBandz, both kids are better at Legos than Papa, but he is better at Simon (actually Kathy wins that award!)
It's hard to believe there are still more presents for the kids to get! It feels like Christmas presents should be spread throughout the entire year.

Happy Birthday Cameron!

Cameron was pretty lucky this year because not only were Papa & Kathy in town for his party, but he got to have it at Pump It Up! He had an absolute blast. There were tons of things to jump on and play with and the kids (and parents!) had a great time. Cameron was especially spoiled with great gifts and got his request for a Seahawks (with Spiderman candles!) cake.
Of course, no party would be complete without some sort of meltdown. After an awesome time jumping and playing and eating pizza and cake and opening presents, Cameron started crying because he saw another party that had balloons and he didn't have any. Poor poor child! Maybe next year I'll save the party money and just fill his room with balloons!

Last Day of Three!

Since it is Cameron's last day as a 3 year old, I wanted to ask him a few questions. So tonight before bed I asked him the following. I think he might have been a little tired because his answers weren't typical Cameron, but maybe this is a sneak peek at his 4 year old self.

Q: What was your favorite thing about being 3?
A: Playing with legos

Q: What will you miss the most about being 3?
A: nothing

Q: What about turning 4, are you most excited about?
A: I can't wait to do flips

Q: What will you remember about being 3?
A: Doing boring stuff

Q: What can you do when you are 4 that you can't do now?
A: Maybe I could do flips and stuff.

So apparently being 3 is pretty boring, aside from legos and turning 4 means you can do flips and stuff! Not bad!

Happy last day of being 3 to our happy, funny, charming little boy. Brian and I can't believe we are through the threes, but are definitely looking forward to 4. I think it is my favorite of all of the ages so far!

Writing Celebration

The other week at school, Addy's class had a writing celebration where everyone got to read to the class a story that they wrote and illustrated. Addy's was called Camden comes and it was about her teacher's son who came to the classroom. She did a great job and was very excited to share her story with the class. We're so proud!

Strike!

A few weeks ago it was a cold and rainy weekend so we took the kids to "Family Bowl" at the local bowling alley. It was the first time we had ever gone bowling together as a family and it was super fun! They turn out the lights and put up the gutter bumpers and now I think it would be hard for me to bowl any other way! The kids loved it!