Fish Lips

Here is a picture of me making fish lips. My Daddy thinks it's really funny when I make this face, so here it.

Love,
Cameron

PS: This was right after my first ever Chips Ahoy dunking lesson. Daddy and Ben taught me how to dunk cookies in milk. I really like them this way, but they're messy!

Geotrax Lighthouse

As part of the Toys R Us trip that Cameron referred to earlier, I got this Geotrax Lighthouse. If you were on the lookout for it for me, please take it off your list.



Here's a good picture of Cameron playing with it (and holding his balloon).



And to ensure that the record shows that I'm a good sharer, here's another picture of Cameron playing with it.

Love,
Ben

A Pre-Birthday Visit to Toys R Us

We went to Toys R Us yesterday to redeem a coupon from the birthday card they sent me. It was for a special gift. The special gift turned out to be a balloon and a birthday crown.



The lady behind the counter was really smart, so she gave us two balloons. One for me and for my brother.



I don't like to wear the crown, but here is a picture of my big brother modeling his for you.

Love,
Cameron

A 747!

This is the British Airways 747-400 that my Daddy took to London. He wasn't supposed to get us any souvenirs, so all I wanted was a picture of the airplane he flew on.

Love,
Ben

My First Haircut

I got my first haircut today. As a reminder, here's what I looked like with my long, "hippy" hair (as my Daddy puts it).



Here we are at Kid's Hair in Maple Grove, Minnesota, where we live, early in the haircut. This is also my first lollipop ever.



Eventually, Mommy gave me her cell phone so that I would stop crying.



After a quick stop at Byerly's, here's a picture of us back home. Ben was holding my head so that I wouldn't turn it and that Daddy could get a good picture. Daddy yelled at him, as he's not supposed to hold my head like that. You'll also see that he got a kid's hair sticker too, even though he didn't get a haircut today.



Here's a good picture of me and my big brother and my new hair cut.

Love,
Cameron

Week 3 of Planes, Trains and Automobiles

During yesterday's Planes, Trains and Automobiles class, we spent a lot of time talking about boats. In fact, we painted a tug boat picture with water colors and we glued little fish onto a big fish. We also got to do sponge painting, but I pressed a little too hard on the sponges.

Next week, which is our last week, we are going to talk about trains and a bunch of other stuff.

Love,
Ben

It was a rainy day in Maple Grove

It was a rainy day in Maple Grove, Minnesota, where we live.



I spent most of the day playing with the little broom.



While Ben spent his time eating Ritz dinosaur crackers, which are the new big hit in our house.




Love,
Cameron

Planes, Trains and Automobiles: Spaceships?

These were the projects that we made from yesterday's edition of Planes, Trains and Automobiles. The topic was about spaceships and we made this rocket and this star wand.

Love,
Ben

Pots and Pans

My big brother and I discovered the pots and pans cupboard the other day, and we dragged everything out to play with them. It was fun to have Ben show me what everything was and how it all worked.

Love,
Cameron

Egg Hunters

We had another Easter Egg Hunt with Mom's Club. It was after Easter, but that didn't make it any less fun. Next year, Cameron will get to run all over with me and find eggs too!

Love,
Ben

Itsy Bitsy Spider

This is my project from class today. We learned about spiders and got to draw this one. We are going to learn more about animals and the rain forest soon!

Love,
Ben

Stars, stars, stars

It occurred to me that I haven't posted a picture of my project from last week's class yet, so here it is. We learned all about stars and even got to paint some.

Love,
Ben

Science Fair Trip

We went to Ames, Iowa to see Grandpa Walter be inducted into the Science Fair Hall of Fame on Saturday. It was fun. We even got to stay at a hotel with all of my cousins and swim in the pool. Here's a picture of him up on stage accepting his award.




Love,
Ben and Cameron

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Daddy and I are attending a new class on Saturdays where we learn about planes, trains and automobiles. Today, we learned mostly cars and buses. We also had a lot of play time. We made these projects: a car, another car, a bus and a bookmark!

Next week, we learn about spaceships!

Love,
Ben

11 months!

Here I am at 11 months (well, it's really a few days later). I'm bigger and heavier than ever. And, I won't sit still for Daddy to take the picture anymore.

Love,
Cameron

My First Easter

This was my first Easter. It seemed a lot like Christmas, only without Santa Claus and a tree in the living room and a lot less snow. When we woke up, there was a pile of presents for us. One of my favoritest things I got was this remote control.



I think Ben's favoritest gift was the books I got!



In the end, we both played with the same toy anyhow, so I guess it was okay.



After we opened all of our loot, we got dressed up for Church.



When we got home from church, we saw that the Easter Bunny had come and left eggs all over our yard. This is a picture of Ben, running around the front yard, picking up eggs for us both.



And finally, here's Ben with the chocolate chicken that the Easter Bunny left him. I got one too, but I can't eat it (yet). It was my best Easter holiday ever.

Love,
Cameron

My First Visit to the Easter Bunny

This is me and my brother Ben with the Easter Bunny. It was my first time there and I was more concerned with the lollipops than with Daddy trying to take the picture of us. The Easter Bunny said he would come and bring us candy and presents tomorrow, so we're both very excited!

Love,
Cameron

My New Bed

This is my new bed. As you can see, it doesn't fit my headboard that came with my crib, but we're going to move that into the basement anyhow. I did finally get to take out my airplane blankets from Pottery Barn Kids and have those in my room, so that's good. If you look closely, you'll see that I also have the same flannel snow man sheets as my Mommy and Daddy do!

Love,
Ben

Me and Daddy Napping

Daddy was laying in his chair the other day, when I thought it would be fun to take a nap on him. He kept on sleeping, but I couldn't stop giggling, especially when Mommy took our picture.

PS: This is spring break week, so there's no school project to share. We did take a tour of Krispy Kreme today -- I've been there before, but it was Cameron's first time.

Love,
Ben

Me Versus the Laundry Basket

We've had some trouble posting pictures over the weekend, so this is really from last Thursday.

Mommy set me in the laundry basket, as she thought it would be fun for me to play in it.




I thought I might be able to salute my way out of the laundry basket.




In the end, I was very tired.




So, when I was done, I tried to go upstairs to my room.




Love,
Cameron

My New Stroller

Here I am in my new stroller. Our old stroller broke, so Mommy and Daddy had to get a new one. We went to Pottery Barn Kids and Target and Babies R Us and we finally settled on this one. It's pretty neat. I get to sit up higher and I think Mommy and Daddy and Ben can fit more of their stuff underneath me. It also has more cupholders than the last stroller, so I think that everyone can have Caribou now!

Love,
Cameron

My Little Lamb

This is my project from school on Monday. The theme for the day was lambs. I think that was because the Easter bunny is coming soon and with spring break next week, I won't have school until after Easter. Fortunately, we have a Krispy Kreme tour next Monday during the time that I would have had school!

Love,
Ben

The Corral

This is me and my brother Ben in the "corral." Mommy and Daddy got it out the other day and it mostly seems designed to keep me from crawling up and down the stairs, as I have started to do lately. I am learning how to walk around while holding on to it though, which is fun.

Love,
Cameron

My Mouse from School

This is the mouse I made at school on Monday. It has a base made out of play-doh. We learned all about mice and even learned some nursery rhymes about mice. It was lots of fun.

Love,
Ben

My First Trip to the Park When I Didn't Sleep the Whole Time!

This is me and mom at the park. It was nearly 60 degrees here today, so after Ben and Daddy washed the cars, we all went to Camelot park, which is one of Ben's favorites.


I liked the swings a lot. They were a lot of fun to play on. My Daddy pushed me so that I could go really, really high in the air. It was lots of fun. I also got to go down a curly slide with my Daddy and crawl through a tunnel after my big brother. I can't wait for it to warm up so that we can go back to the park again!

If you have Windows Media Player, you can click here to see a video of me on the swings!
Love,
Cameron

Who is this baby?

I was crawling around the kitchen yesterday and saw this other baby in the stove. I thought that was odd, since we're not supposed to be near the stove. I had to check it out anyhow.

PS: I tried to climb up the stairs today, but only made it up one stair before I paniced and fell backwards. Luckily, Mommy was there to catch me.

Love,
Cameron

We've Been Working on the Railroad!

A nice lady that our Daddy works with got us these really great engineer hats when she went to visit Union Pacific Rail Road's headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska. Cameron and I had a blast pretending that we were engineers working on a railroad.










PS: I started swimming lessons yesterday at the community center!

Love,
Ben

10 Months!

Here's a picture of me and Max the bunny at 10 months. Be sure to check out my shoes. I just got them yesterday and they are puppy dogs. The lady at the shoe store said I was going to have very wide feet, like my Daddy!

PS: I went to the doctor today and I have another ear infection, so I have to take more yucky medicine. :(

Love,
Cameron