Wow, it is hard to believe we have a seven year old! It seems just like yesterday that he was born and now he is such his own young man it seems, with interests, great ideas, and plans. It is so fun to see him become the boy God created him to be and to help him grow in wisdom and stature. God has great things in store for Cameron and through him. He is such a joyful, thoughtful, observant, helpful, easy-going, boy who loves soccer and to run outside. We had a great day as a family celebrating him. It started off actually the night before when we took him out to dinner wherever he wanted to go. He chose a favorite Tex-Mex restaurant within walking distance. It was a treat for all of us. Yesterday morning he woke up to cinnamon rolls with blue frosting and some small gifts from his siblings. After his Tuesday after-school ball games, he came home to his favorite meal...home-made chicken fingers, macaroni and cheese, and cooked apples, and we topped it off with brownies and ice-cream for dessert! During dinner we spent time telling him what we all appreciated about him and then I asked him a bunch of questions. IT was fun to learn more about him. One of the questions was: "What did you enjoy doing this past year?" He answered, "Books!" I am so thankful he is enjoying books and learning to read. I let him write out the answers and one fun answer he had to "What do you like to learn in school" He wrote: 1 + 3 = 4. (Math) :) What a fun, whitty kid! I had to do some translating, but Laura Cate said, " I am glad you go to school, Cameron, and I go too." She meant she was glad that he likes going to his school and that she gets to go see him there...oh, she is so proud of her big brother. Cameron waited patiently to open some gifts from grandparents and us while we skyped with them. Being halfway around the world is not easy! We stayed up late and played with his newest LEGO set and ended our day together! We love you Cameron! We are so blessed to call you our son.
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Cameron enjoying his very own root beer while out to eat at Peter's for his birthday dinner
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| Us at dinner...Laura Cate was there but refused to get in the picture and I knew we had a limited window of time with William to do it...so, just us and our boys! |
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| Cameron birthday morning waking up early to balloons |
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| enjoying some dessert, soo yummy! |
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| Cameron and Laura Cate |
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| talking on the phone with Grandma and Granddad while opened their presents |
us enjoying putting LEGOS together after William went down. Even Laura Cate did a great job sorting and finding pieces for us. Of course, she loves doing whatever Cameron is doing.
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| playing Monopoly as a family for the first time...Star Wars style...very fun! |
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On Thursday I was able to go to his school and pass out cupcakes to his class. It was fun seeing them all together. They sang and he helped pass out the cupcakes and then he finally sat down to his....before I insisted on another photo :) he really just wanted to eat the cupcake...come on mom!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A GREAT GUY!
We love you Cameron Jackson. We have had seven wonderfully blessed years with you and look forward to this next year. |
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