Amy August 24th, 2010
The other day the boys and I were in an elevator with a few other people. A lady that was in there with us was wearing some nice shoes that I commented on. She replied that she thought they were a bit flashy (they had rhinestones on them) but that she liked them.
Upon hearing this conversation, Camden spoke up. He said that his shoes were flashy too! He then stomped on the floor and made the lights come on in his new Woody and Buzz Lightyear tennis shoes.
Everyone just laughed, because his shoes were indeed flashy.
Amy August 5th, 2010
Today after I put Camden in time-out for lying to me about something he had done, he looked at me and said, “I’m not mad at you, I’m mad at myself.” Is he really only 3?
Amy August 3rd, 2010
I must first start this post by stating that Camden loves boiled eggs. That being said, Mom is growing tomatos and eggplants and she was showing them to Camden the other day. As she was showing him she was explaining that when they got ripe enough they could pick them. Camden thought this was great and to which he added “and then we can boil them.” 3 year old logic – you have tomato plants that grow tomatos, so eggplants must grow eggs.
After trying to explain that these were not the type of eggs that you boil, she explained that she would make a casserole. Camden said that would be good to as he liked rolls.
I love my kid.
Michael August 3rd, 2010
Camden has really hit his imagination button lately. He is so much fun to play with. I already wrote about our Knightly adventures. We have also been pirates and architects and monsters and apparently detectives.
Last night at dinner, Camden was telling Mike that the TV wasn’t working right. And after we discussed it a bit he announced, “I have solved the mystery! It is the bulb.” He was so dramatic and serious. I wish I could go back to living in his world!
Amy August 3rd, 2010
The other evening the boys and I were outside playing when Jax fell. He started crying so I sent Cam to go see if he was OK. Camden ran out to him and soon he stopped crying. Camden was so proud. “Mommy, I made him feel better.” This didn’t last long because as soon as Jax saw me, he started crying again. This didn’t daunt Camden though. He went over and patted Jackson’s head and said it will be ok. And then he put his arm around his little brother and continued to offer comforting words as they walked towards me. Then I heard Jackson say, “Tank You…” After he stopped crying, Camden took his hand and led him to me.
It was sooo sweet. I really wish I had my camera. It was such a cute shot of them walking together with Camden’s arm around Jax. I hope this protective nature lasts.
Amy July 16th, 2010
Yesterday afternoon, after being cooped up in the car most of the day, the boys and I played outside for a while. Cam’s choice of activities? Playing knights. He handed out swords to me, Jax, and kept one for himself. He then dubbed us, Mommy the Bravest, Jackson the Littlest Bravest, and Camden the Bravest. And then he would point out the bad guys and we would all Charge! and attack them. The ones further down the driveway I was content to let the boys kill, but I would dutifully do my part by the garage. And I have to say that running and “killing” the bad guys was a great stress reliever. I think I’ll suggest this activity more often.
Well, on one of his sojourns down the driveway, Cam found something pretty for Mommy. So he stopped going after the bad guys to bring me a surprise. Once he got up to me, he bowed down in front of me and held up a flower and said, “This is for you, Mommy the bravest”. My hero! I love this age!!!!!
Amy June 17th, 2010
Today the kids and I embarked upon a new adventure… fingerpainting! Camden has painted with watercolors before, but this is the first time we have really gotten into our art. Literally. First I stripped them down and then we began. This started out as an art project with a purpose- hmmm, wonder what that could be – and then became just a fun way to get creative.
Camden was really into it. The project started out with a lot of hand prints and then became one large smeared purplish blob, but he had fun.
Jax mostly sat there for a long while wondering why he had paint on his hand and then he decided he did like painting, mostly himself, but some on the poster board as well.
We had fun and the washable paint was, thankfully, washable.
PS More posts to come…. trip to Helen, GA, Mike’s big 4-5, etc.
Amy May 10th, 2010
Yesterday while we were eating a delicious Mother’s Day lunch that Michael had cooked, I asked Mom if she wanted another roll. All of a sudden from the high chair we hear, “Roll Tide!” I guess we have Jax conditioned… 
Amy April 29th, 2010
Jackson is learning new words every day and he is starting to communicate in more ways than just shrieks and grunts. But most importantly he can now say “Roll Tide!” Who says our priorities aren’t in order.
Amy April 29th, 2010
Our humble homestead has been invaded or rather our yard/woods have been invaded… by caterpillars. The first sign of these invaders was the sound. For the past couple of weeks it has sounded like light rain on the leaves of the trees. We couldn’t figure out what was making the sound. I thought maybe something was falling from the trees – pollen being my first guess. But no. The sound was thousands of little critters eating leaves and probably pooping.
These critters are teeny tiny green caterpillars that hang around by thin translucent strings and are growing and growing and growing bigger everyday. At first we noticed a few inchworms around. Then we begin noticing more. Now you cannot go outside without dodging the caterpillar obstacle course and picking small worms off of your clothes. The other day as I drove the boys to town I reached up to scratch my head and as I looked in the rearview mirror I saw a caterpillar crawling down my forehead. And our poor leaves on all of our trees are now more fillagree than full leaves. Thus the growing bigger and bigger part.
Jax tried to help out the problem by eating some of the worms, but I tend to discourage this snacktime meal. But thanks go to him for trying to help.
So for now we have the invasion of the caterpillars. I can’t wait for the next phase…. the invasion of the moths. It will be like Hitchcock’s The Birds. Yea!
The joys of living in the middle of the wilderness. You never know what Mother Nature is going to send your way. The first year we lived here we had acorns the size of golf balls that dented the cars when they fell. And another year we had a random pumpkin grow in the middle of our front yard. So now it is caterpillars. What’s next?
