Happy St. Patty's Day!!!!!!!!!

In celebration of St. Patrick's Day after school Cameron, Prince and I took a stroll looking for 4 Leaf Clovers (for some good luck). We looked and looked and looked but to no avail no 4 leaf clovers! In fact we couldn't find ANY clovers none the less a 4 leaf one! But we did not fret - we returned to the house for a little coloring and a St. Patty's cupcake. Let's just say, letting Cameron eat a cupcake on his own.........bad idea. He ended up giving Prince 90% of the cake but in the meantime he had a great time playing in the messy icing!

Yum Yum

A mess!

Sunday Stroll

Because the weather was GREAT today we decided to take Cameron on a stroll through the neighborhood and to the neighborhood park after church. Because he loves being outside it was very difficult to get him off the playground! We finally convinced him to head back to the house for a "treat" - of course he was happy to. At home he had his 1st popsicle! As you can see he enjoyed it. At least until he tried to bite it - at that point he had to pass it along to his daddy. LOL!

Big Boy

We purchased his potty about 3 months ago and started explaining to him what is was for and "trying" to show him how to use it. It's funny because each night before bath time I put him on the potty to try and encourage him to go. We have a routine, he sits and then we count to 10 (and then mommy counts from 11-100 for him) but nothing happens. Then I put him in the tub and what happens...........he pees! And then laughs! It's hilarious. Well this week he finally started telling me he had to "pott-pott" and would actually sit and pott-pott! I am so proud of my baby! Hopefully this is the beginning of the end of diapers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Additionally this is the first week Cameron has started to drink out of a real cup and not a sippy cup. He will still use a sippy cup in the car but at school and at home no more sippy cup! He is doing pretty good with it. Sometimes he drinks too fast and the milk (or juice) will spill on him but overall he is doing a great job. My baby is a Big Boy! Here is a shot of him using his cup. Note, that is apple sauce on his shirt, not milk. He was holding the cup too close to his face so he got ALL of his milk that night - LOL!

Our baby is growing up so fast! This week marks 2 huge milestones for Cameron. 1. Cameron's potty training and 2. Cameron drinking from a Big Boy Cup.

Pic of the Week

Cameron loves to help around the house. Today I asked him to help me wash and dry the clothes and he was happy to help. As we were putting the clothes in the dryer I realized I didn't have my dryer sheets near by. After finding them I called for Cameron (because he was being too quite) and he did not respond. Because I thought he was behind me when I went to the storage to find more dryer sheets I had no idea he was actually still in the laundry room. After looking around the house and calling his name for about 3 minutes I started to hear him laugh. The laughs were coming from the laundry room. I walked in and this is what I found......................

Pic of the Week

Please don't tell my husband about this picture! It's not the best shot (he kept moving when he saw me laughing) but I HAD to post it. If you can't tell, it's Cameron trying on my shoes! Let's just say this is NOT something a father would want to see his son doing! LOL!

Reading Across Braselton

Today was national Read Across America day (in celebration of Dr. Seuss' birthday) and we took full advantage of it. We didn't get to read across America but we did read across our home. I know I have shared this before but Cameron LOVES to read - or try to anyway. He has many favorite books and so you never know what he will feel like reading each night before bed. Tonight he decided to read Mickey (Mouse) and Monkey Joe a few Dr. Seuss books and one of the biggest books he has. It was quite entertaining. Happy Reading!

Wow, this is a pretty big book mommy

Mickey and Monkey Joe paying close attention

Cameron is REALLY into this page

A Better Week

So there are no pictures for this post but I wanted to give you all a quick update on Mr. Cameron and his behavior from last week.

Jante' and I had another parent/teacher conference with Ms. Brooke to understand more about how Cameron is "acting out" at school. Overall the meeting went really well. Basically it all boils down to Cameron gets upset when he doesn't get his way and he bites or scratches or whatever to get what he wants! Not really want a parent wants to hear but it is what it is.......reality. One of the things she says his that Cameron doesn't "use his words" to get what he wants. It's weird because he is literally a little chatter box at home (over the past month we have been amazed at how many new words he has - more than we expected). She helped us to understand that some kids are just like that, they talk at home - around family members but when they get in a group setting of their peers they are not as vocal.

We have a "fix" in the works. We will continue to work with him on controlling his emotions and using his new big boy words to tell his "friends" what he wants vs. just taking it from them! I will keep you posted on his progress.