Happy Birthday Cameron!

I know I say it a lot...but time really does fly! Cam is now 5 and will be going to Kindergarten this year. I think I'll be so sad, I know I will cry. He is such a joy to our home and always makes us smile (laugh) I am so lucky to be his mother. Thanks Cameron for being a part of our family we love you.






For breakfast we had Eggel-Ham-Bagels.
For lunch we had sandwiches and got snow cones and went to the park. They were yummy.
For dinner Cameron chose to eat at IHOP. Grandma and Grandpa Bingham and Great Grandma Leutze came and we had a really fun time. Cam got smiley face pancakes, eggs, and bacon.

Cameron's favorite part of his birthday was finding his presents. Darin drew a map of the yard again and marked an X for his presents.

Can you find him Cam?

Cameron loves his Transformers...he got STARCREAM and BUMBLEBEE!!! Sometime we catch him sleeping with them.
and for the Dad's special surprise....two Hermit Crabs. One named Herman and the other Sherman.

Meet Herman

What a great day!

Jason's First Birthday

Jason is ONE!!!

Wow time flies, seriously I think this year just pasted before my eyes. I hope this next year I can enjoy my kids a little more and embrace every moment I have with them.

Cameron and Brigham wrapped Jason's presents and colored on them...it was so cute! Then they helped unwrap them for their birthday brother.

Brigham picked out the Thomas the Train ball...Jason's favorite toy.

Cameron loved the jack in the box he picked out for Jason

Cameron loves his brother

such a daddy's boy

There are three candles...one for each boy to blow out. Strawberry Shortcake...YUM!

BYE BYE!!!

A day of scissors turned into.....

this ...and then this...

guess who...This was the day after Jason's first birthday. I came around the corner and about died. There was Cameron sitting on the floor with Jason, scissors to the scalp trimming away. I've been waiting for this day to come...it's just one of those things every child goes through. I was trying to hold back the laughter so Cameron wouldn't think it was a good thing to do.

Poor Jason, 5 huge chunks of hair gone...right down to the scalp. I asked Cam why he was cutting his hair and he said "because Jason's hair is too long and straggly and needed to be cut."

Another day to remember!

Cameron Did It!!!

Cameron has been wanting a bike pretty bad and so we thought this would be a great opportunity to teach him about money. He had to earn it! He had to do extra jobs...not his chores like make his bed and pick up his toys. We told him if he could earn $5 towards his bike then we would pay the rest. He was so excited and worked really hard. For each job he did he would get a quarter. He had to do 20 jobs. Everyday he would ask if he could do a job... I think he had a great time doing it too.

Here are some jobs he did:

He cleaned and vacuumed out the van
picked up all the sticks from the trees dad pruned
He fed Grandpa Roland's horses while he was on vacation (Grandpa gave him an extra quarter too)
He washed windows, baseboards, and doors
He worked outside with dad on a lot of jobs

It took him about a month to earn his money... then we went and picked out his bike at the store. He wanted one just like his cousin James and couldn't wait to tell him that they had matching bikes. When we got to the cashier he proudly handed his jar of quarters to her and had a grin from ear to ear.Dad bought the boys honkers for their bikes...they were so excited they honked them all the way out to the car and lets just say I'm glad they will be outside.Buddies

Brigham upgraded to Cameron's old bike with a new honker...it is too big so it rolls under the handle bar...but I don't think he minds.

Lesson Learned

So last Sunday after we got home from church Cameron was playing around and stuck the hole of the measuring cup on his middle finger, like a ring. He thought it was pretty cool...until he couldn't get it off. It was getting cold, purple and pretty swollen, I was nervous we would have a real problem. We tried for 45 min until dad got home and cut it off with his trusty tools. Cameron thought his dad was his hero! The best part of it all was when he told the home teachers about the whole experience. This is what he said:

"We tried warm water and soap and that didn't work...
"We tried tons of lotion and that didn't work....
"We tried Olive Oil and that didn't work..
"We said a prayer and that didn't work...
"And then Dad came home and cut if off!"
We died laughing and had to tell Cameron that his prayer was answered by dad coming home. It was great...except his poor swollen finger.

So Cameron says he'll never put a measuring cup on his finger again...lesson learned!

A- dress

Darin and I like to write down the funny things Cameron says. If we don't do it right then we always forget.

Today when Cameron got home from pre-school I asked him what he did...his reply is always either "I don't know mom" or "We didn't do anything". I finally got one thing out of him....he wrote his name and then he spelled it for me. I asked if he knew his phone number and we practiced it for a while. Then I told him he needed to learn his address before he starts Kindergarton next year.
Mom "do you know your address"
Cam "No, mom boys don't have addresses, girls have addresses"
I died laughing ...it was so cute!

Sun=Summer

It was such a nice sunny day today, we had to be outside to enjoy it! The kids all thought it would be a good idea to get their "summer clothes" on because it was soooo warm. Rebecca told Cameron "you don't need socks with your sandals because you need to be like me." They all rode their scooters, shot hoops...or rolled the basketball through the snow, washed the Little Tikes car off with snow using the push broom, and played in the back of the truck...it was a boat, they had tie downs they threw over the edge as anchors. They had a blast!

Cameron and James are best friends!

To your scooters...on your mark, get set, GO!!!

The fastest scooter riders in the west!

Cameron saw me taking another picture of him and got mad and said "oh man not again...no more pictures"

Tiggy loves his bikeCute Becca Bee

My Day

This is how my day went to day:

I wake up to Brigham shaking me and saying "wake up mom...make bweakfst...mom please make bweakfast...I hungy"
So I diligently get out of bed and head for the kitchen where I find Brigham in the pantry getting out the Honey Nut Cheerios. "I want these mom" he says through a bink... we argue and then I finally give in because he says he'll eat some eggs too.
He wants to help crack the eggs and does really well except for the egg lands on the counter and the shell goes in the bowl...funny Tig. He says "it's ok mom" to which I agree.
We all eat our omelets and head down the hall to my office where we play Lego's for the next hour.
I tried to edit some pictures but Cameron said he needed to do a project, so we did fingerpaints. It is most relaxing because we turn on classical music and let our fingers ooze in the paints. It's great fun. We have lunch...play...play some more...snack...kids fight...play...
We play Candy Land and Cameron said I had to be Princess Frostine. After a few rounds of him winning,he would brake down if I got close to winning, we acted out the parts. I tried to be the chocolate monster, Gloppy, and drag him into my swamp, dip him in chocolate and eat him. He didn't like that too much. So I tried to be Lord Licorice and get him stuck by holding him down and tickling him, he didn't like that either and said I could only be Princess Frostine. Brigham wanted to play guns and shoot bad guys and then we got out the tinker toys and made a windmill an airplane and more guns.
After all the fun games we made pizza bagels for dinner and Darin and Cameron made carrot juice... Cameron's favorite activity. He gets to put the carrot in the juicer and watch the juice come out. I'm always afraid we'll loose a finger.
We had FHE, and did our bedtime routine, read 5 books, told a hundred stories, and gave them both bedtime snacks... which took us two hours to get the kids settled and asleep.
Oh how sweet they are when they sleep. I could wrap them up, rock 'em, and squeeze and kiss them all night. What great boys we have... I love them to death and I am so greatful I get to play with them every day. Thanks Heavenly Father for all my boys...especially my sweet husband who loves me and the boys so much.

We are exhausted and ready for bed.
Good Night!