Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Little Einstein in the making

This morning Cameron was in his blow up tub inside the big bathtub and he likes to take his toys in and out of the water. All of the sudden he was looking around in the water and whining. So I said "Are you looking for your toys (which he couldn't see since he put them in the big tub)? They are right there" (as I pointed to where he left them). He looked over the front and saw them and said "oh" and laughed. So I said "Did you forget where you put them?" and he said "yeah" shaking his head yes. How cute is that?!?!?
He is just so smart. Some of his newer words are airplane, squirrel (yes, I said squirrel, but still won't say bunny), pool, outside (usually just side), shoe, spoon, bowl, and many others that I can't even think of. If he hears the word outside he will run and get his shoes, bring them to you, and sit down. If you put them on he will then run and get his lawn mower or ball and run to the door. If you say we are going for a car ride he will walk out into the garage right to the door he goes into for his car seat or walk from the car to the house if you tell him (which is a VERY good thing as Steve knows now). If you say do you want to go nigh-night or can we go change your diaper, he will say yeah and run to the bottom of the stairs and stand there. He is also mommy's big helper lately. He will bring things I tell him to and put them in the garbage. He will also use his own cloth to help me dust or parts of the vacuum (or his lawn mower) to help me vacuum the house. Grandpa K was surprised on a recent visit that Cameron found two small scraps of paper on the floor, picked them up, went right to the door where their garbage is, opened it, pulled the can out, threw the paper away and pushed it back and closed the door. Thats my boy!

Our little painter

Cameron is starting to love coloring with his crayons (and I love when it stays on the paper) and he is also loving to paint. We're not sure if he's going to be right handed like mommy or left handed like daddy. He seems to feed himself more with the left but does most things with either at this point. We'll just have to wait and see. He was much neater about painting this time then when he was little and just kept saying "more, more" for me to dip his brushes again.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Fun in Iowa

We had a wonderful summer weekend out in Iowa with Owen, Emily, Gwen, and Greta Piette. Although planned last minute we finally got to meet Greta for the first time! Cameron loved to see the "baby" and "kitty" at their house. He also loved to play in Gwen's sandbox with her and try to blow bubbles all by himself. His most favorite part was going to the huge park and playing on all of the slides, bridge, and stairs, and then getting to eat LOTS of ice cream afterward. I'm not sure I can look at ice cream for quite a while after that one. It sure was good though... Cameron is such a great traveler, he ate or played most of the way on the 4 hour drive and slept most of the way home (along with his daddy).