Life in Slow Motion

After our fun weekend with family for Thanksgiving, we spent the afternoon today putting up the Christmas tree. It was a good day to do so; the fog did not lift all day and doing some fun decorating lessened the gloom outside. Camden hung most of the ornaments (can you see them in the pictures? They are all clumped together at about Camden height?) and Shelby got a kick out of herself rolling around on the floor and grabbing the bottom branches.

Here's a quick look at our afternoon....you may get a kick out of watching the two blurs known as Camden and Shelby. This video has no sound and spans about two hours.

Pilgrim

Here are a few recent pictures of the kids. Shelby is getting her top front teeth so has been a little cranky and not sleeping as well. They are close to breaking though and that should give her some relief. Here she is in her cute hand me down jeans. We just love those cheeks!
Camden has been verbally asking how to spell words but hasn't been writing any letters yet. However, last night he turned to a piece of paper and I heard him saying "M A M A...mama". When I saw what he wrote, I was so surprised!! I haven't seen him write letters before and here he is writing a word! He then wrote "Cam" on another paper....yay!!

Here is what he got to wear at preschool today - it also had a white shirt/bib that they made, but he wouldn't put it on for a picture. He likes the hat because "it's like a pirate hat!" so he got his sword out (pipe insulation) and whacked me a few times with it. The things I endure in order to get a good picture....

And, that is Camden's way of helping me stir up some ingredients. Needless to say, those spoons didn't end up in the batter after all.

Playing Tag

Tagged! By Maggie
Shelby and Camden were tagged by Maggie and I (Tara) sure hope I'm doing this right...



Name/Meaning: Shelby - her first name was just one we picked that we thought would not be very common. Her middle name sounded good with it...then we found out later that it is a family name on my mother's side. So, it wasn't purposeful but we'll take credit for it.

Age: 10 months

Nicknames: Shellbue (Matt's nickname for her), Shelby Roo, sweet girl, muffin, poops (my nicknames for her)

Activities: sitting and scooting around on her bum, saying "uh oh", taking toys out of bins, clapping

Favorite Foods: cheerios, pasta, yogurt

Favorite Music: The Wiggles

Favorite toys: her bear

What Makes Her Happy: her brother!

What Makes Her Sad: when everyone leaves her alone in a room



Name/Meaning: Camden - Camden is from when we vacationed in England and visited Chipping Camden. We just thought it would be a nice, unique name.

Age: 3-1/2

Nicknames: Camden Roo, sweetie, pumpkin

Activities: running, playing with Shelby, pretending, singing and dancing

Favorite Foods: yogurt raisins, fruit snacks, lollipops

Favorite Music: Laurie Berkner, the Wiggles

Favorite toys: train, cars,

What Makes Him Happy: Baby Oliver (formerly Buddy), putting on a show for his family, going swimming, making Shelby laugh

What Makes Him Sad: being put in time out, going to bed, being left with a babysitter



Shelby and Camden tag Trevor!!

Monster Mash

Someday I'll learn to upload pictures in the correct order. Oh well. Here are some photos from Halloween. The kids played Hi Ho Cheerio (or something like that) with Grandma Lee after trick or treating.
Here are Buzz Lightyear and Dorothy, ready to go trick or treating.

Shelby participated, mostly by being cute in her lion outfit.

Grandpa Lee and Camden decorated Halloween cookies together.

Then, this week we did a craft project. Camden made a snack box by painting it and decorating it with stickers. I helped with the words and some with the paint, but he did everything else.

He's all smocked up and ready to go.

Shelby's still not crawling, but it definitely itching to walk. She likes to stand at her table and make her smooshy face.