Camden's 5th Birthday

Camden is five! I can't believe it! It is so fun to be his mom. He is such a fun and funny kid.

Here he is on his Birthday

 This time Camden got to pick the cake but he and Alek still had a combined party, only this time it was with my family.

 

 He LOVES dragons!

 

We also had a big present to give him at home. he had to go outside and close his eyes. We had Alek close his eyes too so he wouldn't ruin the surprise when he saw the present.

 Camden was so happy to have a new bike. He loves that it looks like a dirt bike. Hopefully later this summer he will be ready for the training wheels to come off.

A little bit about Camden at five years old:

• He loves dragons, dinosaurs and sharks.
• Camden has so much fun at preschool and has learned a lot. He also has lots of friends at preschool and plays equally well with the boys and girls in his class.
• He doesn't have a sweet tooth at all. On the rare occasion that we do have dessert he usually politely declines. He will sometimes say, "Maybe I'll have a cookie tomorrow." I've never seen a kid decline cookies, cake and other goodies the way he does.
• He always wants to be like Jace and copies everything Jace does.
• Camden loves apples and eats one with lunch almost every day.
• He's been begging to sign up for soccer again and can't wait until summer soccer starts. He wears his and Jace's old soccer jerseys, soccer cleats and shin guards as much as possible.
• He aslo wants to go hiking all the time. One of his birthday presents that's not in his pictures above was a pair of hiking shoes. He can't wait to hit the trails.

And while Camden is past the age of pronouncing things his own cute way (for the most part), he does have a couple of things I want to remember.

• He still doesn't pronounce his R's real well. A couple of words come out really cute because of this. The two I can think of are purple and turtle. Since he is good with his L's the words sound like he's saying them with a British accent. I sometimes think up excuses to get him to say those words because I love the way he pronounces them.
• After taking a long drink of orange juice he set his cup on the table and exclaimed, "That juice is so taste-able!"
• This story is a little longer. One of the kids in Camden's preschool has special needs. He lacks the physical coordination the other kids in the class have and he's pretty much non-verbal, but he does do some sign language. Well, this little boy's mom invited Camden (and Alek and me) over for a playdate. Camden wasn't hesitant at all about playing with a friend who would be seen as "different" by most people. He played well with his little friend and was super patient when this friend was being a little rough with him at one point. (he wasn't acting out, he was just so excited to play with Camden and couldn't verbalize it so it was expressed physically) This little boy's mom said she asked both of the preschool teachers which child in the class was the nicest to her son and they both said it was Camden. And it's not the first time he's shown this type of sensitivity. My cousin also has a son who has some speech delays and does sigh language. And Camden played with him last summer at a family reunion with no problem. They got along great! I was so impressed by Camden's maturity and accepting nature in these situations. It's really not something you would expect to see from a 5 year old.

I can't wait to see what the next year has in store for this sweet boy! Happy birthday little buddy!