My Little Photographer!

I gave Cam my old camera because he was trying to "take pictures like Mommy" with my Nikon. I tried to show him how to hold it but nope, "Cam do it." Gotta love the 3yr old independence. I love how he's mimicking how I hold my camera!

Playdate

Yesterday Cameron had a playdate with Eliza. It had been awhile since he saw her and he was very shy when she first got here. Though when he saw she had Munchkins he became her best friend! They played really well together. They shared and took turns with the toys it was great. When they started to get bored I got out the crayons and paper.Eliza has some mad coloring skills! It was great to catch up with Jade too. Thank you Jade and Eliza for coming over. We had fun!

A Friendly Reminder

A few of you know that lately Cam has been trying to climb up his dresser. He thinks that there is a binky in the top drawer. We have been telling him no, but well, he's 2 1/2 and 'no' is a joke. We were actually going to put the harness on the back of the dresser so it wouldn't tip over on him today. Unfortunately we didn't do it fast enough.

I was in Arianna's room putting away clothes (yes, I was actually putting away clean laundry!). Cam went into his room to get some clothes to wear or so he said. The next thing I know there was a huge *CRASH*. I knew exactly what it was when I heard it. I went running in there and his dresser along with all the drawers were tipped over on the floor, with him underneath. I screamed, "CAMERON". All the horror stories you hear of children being crushed went through my head. He was crying but he seemed to be ok thank God. Luckily it only landed on his legs. I'm guessing he used the bottom drawers as stairs and the bottom drawer saved him.

So all you Moms use this as a reminder to install the harness that came with their furniture! Our outcome could have been a lot worse.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Am I crazy?

Arianna's first birthday is 7 months away but I have her party all planned out. Thanks to Dianna I already have her "cake" pan. The practicing has begun, at least I have lots of time to perfect it!

I know what I'm going to do for favors, activities, decorations, and what she's going to wear...I spend more time than I'm going to admit searching for cute ideas. I have it all planned out in my head. In there it's fabulous! I hope it turns out half is good in real life!

So...am I crazy? Probably a little bit!

I hope everyone likes cupcakes!

Bye Bye Crib!

Today is the day that Cameron's crib went away. I had been preparing him all week that "baby's sleep in cribs, big boy's sleep in bed's." I told him that Papa was going to come over and fix Cam's big boy bed and take down the crib. He wanted to help Papa so I told him that he could definitely help! We went to Walmart to pick out some sheets that he liked (Thomas). They didn't have a blanket or anything else to match the sheets so we just got him a Cars blanket. We had been planning on getting him an ice cream after but a temper tantrum in the middle of the mall unfortunately put an end to that. He did really well while the crib was coming down. We moved his bed in to the same position as his crib. He was excited to show Arianna and have her lay on his bed. GREAT!!! During the day he kept wanting to go upstairs to see his bed and lay on it. PERFECT!!!

He went down fairly well for the night. Steve laid with him until he fell asleep. He slept through the whole night! Let's pray it continues! I need to figure out what I'm going to do for curtains in his room because the windows look so bare. I also didn't want to hang the pennants that we have over his bed because I'm afraid he'll pull them off. He seems to like his room though!

Playdate in Andover

Today we drove up to Andover (well, Lawrence actually!) to meet up with Francesca and her kids Sophia and Nicholas and Shannon and her son Liam. I met Francesca way back in '98 or so when I worked at Putnam. She's always been a great friend and I wish I saw her more. Her kids are adorable. Sophia is 4 1/2 and Nicholas is 18 months. Shannon and I went to Merrimack together. Liam is almost 11 months. We went to a play place in Lawrence. It was really cute. Cam had a blast. Unfortunately it took us way too long to get home.I really miss living in Andover so it was great to get back up there and to visit. We'll have to do it again soon! Here are some pics of the kids that Shannon took.