Busy Bags!

Several months ago my fellow lifegroup moms had a busy bag swap.  Each of us made 10 bags of the same activity and then we swapped to have 10 different activities to do with our kids.  When we first got the bags, Camden was still pretty young and not that interested; it has been fun to watch his interest and attention span grow over the past few months.  Most of the activities can be adapted for different ages to keep the challenge there!  This week, we did several of the busy bags; I love watching Camden concentrate hard on an activity and stick with a task until he gets it.  I am so thankful to have these to pull out on a cold, rainy day like today!

Putting beads on a pipecleaner...trickier than it looks!

He loves to zip and unzip each activity bag!

Sorting colored pasta into like groups...he always asks if he can eat it!

Opening and closing different things

Getting his felt person he calls "Camden" all dressed

Scooping pasta to find the hidden treasure!

Making his mini-book: stickers and coloring!

This is one of his favorites...he loves shapes!  Sorting the shapes into like pairs...

Sorting "Daddy's" tools into like groups...he is especially fond of the springs!

Saturday Morning Fun

Daddy had baseball games today, so Camden and I stayed in our "jammas" (as Cam says) most of the morning.  We watched some "Super Why" (his current favorite show), ate some cereal, and built some towers.  Camden had a blast building with these noodles!

Outside Fun!

Camden is quite the climber!  This makes Mama a little nervous, but he is very cautious too.

 Cam loves riding the animals at the park...he only stays on them about 5 seconds and is then on to the next!  His favorite is the duck.

My little man is not a huge fan of swings (I think he still doesn't like to be contained), but he is always a fan of these kind of swings.

We are LOVING the nice weather!!!

Baby GIRL is on the way!

We are excited to share that we will be adding a precious little girl to our family in August!  The Lord has blessed us with another baby and we (along with a host of others) are praying for a healthy baby.  We were very surprised to find out that it is a girl, since I feel almost exactly the same as the boys and it is hard to think beyond trucks and balls in this house!  However, we are super excited for her to arrive. Toby has already said there will be a clothing budget now (I've never needed one with Cam) and I am already worried about fixing her hair.  Funny, huh?!?!   Camden will be right around 27.5 months when she is born and we are thrilled to watch him become a big brother!  Please join us in praying for our precious baby girl.

*This is a picture of her at 16.5 weeks!

Dallas Children's Museum

On Wednesday, we made the trek down to the Dallas Children's Museum to explore with friends.  Although Cam looks serious in most of these pics, please know that the blur in most of the pictures is an indication of how busy he was.  He had a blast trying out new things and playing with his friends!  In the past month, Camden has begun to talk about his friends a lot and gets super excited when he gets to spend time with them.  This was a great winter outing and perfect for my hands-on boy!  Thanks for a fun time, Miss Halie, Cambry, Chase, Miss Rita, Bryce, and Laney!

The best group shot I got...Bryce, Laney, Camden, Chase, Cambry

This is what most of my group pics looked like!

Miss Halie showing Chase and Cam the chickens.

The John Deere trikes in the farm area were a hit!

Laney, Bryce, and Camden checking out the water area.

Camden playing at the lego table.

Bryce, Cambry, and Camden exploring the train table!

All the kids were so interested in the cow you could milk...water came out when you squeezed the utters!  Cool and gross at the same time!

Camden's turn

Our little monkeys busy at play!

Camden has gotten interested in these toys lately.

Amazing that this keeps the attention of busy Chase!

Bryce and Cam in the sand area.

The kids loved the fire truck area and Cam insisted Mama even wear a hat!

Bryce was quite the musician!

My cute little construction man.

*All pictures were taken with my phone in the odd lighting, so they didn't turn out great! :(

Recent Randoms

Here's a look at what we've been up to!

Colored baths are so fun!

Camden loved the "tiger" at the outlet mall; he has no idea these rides actually move.  And we plan to keep it that way! :)

He's not a big fan of fingerpainting.  He's in a stage right now where he hates to have stuff on his hands: food, dirt, paint, bubbles, etc.

Our little guy has really gotten into puzzles lately; he worked this one 5 times in a row at the library.

Doesn't everyone eat breakfast with a hat on?!?!

We go outside any chance we get!  Playing in the sand makes me look forward to the summer!

Cam loved helping Daddy blow out his birthday candles!

Look who is growing up?

My little boy is already driving!  Okay, not really, but he did go on his first overnight trip away from Mama and Daddy.

Nana was so sweet to offer to keep Camden for a few days to let Mama get some much needed rest.  Although I was pretty nervous about sending him off, it went great!  He ate, slept, and played like a champ.  And I slept, rested, shopped, dined without a child, went on dates two nights in a row, slept, got my haircut, my nails done, and slept.  Can you tell I was tired?!?!

A HUGE thanks to Nana for taking such good care of our little guy!  He is still talking about all the fun he had.