Cameron Time

While Timo was receiving so much attention following his surgery, we wanted to make sure Cameron didn't feel left out. We planned several playdates with friends, little outings with Mommy and Daddy as well as a special all day Mommy date to paint pottery. It's was a little strange for us, as well as Cameron, to be focused on one child at a time....strange.  But I think she loved her individual attention. We stopped by to see Daddy at his office one afternoon while on a Popsicle run for Timo.  Thanks to the office snack room, Cameron got a little doughnut treat!

One evening Young came home a little early to take Cameron out on a dinner date to her favorite restaurant, Pasta Pomodoro.  I think it's her fav place because her dinner comes with ice cream at the end...

The following Saturday, Cameron and Mommy spent the whole day together while Daddy stayed home to nurse Timo back to health.  We started out at a Color Me Mine pottery painting.  Cameron picked out a picture frame to paint and wanted her name on it...so that's what we did.  She really had fun and did a pretty good job...I see future painting sessions in our future...maybe a plate with a hand print next time.

We headed to Trader Joes next for groceries...she loves to push the little carts.  She was picking out yogurt for Timo to eat because it was soft.  Then out to lunch for, what else, pasta!

We had one last beautiful day of their spring break so I took Cameron out for some sun and a little ice cream.  Are you sensing a theme with Cameron and her favorite things to do...eat!  She's just so stinkin' sweet!

Easter!

Since blogger has changed format and I can't quite get the hang of it...I'm just gonna post Easter pictures without much script. It's gotten more difficult for me to post two pictures side by side now and my script ends up on the side or split between pictures...ugh.

So the long and short of our wonderful Easter celebration was packed with church, Easter Brunch with friends, an egg hunt, Easter dinner and lots and lots of chocolate kisses!

A good day was had by all!  My favorite part was every time we asked the kids to say "cheese" for a picture, they shouted "Cheese!!  Christ the Lord is risen, Cheese!"  Guess we got our point across about what Easter is really about!

Easter Baskets

The Easter Bunny made his usual stop this year!  Yay!

Timo has been asking for a watch and I was so excited when I found these little slap watches! I got each one in their favorite color (green and pink). 

 Timo plundered his basket immediately while Cameron took her time pulling each item out, examine it, playing and then moving on to the next.

The biggest hit ended up being the cheapest..these little grow bug. Little capsules of bugs that grow when you put them in water. It kept them occupied all morning while we got things ready for church and Easter Brunch to follow.  Gotta love simple, easy, time consuming fun!

(ok, so blogger has changed it's format and I'm still trying to figure it out. please forgive any off centered typing or phots..)

Kids Workshop--Bird Feeders

Now to backtrack a little bit...We had a wonderful Easter weekend a few days before Timo's surgery. It started out on Saturday at Home Depot at the kids workshop building bird feeders. Love the kids workshop!

 There was a little egg hunt afterwards in the garden area..we scored a few eggs!

We came home and decorated a few Easter eggs of our own...gotta have deviled eggs for Easter lunch!

Recovery

Whew! A tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy is a long road to recovery! The doctor said it could be anywhere from 4-10 days, maybe two weeks for some...well, I feel like we're taking the full two weeks! But as long and hard as this recovery time has been, there are so many things I am thankful for. Number one, the Lord's healing hand on Timo. Even though, at times, it felt like he was getting worse, not better, I know all along our Father was healing Timo's little throat and nose, along with his spirit.

I'm so grateful for my mother. She came all the way out here with just two days notice to help out. As the day of the surgery got closer and closer, I realized I might not be able to handle it all. Mom was amazing. She washed dishes, did laundry, took Cameron out for doughnut dates, and was just available for snuggles while I caught up on some sleep (I was up several time a night with our little patient).
Since Timo wasn't eating much, he didn't have a whole lot of energy. We tried to come up with activities that were pretty mellow but distracting enough that he wasn't focused on his "grumpy throat". Lot's of legos, board games and art work

Another blessing, my little Cameron. She has so sweet, loving and helpful this whole time. Her big concern most of the time was that Timo needed his Papi (monkey) and that his food was soft enough to eat. She even insisted on smashing bananas one day to make sure he didn't have to chew them.

And while things got a little tense at times, (sometimes nothing could make Timo happy and Mommy was going a little crazy trying) Cameron was there doing some sort of silly stint to make us all laugh! Pants on your head anyone?

The up side to the whole recovery was all the ice cream and popcisles!!

I feel like we've pulled through and Timo is almost back to himself. He slept a full night last night and woke up with a smile on his face today! His voice is almost back to normal too...Yay! The best part, I snuck into the children's room last night and could barely hear Timo sleeping...no snoring!!

Swimming

As some might remember, we go back east to see family in NC/OH for a much of the summer to enjoy family, hot weather and lots of open space to run around. One of the favorite activities of the summer is swimming. But, while they love the water, they really don't know how to swim and I feel like it really limits all our water fun activities. So I decided to bite the bullet and sign them up for swimming classes in hopes that they would at least feel comfortable sticking their head under water by the time we got to NC. (Cameron can't even stand a little water dripping in her face when we wash her hair!) We have several friends that take swim classes at La Petite Baleen so I thought I would give it a try. Little did I know Cameron would take to the water like a little fish! She is completely obsessed with her swim class so much that she told me she didn't want to do gymnastics anymore...just swimming, everyday, all day long! Wow! Timo enjoys playing in the water but you can tell Cameron really pushes herself to be better and better.

The first class was a little touchy, as you can imagine, but they warmed up quickly as soon as I left and they could focus on their teacher, Mr. Dan. I think Cameron is in love with Mr. Dan. Yes, as in love as a four year old can be. It's been three weeks so far and that's all she talks about.