A Baby Sister for Us

Hi All - Not much going on here. We are enjoying the last few warm days of fall. Suppose to get some snow tomorrow...can you believe it. We have been raking leaves and enjoying jumping into the big piles. Cameron's been continuing with preschool as usual and is loving it. Our big news is that mommy and daddy attended two days of Parenting Adoption Classes last week. Yes, we are adopting a little girl...a new sister for us. We are both very excited. While mommy and daddy were at class we stayed with Uncle Dan one day and had lots of fun playing with him at home and at the park. He did really well. The second day of class we stayed with Grandpa Al and Grandma Judy. We went to the Community Center for pop-in & play and also out for ice cream. Yummy. Mommy and daddy have been working on lots of homework for the adoption. Its a long process but so worth it. Off to do some reading.

Cameron's 5th Birthday

Cameron is now 5. Where did the time go? It was a fun week full of lots of celebrations.

Things all started on Wednesday, October 8th with Cameron bringing birthday treats into school. The kids sang to him and all enjoyed the fruit snacks he picked out to share.

Later that day seven of Cameron's neighborhood friends came to the house to help him celebrate. We did an art project together (decorated door knob hangers and pirate loot bags). This was followed by a yummy dinner of Cameron's choice...pizza, bread sticks, strawberries, pineapple, chocolate milk, and rainbow chip cupcakes. The kids enjoyed a pirate treasure hunt around the yard led by daddy doing his best pirate voice. We also read pirate books. Enjoy the picture of all of us posing with our loot with our best pirate faces on. We also had some time to play in the yard. We enjoyed jumping in our bouncer and playing sports. Cam says his favorite part was opening presents.

Thursday mommy, daddy, and Kyle gave Cam his presents. He enjoyed riding his bike with the new bike horn Kyle gave him.

Friday brought not another party but another part of turning five...his five year old doctor appointment. Cameron was very brave during all his shots but they wiped him out. It was a long day of preschool that afternoon for him and his arms hurt to move. But the doctor thought he was very healthy so that is good news.

Saturday ended Cameron's birthday celebrations. We hosted Grandma Judy, Grandpa Al, Uncle Steve, Aunt Angela, and Uncle Dan for lunch, cake and presents. Mommy attempted to make Cameron a Speed Racer car upon his request. It tasted yummy but wasn't so pretty. Cam's favorite gift of the day was a remote control robot named Wall-E.

Signing off for now. Take care everyone.

Fuzzy Friends

Hi All - Things have been pretty quiet around here lately (although mommy and daddy would say its never quiet). So here's what has been going on since our last post.

Daddy was gone for a few days and nights for a conference. We had fun with mommy especially since she took us to the park, out for dinner and let us stay up late to watch Survivor. Uncle Dan came over one day to play with us while mommy mowed the lawn. Then another day Grandma Judy came to visit. Before daddy left we took his luggage to him and had lunch at his office. We love the city.

Our whole family participated in the St. Cloud Memory Walk for Alzheimer's Research. It was a chilly Saturday morning but walking kept us warm. We walked with a lot of mommy's family in memory of Great Grandpa Ervin (Kyle's middle name came from him).

After the walk we spent the night at Grandma Judy and Grandpa Al's house. We helped them pick vegetables in the garden, went to the park, played, and roasted marshmallows by the fire pit. We even found some fuzzy caterpillars and jumpy grasshoppers. We caught them in bottles and watched for awhile. Kyle really enjoyed the ice cream cake we had for dessert there (see picture above).

When we got back home we set a trap to catch some red squirrels that have made a home under our shed and are eating away at the wood. Daddy didn't have much luck with the trap. So mommy set it and less than an hour later we caught one of them. We had fun watching him in the cage all day. He really wanted to get out. Daddy "relocated" him at night after we were in bed. Daddy left the cage out overnight with no food in it so to our surprise there was a baby raccoon in it the next morning. We also watched this little guy all day and fed him crackers. He growled at us if we got too close. When daddy got home from work we all drove the raccoon over to a wooded area and daddy released him. He went running into the woods so fast.

A preview of our next blog: Cameron's 5th Birthday!!! Stay tuned.