Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Baby Cousin Jaylee

Ryan and Holly had their first baby girl on May 26th!! We had to wait almost 2 weeks to meet her, but here she is. Katelyn just adored her as you can see from the pictures. Camden was so great with her!! Now, he tells me that he really wishes he had a baby brother!! WOW... I don't think I can handle that right now or ever!! I think my hands are totally full as things are now:)


Thursday, June 17, 2010

Camden's Six

I can't even believe that my little guy is 6 years old!! We had a little Spider man birthday party with our family to celebrate the night before his birthday!! He got to open all his presents early, which he didn't mind at all.
Some things on his wish list were: Nintendo DS, DS games, and a fish tank so he could have his very own fish!! After opening all his presents, he got a DS, DS games, a really cool football chair, but NO fish tank. He was a little bit disappointed, but we reminded him that there was always Christmas or he could save up his money and buy his own fish tank!! Little did he know...we saved the best present for him to open in the morning on his REAL birthday:) Mark and I stayed up late and set up the fish tank so he could be surprised in the morning. I could barely wait for 6:15 to come around so I could go in and wake him. Mark and I sang him Happy Birthday and presented him with one last present when we woke him up... it was a box with fish food and a gift card to Petco so he could pick out his own fish!! We told him his fish tank was set up downstairs in the kitchen. You should have seen how fast that kid jumped out of bed. He didn't even put clothes on! He just ran downstairs in his underware!! He was so excited!!

Off we go to Petco to pick out his fish!! Camden took Katelyn over to see the kittens before we left. Camden found 3 perfect fish. He named them Mikey, Flutter, and Monster Nightmare. He was so excited to get them home:)


Friday, June 4, 2010

My Dinosaur Lover!!!

For Easter Camden got a dinosaur cookie making kit!! I have never seen the kid so excited about cooking anything in my whole life. I told him we would make them on Saturday. Sure enough... he woke up at 5:00 on Saturday morning!! Serves me right!! Next time I will have to be more specific in my response and instead of saying Saturday I need to give a specific time!! The cookies were fantastic!! That's my little chef!! Of coarse... we added the dinosaur cookie cutters to our collection to make a few every time we make our seasonal sugar cookie batch!!! YUM!!!!



For the love of READING!!!!


It must be genetic!! This little girl came to my classroom and was instantly drawn to the books. She ran over to my reading area and plopped herself down and helped herself to a few books!! I am so glad that both my children are readers!! I hope they never lose their love of reading!!!

New Sand Box

When we moved, we emptied our sand box at our old house with the intention of getting new sand when we moved in. Well... 9 months later... Surprise kids. Camden was so excited! He loved it so much! I thought Katelyn would love it too, but she wants nothing to do with it. She hates getting dirty, wet, etc... I know, I know... reminds me of another one of my children!!

Soccer Star!!


Camden's soccer season was a HUGE success!!! I can't believe that this was the same child that would hide under out chairs last season at the mere thought of going out on the field to play in a soccer game. Practices didn't go so well, but put that boy out on the field in competition and WOW... he is a different person. I have to admit, I had tears in my eyes when I watched him play. I never thought I would see my kid excel in sports... team sport, I guess I should say:)

My # 1 Fans!!

With the season coming to an end and only two games left, Camden has still not scored any goals. That second to last game, he got his first taste of victory by scoring a goal in the first quarter. I guess that first taste of success went along way because he scored another goal before 1/2 time. Here is a picture of my proud boys at halftime showing me how many goals he had scored. He even scored a third in the 4th quarter!!!!

The last game of the season came around!! I wish I could say I was at the game, but it was raining and in the lower 60's and Katelyn was sick, so Mark took him to the game and i stayed home. One of Camden's major sensory issues is his head getting wet... Soccer Game---- Outside---Raining!!!! I kinda felt sorry for Mark trying to get Camden there, but his team was depending on him!! He had a really hard time at first, but as soon as he saw the trophies in the coaches bag, he played like a rock star. He ended up scoring 7 goals that game!!!! I am so proud of my little soccer player!!!!

Easter 2010

Grandma, Nonna, and Uncle Ryan came over to do Easter eggs with us on! We had a really good time together and made some beautiful eggs!!

Easter Morning was very fun in our house this year! Both Camden and Katelyn were very excited when they saw all the Easter eggs all over the house. Katelyn put about 5 eggs in her basket before she realized they had candy in it and it was all over for her!! She stopped collecting eggs and just focused on opening those eggs and getting out the candy! Since Katelyn bailed out, Camden's basket was overflowing and there was no convincing him that he should share the candy with his sis. He got the eggs, that means it was his candy!! Eventually, he did give in and share. It just took a lot of convincing!!
It wasn't long before they saw their presents over by the fireplace. The Easter Bunny, Grandma, Aunt Cathy and mom and dad were very good to them this year. They LOVED opening all the fun Easter stuff!

Next we headed outside to try to get some pictures of the kids all dressed up, however, Camden didn't agree with the decision! All he wanted to do was stay inside and do nothing!! We had a busy day ahead of us and decided it wasn't worth the fight. Here are some funny pictures of Katelyn outside with her not-so-full Easter basket:)
We went to Easter brunch with the family and then off to Grandma and Grandpa's house!! Of coarse, Elmo had to make the trip too!! I love this picture!!

Snuggling with Aunt Nonna
Macy even had a Easter egg of her own filled with doggy treats!! She guarded it like her life depended on it!