Cameron goes to school!

Well, it's official...my big boy started school last week!  One good thing about being home right now is being able to transition him to day care, slowly.  The first 2 days, Cameron and I just played for a few hours and then came home.  He pretty much just clung to my neck, but was very interested in looking around at all the other babies and all the fun toys.  The last few days, I've been leaving him a little bit more each time.  He plays with toys, reads books, eats puffs at the table with his friends, does art projects, and does a ton of dancing. He's so cute to watch from the window when I go to pick him up.  He'll just be crawling around, or eating paper, or just doing something silly in the middle of his busy day.  Cameron has warmed up to his teachers and eats for them but has a very difficult time taking naps.  (Today was the first day he slept...a whopping 30 minutes...but it's a start!)  He'll play with his friends for hours at school, refuse to take a nap, and then he's dead asleep in the car, before I'm barely even out of the parking garage!

Snoozing after a busy day at school
P.S. I'm safely stopped at a red light while taking this picture.

Today, he did some painting at school and I got to take home his 1st piece of artwork!

It was surreal to hang it up on the fridge...such a big boy.  I'm so proud of him.

Another huge milestone is that Cameron says "cat".  Every time he sees the cats he gets so excited, races over to them and starts very roughly "petting" them and yelling "cat", "cat", "cat".  (He also "pets" his friends at school...eek.  We're working on "gentle" and "nice hands", but it's definitely taking some time.)

 Come here, Miles!!

Overall daycare has been a really good experience so far.  I know that the socialization aspect is wonderful and he's being exposed to so many different things.  Speaking of which...I was notified this afternoon of a "pink eye outbreak" in Cameron's class.  There will be lots of hand-washing in our future the next few days. 

Cameron loves bubbles!

Bye, Heather!

A great friend of mine is moving to Europe, so we got together to have lunch before she leaves.  Heather, I'm going to miss you so much!

FUN Weekend

We had such a fun weekend several weekends ago.  Gee Gee and Kelly came to visit, along with Grammy, Grampy G, Colleen, and Ella.  We had nothing special planned, but had a great time just hanging out, catching up, and managing the chaos of 7 adults and 2 wild little ones.   

Grampy came in a day early and we took Cameron to the park.  Cameron went on the swings for the first time and had so much fun.

The jammie buddies crawling around in the kitchen

Sleepy boy snuggling with Aunt Kelly.  

(...and of course Colleen and upside-down-Ella in the background)

One of Cam's favorite pastimes...playing with radiator

Rocking with Grammy

I cannot even convey how impossible it was to take pictures this weekend.  Between crazy Cameron and Ella, it was impossible to get a single picture of everyone looking somewhat presentable.  Grampy G was attempting to get a picture for his office...but you can see how well that went.

CME and the girls...so glad to have Gee Gee and Aunt Kelly!

Sweetie cousins with Aunt Kelly

We finished up the weekend with a great lunch with Granddad and Grandmom.  

Once again, getting good pictures was not the easiest.

Big Boy standing on Granddad's lap

Lunchtime mayhem!

...notice Cameron's wad of Ella-hair.

Cam and Aunt Colleen