80 degrees, Cousin Maggie and a Baseball bat

Friday Camden was at Pat's (daycare) and she celebrated his birthday. He had a big plastic baseball bat and ball as a present to bring home. Unfortunately, we don't have a big enough yard so I told him we'd take him to the park the next day to play with his new toy. Saturday we awoke bright and early to a gorgeous day of sunshine! We also awoke to a little boy climbing into our bed, leaning over into our faces and saying, "go to the park now?"



Camden had another surprise Saturday as Uncle Mark and cousin Maggie drove over for a visit. The dads took Camden and Maggie out to play in the sunshine and I (Tara) took Shelby to the grocery store and had some time to get dinner put together and muffins baked for our Sunday School group.



Here's an update on our Red Dye experiment. Camden has not had any (as far as we know) since Monday and guess what? He's been polite, well behaved, and FUN! Now, as with any experiment, it is difficult to factor in all of the variables that go with being a three year old, but I am convinced that the Red Dye is a factor on the days when he has the huge tantrums and meltdowns. I haven't seen any of the downright defiant or out of control behavior that I had been seeing and I am so glad!! It begins to make you feel like you don't know how to parent when your kid keeps going off the deep end for seemingly no reason.


Meanwhile...Shelby peacefully slept while the house was quiet! Sometimes she manages a long snooze with Camden around, but in the peace and quiet Saturday she had a nice, long nap. She'll be three months old on the 14th.