Story Time with Camden

Camden's Fun Day

Today was Camden's last day of Kindergarten. Cohen and I attended his hallway pizza party (it was supposed to be outside but it was raining), and the fun activities in the gym. They had 3 different inflatable bounce house type activities. It was a great time! Here are some of the highlights:

Sick boy

Sorry I haven't posted my "Stretching a Dollar" segments this week. I have a sick boy at home. His fever has been fluctuating from 99.5 - 104.2! The Doctor thinks I should have taken him straight to the ER to be tested for flu, but my son has a VERY sensitive gag reflex and will vomit on command. I'm not entirely confident in our thermometers either. Right after I got off the phone with the doctor his temp was 103.3 and not the 104.2 that I had read just moments before. So off I headed to Walgreens and bought a new (better I hope!) thermometer along with more Tylenol and Motrin, and popsicles. I've been alternating between the 2 meds all day and evening and the temp hasn't broken yet. Although currently we are in a much safer range of 101.5 - 102.0. I'm going to try and wake up through the night to monitor his fever and continue our regiment of meds. I hope this breaks soon!

I just hate the idea of submitting my son to unnecessary lab work for the swine flu epidemic when it hasn't even hit our state yet. My son hasn't been anywhere that I would feel puts him at risk either. Plus, when you have the flu don't you generally vomit a lot? Maybe I'm wrong here but I don't think that vomiting immediately after taking medicine (that he hates by the way) is reason enough to rush to the ER. I've decided if his fever continues to climb tomorrow I will take him in. I've read plenty on the forums and boards that many mothers & pediatricians alike will recommend the wait and see approach with over the counter medicine for the first 24-48 hours. Tomorrow morning will be 24 hours and I'll take it from there!

So please keep our son in your thoughts and prayers! I'm exhausted (being 30 weeks pregnant doesn't help either!) and I'm really hoping for a few hours of straight sleep tonight. I hope Camden gets some rest. I'll keep you all posted!

Rock Tumbler

I went shopping in St. Louis with my friend Jaime this weekend and while I was out I found a Smithsonian Rock Tumbler at Goodwill for only $8.00 and I just had to buy it. Camden was really excited...but I have to say that I'm really tired of all the noise that thing makes. Tomorrow night we get to open it up to see how the rocks look after 48 hours of tumbling with the coarse grit. Then we have the fine grit followed by the polish powder. I can't wait to see the finished product, but after tomorrow the tumbler is heading down to the basement! I'm not sure I can handle much more of the constant noise! ha ha ha!!!

Cooking with Camden: Tortilla Cinnamon Sticks

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Camden Graduates!

On Tuesday May 20th Camden graduated from Franklin Pre-School. Here are some of the highlights:

Earth Day Parade

Camden's school participated in the Earth Day Parade at the Mall today at 10am. It was very nice. The kids all seemed to really enjoy it. Pawpaw went with us too! Then after the parade around the mall all the Children gathered in the center and sang songs for us. How cute! Classroom art:

Camden's tissue paper rainbow:

Video of Camden in the parade

Camden seeing his brother!

Cohen joined the parade:

Camden's so proud to have his brother there:

The proud pair marching happily:

Pawpaw joined the parade:

Turning the corner, almost over!

I got to join in the fun!

Camden and I stop for a picture:

Video of the Earth Day Mall Concert! Camden's in the center next to the girl in pink and behind the boy in yellow.
Camden's entire class in front of their artwork: Earth Day Parade is over and it's time to get on the bus and go back to school:

Camden's New Haircut!

Recently Camden wants to be EXACTLY like his Daddy! So cute. When Lou gets home from work Camden changes clothes into what Lou is wearing. He wants to match him to a T. We were working in the yard and Lou was going to wear navy blue short and a Grey sweatshirt but Camden couldn't find his grey sweatshirt. So he begged and pleaded for Lou to change into a navy blue sweatshirt! Annoying, but super cute too. So the next step to looking like his Daddy was a haircut. I didn't want to do it because Camden has been begging me for months to allow him to grow his hair out. I agreed that he could grow it out all summer. So this was tough for me. I tried to talk him out of it, but ultimately he won the argument. So here are the pics of Camden's new hair cut!
Here's me cutting his hair with 1/8" guard on the clippers:

Cohen loves to feel Camden's head! "It's smooth going forward and rough going back" as Camden says

They pose for a pic, aren't they so cute together:

Camden in Costumes