BOO!

We dressed the boys in their Halloween costumes today so that Cameron could "Be Piderman" and to get pictures of course. It was actually not raining and warm enough (for five minutes anyway) to go outside for it!
Cameron loves to jump around and act like Spiderman. Especially throwing the webs out of his hands. Azer is a cute litte monkey- and it's only a little big- I guess that's what happens when you get hand-me-downs and your not quite big enough for them. Cameron's been practicing his trick or treating and takes his pumpkin around the house and fills it up with treats (or socks).

Watch out bad guys- spidey's on the prowl.

Cute little monkey drowning in his costume.

A pictorial essay

My days are mostly boring. I'm learning new things, going to work, etc, but like most people, most of my average day is not full of things I look forward to. The following is one of the few things that I really look forward to and enjoy.

It is one of the simple joys of my life.

Cameron loves yogurt and I like it too. Several times per week, sometimes right before I leave for school, sometimes before dinner, and sometimes right before Cameron goes to bed, I ask if he wants to share a yogurt, and he always does.

He runs to the fridge.


He gets out a yogurt, which we conveniently keep on the lowest shelf on the door.
He gets out a spoon, almost always a big spoon. Note that he can't open the drawer with one hand, so he sets down the yogurt...see it?

I am waiting on the couch where he comes running with the spoon and yogurt so we can share it.


When he brings the yogurt in he tells me what flavor he chose - "yummy peach" for peach or "berries" for raspberry, strawberry or boysenberry. Cameron always makes sure he's getting his half of the treat by telling me he wants a "BIG bite!" if my spoonfuls seem bigger than his. This kid can be excited about anything, but he's REALLY excited about this ALWAYS. Now that I think of it, I don't think he's ever declined to share a yogurt with me.

6th Folder Tag

I'm finally following through with a tag- because it was really easy.

Just go to your pictures folder (which I had several to choose from!) open the 6th folder. Open the 6th picture and post it. Luckily it was one I actually liked so I didn't have to try several different folders.

Cameron in his little pool in AZ.

I tag: Anna, Shannon, Sheena, Amber, Tara, and Rachel. It's easy so I expect all of you to do it!

My Lil Punkin

On a photography board I frequent someone had posted the Cutest picture of a baby in a pumpkin with their feet sticking out the front. A-Dor-Able. Since Azer's 5 month pictures were coming up I decided to try that. So today, with the pumpkin we got at the patch the other day, we carved the pumpkin. Which really just consisted of cutting off the top, gutting and cutting some feet holes.

I did a quick set up with a rug and blanket and put Azer froggy style in the pumpkin- with the feet holes in the back. He did okay with those so we tried to turn him around and put his feet in the holes. Well... the holes were to small. Azer was pretty ticked that we even tried to force him in. Not being one to give up that easy I had Ryan cut the leg holes larger. So we crammed Azer in the pumpkin again and got his legs through the holes. And Azer was So excited about it. I don't think I've seen him so happy. Oh, wait...

Hmmmm... This isn't too bad.

Hey Mom! I'm an amputee.

Not likey...

REALLY Not likey...

Get me out of this &$*#$ thing!

Needless to say I didn't get any *winner* shots out of the 8 that I managed to snap. And my setup looks quite amateurish but atleast I got them done. Whew.

They should change...

New Jersey to the squirrel state:

Going to Scool

We recently started a joy school type program with 8 other moms in my ward. The kids range in age from 4 to 2. Cameron LOVES going and I think he's already picked up on a lot already. Last week Azer and I hung out in the nursery and helped with the kids of the ladies who were teaching. This week I'm the "helper". Which basically means I take care of any kids that have meltdowns. Which hasn't been too many yet.

Fall Fun

Today we went to the pumpkin patch to get a pumpkin for Azer's 5 month pictures... which will hopefully happen soon. We went with friends from our ward and we all had FUN! I think we need to get a big field for Cameron to run around in and he would be happy all day long.

Azer chillin' on the pumpkins

Cameron had to climb to the top.

Azer and Christian. Cuties!

Cameron taking a dive.

Videos

Here are a couple of recent videos of the boys. One is of Azer laughing (SO cute) and one is of Cameron "reading" (Camerons is about 3 minutes long).

Got what you deserved

We have a rule for Cameron that he doesn't have to eat his dinner, but if he gets down from the table to play we throw his food away and he is done for that meal. He usually protests while we are throwing his food away saying "More!" to indicate that he does want to eat more, but by that point we've given him fair warning and he doesn't get the chance to get his food back. After a short time for him to realize he's hungry, April will often offer him what's left on her plate, which he's usually glad to have.

At least once per week I make a breakfast of bacon and eggs for the whole family. If I do it right, the bacon is crispy, the egg yolks are runny, the potatoes are perfect. This morning, the yolks were all cooked, the pan I use was ruined, we didn't have potatoes, so had to settle for grits, which I don't like that much. By the time I was done mixing all my food together to make it palatable and smothering it with ketchup, I was pretty upset about the whole meal, then the toast I got to scoop it up with was burned. I decided I wasn't going to eat anymore and pushed it away in disgust

Cameron realized exactly what I was doing and why I was doing it. Not eating because he doesn't like the food isn't something we want Cameron to do, so to salvage a lesson for him in this, we tricked him. I left the table to use the laptop and April threatened to throw my food away if I didn't come back and eat it. I used the laptop anyway and she threw my food away for me (thanks, honey!) over my protests of "More!". For several minutes afterward, Cameron reminded me that "mom throw away food sit down" because I had left the table.

Cameron might have realized something fishy was going on when April offered me her burned leftover toast and grits and I declined. By the time he is old enough to read this, I guess he can afford to know the lengths we'll go to for a united front.