Earning his keep

There has been an ongoing debate between Jante and I as to if and when Cameron would start haivng chores around the house.  After much discussion we decided it was time.  Cameron has been "helping" for quite some time now (I believe it's the independant boy that he is ....wanting to do everything on his own).  

I decided to put together a weekly chart of "chores" to help encourage him to do his part each week. In addition to helping him remember which chore he has to do each day it also helps Cameron work on identifing (and spelling) the different days of the week. 

Here he is showing off his weekly chore chart. 

 

Happy Halloween!!!!

Trick or Treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat!!!!  Well Cameron didn't go that far when going to the neighbors doors but he did make sure he asked for plenty of candy.

The evening started with us having a party in the cul-de-sac for the kids.  Jante' and Stephani were on the grill and there was plenty to go around.  After eating all the kids headed in to get their costumes on. Next you had all the kids coming to the doors for their treats.  And of course it did not end then........after getting all of their treats everyone was back to the grill and fire pit for more food and smores!

What a great way to spend Halloween with our neighborhood friends.  Fun was had by all!

Time for Learning

With this being an election year we felt it were a great opportunity to explain to Cameron about voting.  They have been talking about it at school and mommy and daddy wanted to keep the learning going.  I told Cameron that he could go with us to early vote for the president.  Because they learned at school that Barack Obama is the current president he just assumed that he would always be the president.  We explained to him that it doesn't work that way and because of this we needed to go vote for him! 

It turned out to be the coldest day this fall!  So we buckled up and headed out to stand in the long lines.  Of course we couldn't take the phone inside but Cameron was intrigued by the process.  He kept asking why the line was "so slow".  We explained that at one point we couldn't stand in this line and now that we can we would stand in it regardless that it was really slow. 

I'm looking forward to 2016 when we vote for the President again.  By then I think he will have a better understanding of what people just like us went through many years ago to allow up the opportunity to vote. God Bless America!

Pic(s) of the week

We are heavy into the Bday party time for Cameron's friends.  We went to Preston's bday party today and Cameron had a blast!  Keisha Echols (Preston's mom) did an excellent job with the party,  Halloween themed and she had a Fire truck come give the kids rides. 

Coming out of the party are 2 of my pics of the week!

JCCC Costume Parade

Costume, check!.......Candy, check!.......excitement, check!  It was time for the annual JCCC Costume Parade.  And Cameron was ready to go.  Jante' and I were excited as well (everyone kept telling us how much fun this parade would be).  Little did we know it was as big of a deal as it was!  The parade started at 8:30 and by the time we arrived (8:25) the parking lot was Out of Control!  I really think every CFA employee was there to give candy and take pictures of the kids in their costumes.

We saw several super heros, animals and princesses.  But of course Mr. Cameron stole the show!!!  At least that's what we were told.  With his Red Power Ranger costume and candy bucket in hand he made sure he let everyone know he was a super hero too! 

Costume Time

I mentioned that Cameron is DEAD set on being a Red Power Ranger for Halloween.  I have to admit I was not happy about this.  He was so cute these past couple of years and the costumes we found were really nice quality.  I have been looking and looking and could not find a Red P.R. costume that was decent quality.  They all looked cheap and really didn't even look like the real P.R.'s you see on the cartoon.  So for our Saturday outing we were on a mission.

This lead us to the Spirit Halloween store.  To my surprise they had some really cute stuff.  And of course we found a Red Power Ranger costume.  Cameron was thrilled!!!!!  And when we got it home to try it on, mommy and daddy were thrilled as well.  Can't wait until Friday at the Halloween Costume Parade to show you the pictures........stay tuned!!!

Happening Now

Let's just say, we know what color the icing on the Pumpkin sugar cookie was.......