Sunday, November 8, 2009

Attitude of Gratitude

I have the pleasure of directing the 1st through 3rd grade children's choir at our church. Tonight was our fall concert and the kids did a Thanksgiving Mini-Musical called "Attitude of Gratitude".
Since Cameron is in 2nd grade, he is in my choir. He "sorta" enjoys it, and I think it's good for him so I make him go. His favorite thing about choir is when there are speaking parts available! He loves acting and gets so excited at the opportunity to do so. He tells me and everyone else all the time that he "HATES" singing. So, it shocked me greatly when, at rehearsal, I was asking the kids who would like to sing a solo part and he volunteered!!! I swelled with pride :)

Anyway, he won't be winning any Grammys anytime soon, but he stepped out of his comfort zone and that makes me a very proud momma! He was VERY nervous all day, but he did a great job and was so proud of himself! He kept singing his part over and over again when we got home. He had a small speaking part, too, but it's hard to hear, so I'm just posting the video of his solo. So proud of my sweet boy!


Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Halloween 2009













Halloween was so much fun this year! Cameron always loves getting dressed up and it was Callie's first Halloween. Trick or Treat night is usually a different night in Blanchester (my hometown) than it is in our neighborhood, so we always hit both! Plus we have a Trunk N Treat at our church, so Cameron always has way more candy than we can ever eat!

Karen (Grandma) has made most of Cameron's costumes and has always done an awesome job! Cameron always gets a lot of compliments on his costumes because Grandma always goes above and beyond to make sure that they are very special! This year was no different.

Cameron provided Grandma with a bit of a challenge this year. He has recently become interested in G.I. Joe and has started collecting the action figures. Grandma also had all of Brandon's G.I. Joe figures and vehicles from when he was a kid and sent them out for Cameron. He plays with the stuff for hours! Anyway, his favorite character is Snake Eyes. So, guess what he wanted to be? Grandma did an awesome job on the costume and even made muscles which was of course his favorite part :)

Several months ago, I found some adorable glittery red shoes at Once Upon A Child for Callie. Whenever she has worn them, people have made so many comments about her "Dorothy shoes" which is where I got the idea to dress her up as Dorothy from Wizard of Oz. Of course Grandma made a more gorgeous costume than I could have imagined complete with a matching bow, socks, and pacifier clip!

We are so blessed to have such a wonderful Grandma/Mom/Mother-in-law who loves her grandkids so much! Every year the costumes fit perfectly even though she's in Colorado and cannot measure the kids herself...she has to rely on Brandon and I for that and we really have no clue what we're doing :) When the package comes every year Cameron always gets extremely excited! There are always Halloween pajamas in the package, too :) Thanks so much Grandma...YOU ARE THE BEST!!!