Growing up so fast!!

A quick update on our growing kidlet's ;)

Reese:
Miss Reese is changing so quickly!!  She is so much more a little girl now vs. a baby.  I love this age though!!!  I forgot how much fun it can be :)  She's talking more and more every day and learning so fast!  She absolutely LOVES Heidi right now and can't seem to get enough of her.  Whenever the pantry door is open, Reese goes to Heidi's food and tries to reach inside to feed her.  She reaches and says, "Heidi!!  Heidi!"  It is adorable!!  If it is time for Heidi to eat, I will get a scoop of food ready and let Reese help me pour it into Heidi's bowl.  Reese LOVES this and gives me a huge grin!!!  She also loves to help me put the lid back on Heidi's food container!  She lifts it up, I put it on and then ask her to help me push the lid on!  She has such a proud look on her face when she gets to help!!  She loves to help doing anything and everything - getting a cup out of the kid's cupboard, plates, bowls, spoons, putting her clothes in the hamper, cleaning up, getting her boots, etc.

Emerson:
I registered Emerson for preschool today!  She is on a wait list though.  There was space in Monday and Friday afternoons, but I'd like her to go with Blake on a Tuesday or Thursday morning.  We're only going to put her in one morning a week this school year.  I'm hoping it will be an easy transition for Emerson!  She is A LOT more independent then Blake was at her age!!  We feel that preschool will be very good for Em.  Being that she's only attended a dayhome a handful of times and has spent the rest of her time with Mom and/or Dad, she isn't very comfortable in a crowd and doesn't always have the best social skills.  We have definitely included her in many group activities and lessons, but it will be good for her to be more independent, without Mom and/or Dad!  I'm sure she's going to love it and will learn a great deal :)  She's starting to show a lot of interest in learning!  She's very interested in writing her name these days and enjoys pointing out different letters of the alphabet :)  I still can't believe Em is 3 ... seems like just yesterday she was a tiny little baby.  There will definitely be some tears shed by this Mom on her 1st day of preschool ;)

Blake:
Blake is growing like a weed (what's new?!)!!  His size 5 pants are getting too short but size 6 is too long!  They need to make 1/2 sizes ;)  Blake and Cal are going to the Oiler's game on Saturday afternoon!  They are both very excited!!  Blake can't wait to see Taylor Hall up close.  Their seats are in row 2, in the end the Oiler's warm up in, so Blake will get a very close look!!!  I can't wait to hear all about it!  I wish I was going too!!  Blake continues to love preschool!  He talks often about his best friends ... Nathan, Evan and Ryder!  It is really quite cute ;)  He will be sad to hear that Nathan's Mom is pulling him out of preschool at the end of the month.  I'm not sure if I should tell him or wait until he notices :(  I am going to miss Blake so much when he goes to Kindergarten next year.  I'm so glad it's only a 1/2 a day!  Thank you to the school board for easing us overprotective, SAHM's into the school years ;)  Grade 1, I can't even imagine ... having him gone 5 full days a week?!  EEK!!  I guess I shouldn't get ahead of myself!!

Talk to you all again soon :)

xo
Tracy

Happy 50th Birthday Mom!!

Cal, Blake, Emerson and I would like to wish my Mom a VERY HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY!!!

We love you so much and are so blessed to have you in our lives.  A simple thank you does not suffice, but THANK YOU for all you do for our family.  Thank you for always being there for us and for your endless love and support :)

You are one of the greatest woman I know and we are all so proud to call you Mom/Grandma!!

xo
Cal, Tracy, Blake, Emerson and Reese

Emerson's 3rd Birthday Party!!

We hosted Emerson's 3rd birthday party this afternoon at Dynamyx Gymnastics Club in St. Albert!

Emerson chose a princess/prince theme, which was really fun!!  The girls worn their favorite tu-tu's :)  Emerson's party outfit was super cute, with matching t and tutu!!

For party favors we gave out prince crowns and foam swords to the boys and tiara's and wands to the girls!  The kids all wore their tiara's and crowns for dinner and cake!

And I actually had fun making a princess cake!  It turned out great and was pretty easy to make, thanks to a special cake pan a friend lent me!!

The kids had a great time at the party and most especially loved the floor time with their 2 coaches!!

Emerson was in her element and had a huge grin on her face the entire time :) The two young girls who were the coaches for the party, did an excellent job!!

After 1 hour of floor time, we had a party room for 1 hour for dinner, cake and gift opening.

Thank you so much to everyone who came to celebrate with us and spoil our little girl!  Emerson is definitely not a huge crowd person, but she did have a lot of fun and is very thankful for your presence and your presents!  She's been enjoying her gifts this week and is over the moon with everything ;)  A special thanks to Grandma Bev for flying down to spend the weekend with us!!  We loved having you and the kids are still talking about Grandma's bed ;)

xo
The Cameron's