Our Visit to Michigan - Day 1

Today was our first full day of visiting Michigan for MEA weekend. Today, we went to Ann Arbor to see where Daddy went to college.

It was about lunch time that we got there, so we went to Zingerman's for lunch. It is a famous deli.



Then, we went to campus and visited something called "The Diag."



On The Diag, we met the Michigan basketball team and they autographed posters for us.


We had this nice family photo in front of the graduate library.



And then Daddy took this picture of us in front of West Engineering. It is now called "West Hall."


We got a bunch of souvenirs and then we ran through the law quad.


We also went over by the Union and made the cube spin.


We were pretty wiped out by then, so we went to Aunt Mee and Uncle Dale's house, where Ben tried on a life size Terry Sawchuck jersey, which way very big.


Love,
Ben and Cameron

A Sneak Preview of Our Halloween Costumes

Last night we tried on our Halloween costumes. Here is a sneak peak.

Clone Ben


Jedi Cameron


The Dynamic Duo Together


The Dynamic Duo, but the little one used the Force to lower his hood



Love,
Ben and Cameron

Apples

We studies apples in school. No, not the computers, apples!

Here is my apple mobile.



Love,
Cameron

60th Band Day Parade

We went to Algona for the band day parade. It was the 60th one.


We didn't eat the walking tacos. They just didn't sound good.


Daddy and Hayden were pretty low key until the parade started.


When the parade started, we were all pretty excited.




The bands were pretty good, but gas prices were getting even better.




By the end, we were pretty tired.



But that didn't keep us from going to the pumpkin patch.







Love,
Ben and Cameron

My Sunday School Project: Fall

Today in Sunday School, I made this pretty fall picture with foam cutouts. My teacher said it was really good and asked my Mommy and Daddy if I was artistic, what ever that means.



Love,
Cameron

Transportation: Boats

We learned about transportation today in school, specifically boats. I made this sailboat.


Love,
Cameron

A Crazy New Show

Today, we discovered a silly new show called Tom and Jerry. Despite the fact that it is new, Dad has seen most of the episodes before. It's amazing!


Love,
Ben and Cameron

Browny Bear

As part of my homework, I had to bring home Browny Bear, have fun with him and write about our time together in the class journal.

First, we played the Wii together.




Then Ben read him a book.



Then we both read him a book.



Love,
Cameron

The Little Engine That Could

Today in school, we learned about the little engine that could and then we made our own.


Love,
Cameron

My First Project at Joyful Noise

I made my name out of rice in school yesterday!



Love,
Cameron

Cameron's First Day of School - 2008

Today is finally my first day of school! Naturally, it is much cooler out than Ben's first day, which was last week. Here are some pictures of me as Daddy tried to get my smile just right.




Finally, Mommy came to the picture and I was able to smile like a nice young man.


Love,
Cameron

Tying My Shoes

My homework over the weekend was to learn how to tie my shoes. I am very close!



Love,
Ben

My First Day of School - 2008

Today was my first day of first grade. Here are two pictures of me on our front porch.



And here I am with the entire K-5 part of our neighborhood.


I had a little anxiety getting on the bus, but Daddy carried me on and then I was fine.

Love,
Ben

Our Review of Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Daddy took us to see Star Wars: The Clone Wars last weekend. It is a cartoon that is really designed as a lead into the animated series that will premier on Cartoon Network later this fall. We read the chapter book before hand, so we had a pretty good idea what the story was. Here is a sampling of our reactions leaving the movie theater:

"It was awesome."
"Can we go buy the DVD?"
"When will it be out on DVD?"
"Can we go see it again?"
"I think Mommy would really like it."

Daddy said something that the animation wasn't all that great, but I think he liked it anyhow, as he's a Star Wars nerd. He also mentioned that some other critics didn't like it due to something called a lack of character development, but Daddy pointed out that we've known these characters our entire lives, so how much more did we really need to know about them? Let's not forget it's a cartoon aimed at introducing the under 10 set to Star Wars, ok?

Anyhow, we're really looking forward to the TV show. In the meantime, Cameron made some characters out of paper. Here is Obi-Wan Kenobi.


Here is Ventress. She is a new character in the Clone Wars.


Here is an ewok. While not in the Clone Wars, he still loves them.





Love,
Ben and Cameron

VBS@Northwood: Outrigger Island

Sorry for the delay in getting our most recent adventures out to you all, but we have been quite busy this August. First, we spent a lot of time early in the month down on the farm. Second, we spent the second week at vacation bible school.

The theme was Outrigger Island: Living God's Unshakeable Truth. It was really fun. Here is a picture of us on the last day with our ukuleles. Actually, here are three pictures of us, as it too a lot of time to get Cameron to look at the Cameron.





Here is a photo of all of the crafts and projects we made that week.


Here is a picture of the final, family night presentation. It was really fun!


Love,
Ben and Cameron

Go Red Wings!

Today, Aunty Kate sent us some Red Wings gear. Despite the fact that we live in the "State of Hockey," we're Red Wings boys.



Love,
Ben and Cameron