Down on the Farm

We are both down at Uncle Jayson and Aunt Michelle's farm this week, so we won't have much for pictures. We are busy "helping" Uncle Jayson with chores and keeping Aunt Michelle busy. We have also spent some time with Grandma and Grandpa Reemtsma. We'll be back in Maple Grove soon and will have some pictures coming in the new year.

Love,
Ben and Cameron

Christmas 2005

Today is Christmas in our house. My baby brother got up super early and tried to wake every one up, but Mommy and Daddy let him get back to sleep. Eventually, we all got up around 8am to find that Santa had visited!



From this picture, you can see some of the toys that Santa left us. He left Cameron the yellow tape player with the microphone and he left both of us the special edition Thomas the Train set that runs under the Christmas tree!



Here is a picture of me with my favoritist gift from Santa, the BC Builders I-Fell Tower!



Here is a picture of my baby brother with his new Michigan hat on. Now me, Cameron and Daddy all have Michigan hats!



This gives you a pretty good idea of the chaos that was present in our house this morning!

Love,
Ben

Christmas Eve

Here is our family Christmas Eve picture. You'll notice that my big brother is missing. He was very sassy, so he had to go to bed early. We didn't even get to open stockings before bedtime.

If Ben hadn't been sassy, you would have seen that he had the same shirt and pants on as me, only bigger. We dressed alike because we got to light the advent candles at church during the Christmas Eve service. It was fun.

Love,
Cameron

Sitting on the Potty!

Tonight, my baby brother sat on the potty for the first time! I gave him a Buzz Lightyear sticker to put on the potty, because he was so brave to sit on it. Details as he goes pee-pee or poo-poo!

Love,
Ben

School Projects from Dec 22

I had a prolific day at school today. Here is my wrapping paper collage.



And here are some works of art I made with stick-on stars.



Finally, here is a candy cane I made with paint dawbers and a gingerbread ornament I made. He has google eyes.

Love,
Ben

A Shopping Trip to Menards

We went to Menard's last night. Daddy bought us a hockey game for the computer.


And we each got some Dora oranments for the tree. Ben helped me hang mine.

Love,
Cameron

Haircuts

My big brother and I got haircuts Tuesday night. Here is a picture of mine.



And here is a picture of Ben's.

I only cried a little bit.

Love,
Cameron

My Puppy Dog Sweater

Mommy picked out my puppy dog in a wagon sweater for me to wear to church today. Daddy thought I looked really cute, so he took this picture of me.

Love,
Cameron

Playing Joseph in the Christmas Pagent

Today, we had the Christmas pagent at our church. I was Joseph, the earthly father of baby Jesus.



Here is a picture of me and Mary (aka Olivia) and baby Jesus. We did really good and Mommy and Daddy had to take me to McDonald's for lunch.

Love,
Ben

Silliness

Daddy and I were being silly yesterday. Here is the first picture of me and our silliness.



And here is another one.



And another one.



Finally, the silliness wore off and we were both tired.

Love,
Ben

Taking My Medicine

I didn't want to take my medicine yesterday, so I tried to hide from Mommy and Daddy behind the table. Then they reminded me that it was the last night and that my ears would be better, so I took my medicine and went to bed. Love, Cameron

My Chubby Cheeks

Daddy took this picture of me yesterday and he thought my cheeks wer every chubby. I do too. Hope you enjoy them.

Love,
Cameron

All of the Snow We Had Last Week

On Wednesday, it snowed a lot here. I was surprised to see that is was sticking to the windows.



We also had wacky snow drifts like this one, which was hanging above our kithen window (and has subsequently gotten wackier).

Love,
Cameron

Candy Cane Ornament

In school on Thursday, we made candy cane ornaments. Here is the one I made. I hung it on our tree as soon as we got home.

Love,
Ben

A Visit with Santa

Today, we went downtown to visit Santa. Cameron was still scared of Santa, but Daddy snuck him onto Santa's lap.

Love,
Ben

My New Hat

Mommy and Daddy got me this funny new hat last weekend. It is good that they bought it when they did, as I chose to pull the ties off of my old hat on Friday night.

Love,
Cameron

Good News / Bad News

Bad news: I have more ear infections again.
Good news: They're not contagious, so Gerald and AnnaBelle won't get them while I am babysitting.

Love,
Cameron

Today's School Projects for Dec 7

On Thursday, we made snowmen on a stick at school.

Love,
Ben

Today's School Projects for Dec 5

Today in school, we made holiday light bulbs. Here is mine.

Love,
Ben

Bedtime Stories with Santa

T
onight, we went to have bedtime stories with Santa. Cameron didn't want to sit on Santa's lap, so it was just me and the big guy.

Love,
Ben

Our Weekend at the Serengeti

This past weekend, we went down to the Holiday Inn in Owatonna, Minnesota. This is my brother and I in our hotel room.



When we first got there, we had to check out the local paper and see where the happening night life was.



It turned out it was right in our own hotel! The Serengeti Water Park was right inside.



Here are Cameron and Mommy, hanging out poolside.



Here are the water slides that Daddy took me down.



Here I am swimming in the pool!



We also celebrated a lot of birthdays while we were down there.



And I got a Baby AnnaBelle doll that Cameron really likes.



Here is a cute picture of my baby brother during the birthday party.



I was busy eating popcorn with Grandpa Walter.



And Cameron eventually sat down and read about tractors with Mommy.


Here is a picture of my Uncle Phil and our cousin Nicholas. He got really big from the time when we were all at Uncle Doug's wedding.



Here is Cameron the morning after the party with a lot of my loot (like my Tyrone doll, from the Backyardigans) and Aunt Michelle. It was a fun weekend.

Love,
Ben