November 19th, 2011

The minute we pull into the neighborhood on our way home from school, Camden starts politely asking (screaming) for Daddy. The other day as I braced myself for the Daddy yelling, Camden quietly said "Daddy- working."
We'll do anything to get Camden to eat. I prepared a fantastic meal of crackers, vegetables, fruit- you name it. Camden wasn't eating so I put some honey on his tray for dipping sauce. When I came back to check on him, only the honey was gone. Does honey have any nutritional value or calories at all?
We've advanced to toothpaste now with teeth brushing. Camden is hilarious with brushing and spitting. Hopefully he'll get that concept one day.
It's the sweetest thing. We ask Camden where Grampa is and he points to the book Nick made with Grampa's ashes in it. Nick only opens the book so the picture shows on the 8th. Camden loves when he can see the picture of Grampa.
When I picked Kellan up the other day I could see him playing with another (fat) kid. Miss Susanna was cracking up. She said they played footsies all day. I laughed and thought that was so cute. Nick was concerned when I reported that to him though.
It was almost Camden's bedtime and Daddy was holding Camden while we were watching TV. Camden happened to have one of his books on his lap. I watched him (sippy cup in mouth) look at Dad with lazy eyes and tap his book. That was his way of saying- read to me Daddy- without much effort. We made the mistake of laughing, and Camden tapped the book about 87 times.
When I picked up Kellan yesterday, Miss Susanna looked a tad exhausted. She said Kellan only napped for about a half hour all day. He was way too busy playing to take a nap. I sympathized with Miss Susanna, but in my head I cheered. That means Kellan will sleep all night for us!
When I picked Camden up, I peeked in the door first so he couldn't see me. The teacher was sweeping the room. Camden was the last kid to be picked up but that's beside the point. Camden was watching the teacher sweep and then I saw his little arm and finger go up and point. At 2, he's pointing out the spots the teacher missed. Sigh! That's the Nick in him...
In the morning, Camden's teachers talk my ear off about him. I love it! They said that he is now on a new playground being in Room 5. For the first week, he methodically walked around the playground, casing the joint. On the 2nd week he climbed up and rode down the curvy slide. The Room 5 teachers cheered. This was all he needed. He went 'round and 'round and slid down that slide all morning. Teachers from other rooms were cheering him on as well. Needless to say, the teachers said it was hard to get Camden back into the classroom that morning.
I'm lucky enough to have company each time I go to the bathroom. When I'm done, Camden screams "WATER!" That's just the reminder I need to wash my hands after #1'ing (or2'ing :))