Happy Birthday Cameron!

Today, our sweet little boy turned 4! I can not believe how fast time has flown. I still remember driving myself to the hospital when he decided he was ready two weeks before he was due. We love you so much dear son. We had a good day today, even though Cameron had to visit the doctor today. He weighed in at 36.2 pounds. He has gained two pounds since last month. Cameron has had a really bad cold this week so he has stayed home all week. Yesterday morning, his cheeks and neck had this rash. I thought he was having an allergic reaction to something so I gave him Benadryl. I prayed....Benadryl affects Cameron differently than most people. Instead of making him sleepy, it makes him really hyper. We went to the Rough Riders game but didn't make it to the 6th inning. This morning, it was much worse so off we went. He has Fifth Disease. It sounds scarier than it actually is. It can last anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months. He's not contagious or anything, it just looks bad. We went to Toys R Us and he got to pick out a toy for his birthday. I made him Stroganoff for dinner (at his request) and we baked a cake. He said he had a really good day!

Open House

Gracie had open house last month. I am a little behind in posting. I have been volunteering quite a bit at the school. It is so much fun. The week before I spent each day decorating the Kindergarten and 1st Grade halls. Here is Gracie with her Ocean Diaroma...she and "Dad" worked really hard on it. They don't have "chalk boards" anymore...and they have class projectors.
Gracie & Mrs. Shade. I just adore her, she is such a wonderful teacher.

Donuts with Dad

Last Friday, Cameron had "Donuts with Dad" at his new school. He was so excited to have Dad come and visit him at his new school. I love these picture of my "boys". I so do love them with all of my heart.

He is so going to town with the donut. Poor teachers, they had a bunch of kids hyped up on "sugar".

Growing Veggies

We are growing our veggies! Or we are at least going to try to - ha! I have been trying really really hard to get Gracie to eat or even taste veggies. For Mother's Day last year, Kenny and kids bought me a small ready to make garden. We had some work done in the back yard to work on some drainage issues, I had a bed put in especially for a family garden. The kids were extremely excited and were on board 100% with helping. We purchased a small greenhouse from Home Depot to start out seeds. Gracie even said she would taste some of our veggies when harvested. WE SHALL SEE! We have planted Cucumbers, Green Beans, Broccoli, Tomatos, Corn, Bell Peppers, Watermelon, Cantaloupe, Basil, Oregano. Aren't these labels adorable? Gracie made them herself.

Spring Break Day Five

For our last official day of Spring Break, we heated up the pool and enjoyed the day with family. The day didn't start off so good as we had to replace our water heater ASAP. We had been running out of hot water in the master bath (were I bathe my babies) and I was getting pretty tired of hauling hot water from the kitchen. Every time I did it, I remembered the days we used to visit my Grandma in Mexico. Anyhow, called someone out and they said we were lucky we had not had a fire. LORDY....really? Scared me to death. Of course, Kenny is out of town so we have to try to figure this out by phone. The company I had originally come out gave me a quote of $1011 - OUCH. So I call Home Depot and Lowes. Lowes prices were so much better so I haul down there to sign the paperwork. As I am paying, they are on their way to install the new water heater. Thank God!

Spring Break Day Three

On Wednesday, we met up with some friends at Strikz. The kids had such a wonderful time bowling and playing games. The grown ups managed to get in a game or two. It was extremely hard for me during the "games" part of our play date. All Cameron wanted to do was play the car and motorcycle games. Gracie wanted to play Wheel of Fortune or Deal or No Deal. We did end up finding a neutral game, Air Hockey. I don't want to tell Kenny this, but I think we should get this for the playroom.

Here is a picture of Cameron on the Harley Davidson game, we spent around $10 alone! He was so happy so it was all worth it.

Riding the Carousel at the mall. These two have definitely kept me busy this week.