Checkin' in and Catchin' Up

Here is one of my quick pages that Cameron and I worked on together. I LOVED this bright pink lined paper (probably the teacher in me) so we made a Top Ten list for 2009. Cameron helped me decide what to write on the list. Here is the list:
1) Princesses (Cinderelly, Sleeping Beauty, all others)
2) Cailou (every day after lunch on Mom's bed)
3)Sonic Cherry Slushes (with a real cherry)
4)pbskids.org
5)"scrapbook" time with Mom
6)Wiggle Cars
7)Your Swingset
8)Dora Memory Match
9) Playing with friends
10)Snack and Tinkerbell

In case you're wondering Snack is her stuffed pink leopard from build a bear. She made it when she was two and a half. I told her to name it after something she liked a lot and she chose "Snack". Because after all, what's better than a snack when you're 2 and a half? Tinkerbell is her other Build-a-bear creation (we make one every year in Eugene when we go to the Logger's Conference with Daddy and have LOTS of time to kill at the mall while he's in classes)and she is a Hello Kitty, but her name is Tinkerbell. Anyways, these are her favorite sleeping partners. She's at such a fun age right now!

And here she is posing in her birthday dress, but didn't want me to forget to document the new princess panties she also got for her birthday. Not probably very lady like, but cute just the same.

And here is a cute one of Tucker. He got this inflatable Superman costume for his birthday because Cameron is always making him play dress up and now he has something "manly" to wear while he's with the girls. Unfortunately, he's scared to death of it because it has a little fan that runs in the back side of it to keep it inflated. This was the only time he would wear it. What a little stud!

Just checkin' in since it's been a few days since I have posted. Matt's Grandfather passed away last Saturday so it has been a rather stressful and hectic week. The funeral is not until Saturday but that still involved organizing babysitting and planning clothing for myself (my last funeral dress was used in 2002--pre baby)and for Matt, who is going to be a pallbearer. I'm pretty sure his suit may have been created in the pre-historic era. Luckily for men, they haven't evolved as much from then so a suit is still just a suit. I think it will work just fine. :)

I have been trying to work through the whole death and dying idea with Cameron without a lot of success. She's definately old enough to understand that Papa Jack won't be around anymore, but she's not old enough to grasp the concept of why, how, and where he went. It's so frustrating to try to explain this to her when her attention span is so short. She thinks that Jesus/God is the Priest at church and she's not sure why Papa Jack lives with him now, or why we wont see him on Sunday. I don't know how to make her understand that the Priest is just a person talking about God. The joys of being four.

On a lighter note, my house is clean, the quilting is put away. And I have decided I am not a quilt. I will stick to sewing paper, it's a lot easier. I am now working on a flip advent calendar for someone for Christmas and it's turning out really cute. I am also creating one piece of a swap on twopeasinabucket.com so I will get one in complete one in return. Should be interesting to see what comes back.

Cameron is at preschool and Tucker is coughing his head off. He is really prone to croup, so even when he just has a cough it sounds terrible. The doctor is wanting to remove his tonsils to help prevent this, but I keep waiting it out because he's still so little. I think it's inevitable and will probably happen this year as soon as he is healthy again.

I am headed downstairs to make some applesauce muffins for tonight for dinner and work on planning a big pot of soup. Rainy days just say soup and good bread (or muffins). Have a great day.