Little Scholar

Cameron's vocabulary is growing leaps and bounds! It amazes me how much he copy cats words and remembers them! Fortunate, he hasn't absorbed any naughty words yet... ;-) New words include bus, boots, mommy, daddy, puppy, and baby. He also put together his first two words: daddy's car. Every time we pull into the garage he points where Ryan's car is or should be, if he's gone, and says "daddy's car!?" 

Out of the blue, his obsession is buses. He said the word bus when we were walking out of school one day and ever since then, he says it over and over again whenever we see one! I told his teacher about it and she said they all stand at the window of his classroom at 4 and watch the bus drop off the bigger kids. No wonder he's obsessed! 

We had conferences with his teacher yesterday and she said that he's really enjoying the toddler room and has had a really good transition. His vocabulary is growing really well and he also loves the singing time with hand motions. For example, now when we sing Wheels on the Bus, he spins his arms around and around. Oh yes, that is by far his favorite song, too, if you couldn't guess! Papa Hubers started singing that song to him a few months ago and it had stuck! His other favorite song is "Old McDonald" and you can always expect an "E I E I" from him. We're working on the "O". The area his teacher said he needs to focus on is table manners - go figure!!! We're working on not throwing food, feeding Manson, or tipping his plate over when he's done (yes, even if the plate is still full of food...)!!! 

Cameron is also a huge book worm. His teacher says he sits and listens really quietly during story time and he always wants to read books if given the choice. At night after school, we could spend a full hour just sitting on the couch reading. I've had to limit how many books we read at bedtime because he would want to read ALL of them if I'd let him! We now read two books before bed and he isn't quite happy with that yet... Ryan says he takes after me and is a nerd :-) 

Last weekend we went to Vehicle Day in Champlin sponsored by the ECFE (Early Childhood &Family Education) and Cameron loved look at all the big vehicles, but was too afraid to sit in them for very long! He of course gravitated towards the buses the most and coming in second was the fire truck. He also sat in the race car, but he wasn't too fond of it. He was terrified f the Coborns grocery deliver truck and the snow plows. He left the school about 11ish and he zonked out on the car ride to the grocery store. All that running running around and looking at trucks is exhausting!!