Friends, Fun & Spring weather!

 The weather was so nice the last few days (almost 80 degrees)!  Spring is here and the trees are beautiful right now!!  Cameron had his friend Camden come play today and I love how they include Mackenzie too.  I took a bunch of pictures of them having fun.  They were running through the sprinklers and jumping on the trampoline too, but I videoed that with the camcorder because it was so funny. 

 Mackenzie couldn't keep up on the little 4 wheeler, so on the way back she got to ride in the truck and I carried the 4 wheeler :)

 The boys found these hats and came inside laughing.  They thought they were pretty funny, and so did I!  I can't believe all kids can pack in, in one play date!  It's always a whirlwind of treats, drinks, and lots of activities!  Kids are awesome!

Made my day!

Cameron was learning about the letter "M" at pre-school this week.  They talked about "mail" and the kids mailed their mom's letters.  I got the biggest smile on my face and felt so much love in my heart when I opened the mail box the other day and saw this!!!  Inside was the cutest picture he drew of him and me and what he liked about me.  Awwwwhh!  Being a MOM is awesome!  I love my kiddos :)

T-ball time

I love baseball, I love watching games, I love the atmosphere and the concessions, I love this time of year, I love the cute boys in uniform especially number 6!  I hope Cameron loves baseball as much as his mom, I would love to watch him play this sport forever :)

 Hey batta batta batta, saaawing batta!!  Cameron has a pretty solid swing!  

 Playing 1st base.  Go White Sox!

 This is his second year playing.  This year Jeremy is coaching and he is playing with 4 of his friends from the neighborhood....sooooo stinking cute.  I love the uniforms with the name on the back, seems so official :)

 Mackenzie just entertains herself.  We were throwing a baseball to each other during the game and she has an arm on her!  I had to laugh at how hard and accurate she was throwing.  I actually got pegged right in the side of the face by one throw....I am sure she did it on purpose :)

She loves to cheer for "my big broder" and she is so funny she said, "when I get bigger I will play baseball and you will cheer for me and say go Kenzie.  And Grammy and Grampy will cheer go Kenzie!"  

Potty Trained

This little cutie is potty trained!  I think she has it down!  It only took a few days of her showing interest....we brought out Cameron's little potty and she pretty much trained herself!  She usually goes on the big potties, but she still likes her little one.  I forgot how much work this potty training thing is!  We spend more time in the bathrooms at the stores now than in the actual store shopping!  We were at the store the other day and  she had to go to the bathroom 3 times!  And she usually likes to just sit on the toilet after she goes...a few times I have had to make her get off and she gets mad.  I took her to pick out some underwear the other day and she chose Minnie Mouse.  We went to Cameron's baseball game tonight and I didn't even see half of it....yup, we were in and out of the bathroom :)  

Future missionary

Oh how I love my Cameron!!  He is such a special kid.  Today at church he learned about missionaries.  His primary teachers gave him the name tag that said "future missionary".   He was sooo excited to have that and wear it.   As we pulled into our driveway he noticed our neighbors up the street were working in their yard.  Cameron said, "sure looks like they could use a little help.  I am going to go put on my work gloves and see if I can help them."  I quickly pulled in the garage and suggested we go change our clothes and eat lunch (hoping he would be distracted and forget he wanted to go help the neighbors), but this tactic didn't work.  He jumped out of the car and said, "mom I am a missionary and missionaries are helpful so I need to go serve them."  They are a little ornery and not too friendly....they never wave when I wave to them and they just don't seem like very happy people....since I knew this I didn't want it to upset Cameron. I didn't want him to get "rejected" or for them to feel we were trying to "convert" them because he was wearing a missionary tag.  I decided if he really wanted to go offer help them I would let him.  He put his gloves on and off he went.  He said, "hey guys, looks like you could use a little help here.  Can I help you?"  He came back and said, "well they said they didn't need my help.  So can you drive me around the neighborhood and find someone else I can help?"  What a sweet boy I have!!

Brave girl

This little cutie ended up in the ER a few nights ago to get stitches in her lip/cheek.  Cameron and Mackenzie were swinging, she was swinging on her stomach and started twisting her swing.  Before I could say anything, Cameron's swing hit her in the face and blood was everywhere!  I carried her inside and soaked through 2 paper towels.  Cameron felt so bad, he came in and got her an ice pack from the freezer.  After I got some of the blood cleaned up off her face I realized it wasn't going to stop anytime soon and there was a gaping hole that needed stitches.  So we loaded up in the car (I didn't even grab her shoes or wash off the blood from my arms and hands) and headed to the hospital.  I called Jeremy and he was just getting ready to leave work, so he met us at the hospital.

After the initial shock and pain went away she was her happy self.  She got "a bracelet" on her arm with her name and played in the waiting area until they called us back.....

The doctor decided it would be best to call a plastic surgeon on call since the cut was on her face.  When he finally got there he looked at it and said they would need to sedate her, but the procedure would be quick.  So Cameron and I left the room, because neither of us wanted to hear her cry when they put "the straw" in her arm.  We wandered the halls and found some crayons and paper for Cameron to color while we waited.  We went back to the room 10 minutes later and the doctors and nurse said "she is tough, she didn't even cry or make any fuss"  Jeremy held her on his lap and he said she made a little grunt/sigh and that was it.  WOW, much more brave then mommy!!  

she thought it was funny they put a "straw in my arm" and "stickers on my belly"  the staff was so cute with her and couldn't get over how amazingly brave and cute she was.  She was just happy and talking to everyone, she was so good to open her mouth and let them look inside.  I was amazed at how well she did.  We had to wait a long time before they even started it too.  Mommy and Kenzie read books and she pretended she was the Dr. and gave mommy a check up.  Daddy came back with a neighbor to give her a blessing before the procedure started.  

Finally the sedation kicked in and the stitches began....8 stitches!  The sedation wore off during the stitches and she started kicking the Dr. and moving her arms so they had to give her a little more.  We were in the room the whole time and watched it all go down.  Cameron colored a picture for Mackenzie and was so sweet and concerned for his sister.  After it was over Cameron and daddy left to get dinner (we were all starving it was 8 pm) and mommy laid on the bed with Kenzie while she came out of anesthesia.  She was so funny and wouldn't sit still, she kept trying to sit up and would fall back saying "I can't stay up" and she kept flopping around.  About 9 pm they gave her a popcicle and she ate about half of it, they said she was ready to be released.  We went home and she wanted to give Cameron a hug so we went in his room before he fell asleep and they hugged.  He told her she was brave and reminded her he colored a picture for her.  Then Mackenzie was asleep before I got her in her bed :)

A week later she got her stitches out.  Once again, she sat so brave while the Dr. cut them out.   The stitches inside her mouth had already come out and it didn't heal up too well, but he wasn't concerned with it because he said the inside of the mouth will fill in and heal itself.  The outside of the mouth healed great.  We go back in 2 weeks for a follow up.  After we left there we went and got a well deserved doughnut!  She kept saying "now I can chew on his side (pointing to the right side of her mouth) I got my stitches out."

Last game of indoor

Cam man scored 10 goals his last indoor soccer game....not too shabby!  He plays so hard, both defense and offense.  He really has fun and gets a workout!  He runs non-stop, wherever the ball is, Cameron is!

They passed out the team pictures and he got a little soccer ball for the "trophy".  I love watching him play!  Can't wait for Spring soccer next :)