Some Camden

This is a coat that Camden wore when he was a baby. He wanted to try it on. He thought it was funny, but I am kind of amazed that it still fits except for the very short sleeves. It is a size 12 months! I didn't know if I wanted to laugh or cry! 

Camden was looking out the window one morning and he asked,  "Mommy do you like little birds with brown on their belly and some blue on their back?" I told him I was sure that I did like those kinds of birds. He said, "Well then you won't like me very much!" I was guessing that he was going to be hunting those birds in the near future with his BB gun. Oh just why couldn't he pick a more gentle, milder hobby!

Tim told he had a skin tag on his neck. I started looking at his neck and Camden said, "I think you are beautiful just the way you are!" Good thing Camden found that 800 number for skin tags!

I was brushing my hair one night and Camden came in and told me, "You need a Michelle Mercier hair brush. It won't pull out your hair!"  Guess where he heard about that? Yep, it is only $19.99!

 

At The Races

The Pinewood Derby was held on Saturday and Camden was too excited. Tim went up early to help set up and when he came back he said there were some really awesome cars up there. I was worried about how the "48" car would do. I told Camden to remember that it wasn't about if his car won, but that he had fun. That was all that mattered. He did all of the painting and decorating of his car. Daddy just put the wheels on it. He was more than ready to go!!

 The track set up...

The cars resting before the race....wheels up. Wow, they don't do that in Nascar?!?

Needless to say, number "48" did a wonderful job! Camden came in fourth place.  His car also won Second Best In Show! They took his car to be put on display with the rest of Best In Show. We will get it back at a later date! He really had the best weekend ever! It all started with the sprinkle of sleet that turned in to lots of ice which he has played with for the past two days. Who knew he liked icicles so much!?!? He also made Honor Roll at school and he did pretty awesome for his first Pinewood Derby! Ok, I am bragging a lot, but you know how it is!
 

Sleet Day

It was supposed to be a SNOW day, but instead all we could manage was a dusting of sleet. School was in session for half a day and when Camden got off the bus he came running. He said, "Look at all of this snow!" He wanted to play and went straight to the back door. I went out to snap a picture of his sleet ball and he asked if he could get on the deck and make a snow angel. Ha! He wanted to know if this was our eight inches of snow that he has been praying for. Well, no, it is not! Winter isn't over yet though. We might just have to go visit some snow! Poor child. He has a sled and everything!!! He just needs some fluffy white stuff and lots of it!!

Going To The Derby

This has to be every boy's dream. Just look at that concentration! Camden is so excited about the upcoming Boy Scout Derby. He has been working very hard with Daddy to make his car extra special. The Derby will be this weekend so we need to hurry and finish his super fast race car!!

A Visit

We had a very special visit from someone furry recently. Camden  has been begging for a cat, so it was our good fortune that the neighborhood cat stopped by to see him. He can't wait for Bentley to kick the bucket so we can get our own cat. He loves cats more than dogs apparently. But for now, we will just love on other people's cats! He even gave him some of Bentley's food! You can just feel the love!

 

Fortune Teller

Remember this little game that you played in elementary school? Camden showed me this one afternoon and I was so surprised. I had completely forgotten about this game. He made me choose the colors and numbers for the rest of the evening. My fortune was always the same....Going to be rich and famous! Hmmm.

Every morning I make Camden's breakfast then I disappear to finish getting ready for work. He has taken up the habit of leaving his unfinished breakfast sitting on the counter along with a little note from him... "These grits are too salty" "You said we were running late so I didn't have time to finish eating."  He is awesome in the excuse department and provides tons of entertainment for my otherwise boring life! Ha!

Party Like A Princess

We gave Stephanie a Princess Party for her birthday because she is our little princess. We all wore our colorful hair extensions and of course we coordinated sparkly jeans because we can!

 She got some really cool gifts!

 So true.....

 A very special birthday cake by Virginia. It has some marshmallow filling, brown sugar icing, sweet potato cake layers and candied pecans on top. What more could you ask for. It was heavenly.

 We didn't get a whole lot of work done that day but we had a great time. We laughed so hard and acted crazy all day. That's what birthdays are for! So when you have to work on your birthday celebration day you make the most of it! 

Things

Camden likes to build Dominos and he is actually very good at designing them. It keeps him busy for hours. This is good for him since we have been experiencing some cold weather and not able to play outside on the weekends.

 Tim won this five pounds of summer sausage at work. I really don't know why they would call it "Yard-O-Beef", it's more like a tree trunk of beef. Oh well, it will take us at least a year to eat it! I need to Google some recipes for summer sausage!  Ha!

So Yummy

This is just some yummy cupcakes from the weekend. They are Hot Chocolate cupcakes and yes that is marshmallow icing on top. You would not believe how great they are until one of them melts in your mouth. So, run out to Walmart right now and get a box. It is Betty Crocker Hot Chocolate cupcake mix. Truly unbelievable and even Camden liked them!  You can thank me later!

Camden asked Daddy and me if we had any skin tags. We told him that we were not aware of any. He said, "Well if you do and you are keeping it a secret from me, then you can call this 800 number. They have something that will take care of them!" Oh, please let him stop watching commercials. I am starting to get a complex!

Camden told us that his New Year's Resolution was to sleep until 7:00 on Saturdays. Well, that didn't happen this past Saturday. I will keep my fingers crossed that he will stick to his Resolution! I really would like to sleep past 6 on Saturday mornings. I mean really, I don't even get up that early for work! 

This And That

On Camden's first day back at school after his Christmas break, the morning announcement stated that it would be a full and busy week. Camden asked Daddy if that meant he would have to go to school on Saturday and Sunday too. Ha Ha.

Camden likes to watch TV in the mornings. He is always finding infomercials and work out shows. I came walking in the kitchen one morning and he was writing down a phone number from TV. He said, "There you go Mommy, you always say you are fat, so here is a work out video that you can order!" Wow, Thanks!!

Last night he was in the kitchen writing down a phone number as fast as he could. He told me it was for an "endless pool". I asked him what that was and he said, "It's for relaxation and lots of fun!" Sounds like something we might need! Ha!  

Happy New Year

Yes we did rock in the New Year with some Twister! Camden won of course. We only made it until 11:00 and it was lights out. We were just too tired to watch a ball drop! In the mean time we got a little crazy with some Connect Four.

Then it was time for some grape juice bubbly and a toast.

Today we celebrated with some traditional New Year's Day food. Those greens just aren't that yummy, but we should have a ton of money this year! Ha!