Blake

I thought I'd write a little update on all of the Cameron kiddo's!

I'll go in order of oldest to youngest, so first up is Mr. Blake Smith:

Back to school has been a smooth transition for Blake; although he is a little bit more tired than usual!  Blake was excited to be able to join the Cross Country Running Club this year, as grades 4-6 can participate.  He has running club every Monday and Wednesday from 3 -4 pm.  Today he was so excited that he ran in the 'fast' group and ran 5 laps around the school property!  They have a run on the 20th at Laurier Park, which he's looking forward to!  Blake's enjoying having a male teacher in grade 4 this year and getting back into the swing of school aka hanging out with his besties again ;)

Blake started rep conditioning camp back on August 18th.  Conditioning camp rolled into evaluations and finally, teams were made this past Sunday.  It felt like a very long process ;)  Cal coached during conditioning camp and evaluations.  He was interviewed and chosen as a tier 2 coach, way back in the spring.  Of course his coaching job was dependant on Blake making a team.  Blake skated hard and made the KC Crusaders - Atom minor AA (playing tier 2 in EMHA)!  I'm so proud of him and we're all looking forward to another great hockey season!  Go Crusaders Go!!!

Blake is really into a series of books called 39 Clues.  He started reading them this summer, after a recommendation from an employee at Chapter's.  He was very excited when my Mom found a large set of the books at a used book store in Spruce Grove!  Of course she bought them for him, I mean who can say no to a child who has a love for reading!!  He's making his way through them and it warms my book-loving heart to see him enjoying reading :)

So many nights I look in at Blake before I go to bed and I see this long, gangly kid who takes up nearly all of his single bed.  But then I look up at his face and see my sweet 9 year old, often cuddled up with his blanket and special teddy bear and my eyes well up because man, time flies.  I don't want him to grow up so fast but on the other hand, this age is really awesome. I love his insights, his personality, his questions and just spending time with him. Jazz sleeps with Blake every night which seems to have brought them closer!  During the day Blake is always very concerned with where Jazz is.  He's worried Jazz has escaped outside, it's very sweet.

We love our kind, intelligent, funny, handsome, strong, loving boy!

Other May highlights!

Oh my goodness, looking back every month I realize how full our days are and how truly blessed we are!!  I wanted to document some of the other highlights from our month of May :) One day, I'll be glad I did!!  So here are a few ...  

- Emerson's class collected recyclable materials over the past few months and put them to use this month, building robot's!  They then wrote a description of the robot and presented their robots to other classes and parents. 

I was able to leave work 1/2 hr early to catch her presentation.  I'm so glad I could make it, I was so proud of her :)  She  robot presentation was excellent and she was even recruited by Mme. Khair to assist the other students in presenting and translating their presentations from French to English for the students and parents who didn't speak french.  She's such a strong student and is so proud (as she should be!)!

- Mom, Lindsay and I went out for dinner and movie for Lindsay's birthday.  We had a great time and ate more sushi than we thought we could ;) Our evening together made us excited for our girls trip in July!!

- At the end of the month we celebrated the end of our Sunday school year with our finale and BBQ.  I love our Church community and friends and we always enjoy finale day!!  Students move from the pre-beginner's class to kid's praise when they move into grade 1 and recieve a cross pendant, so Reese Reese was presented with her pendant.  And when students move into grade 4, they recieve a special bible from the Church, so Blake was presented with his bible.  Sunday school will start again in September and all three kids will be in kid's praise!  For the past 5 years I've been volunteering in the pre-beginner's class so I guess I am also graduating to kid's praise ;)  I'm glad Sunday school break's for the summer months, as we would miss a lot with camping and vacation and I hate to miss.

- Blake started 3 on 3 this month and is excited to be playing with his cousin Colby and a few of his Saints teammates!

- The school staff hosted the annual volunteer drive-thru breakfast at school!  This is always a fun event and the parents really appreciate the recognition :)

Some of our awesome school staff, at the volunteer drive-thru breakfast!

The kids all decorate brown lunch bags, which are filled with cream, sugar, a stir stick and a muffin!

And now it is June and we are soooo close to Summer Vacation, we are getting excited!!!