Love This Time of Year

Happy Fall All!

Been a while since I have gotten on,  We are all doing great in our world here.  Camber is still having meltdowns, still trying to find better ways of dealing with them (ones that work)

I just want to say that this is my favorite time of year!  I love the cool mornings and then semi warm afternoons and then cool in the evenings once again.  

Camber and I did our first fall activity we made Caramel Apples!

It was fun and very sticky, although we did not use a dip we found sheets of caramel and got to place them over the apples. ( this made it easier for Camber to participate and less mess for mommy).

 Camber is getting better at smiling with her eyes open yay!

 All she is thinking is when do I get to eat one?

 Okay mom lets finish so we can eat.

Finally!

I think she had a blast, and I can not wait to do some other activities as well, maybe we will rake some leaves and play in them.  I may go get some bags for the leaves that look like Jack o' lanterns so we can some what decorate for Halloween.

Camber already says she wants to be a Princess this year.  Did we expect her to say anything but that?  Not at all, so now all she has to do is decide if she wants to wear the pink dress or the blue and then I can get her some shoes and crown and other little accessories to go with it!

Also I got to organize Cambers room on her last weekend at her dads, I put up a corkboard in  her room to hang her school work and pictures of friends and family along with her art work on and just took a few pictures of her room decor as of now I do know that maybe for Christmas I will be getting her a big girl bed with bedding to match, we will see what she is into at that point and time.  Here are a few pics of her room as it is now.

 Corkboard for artwork and pictures

 Pictures of Mommy Haven Camber and Jayden

 Her artwork and a picture of her cousin Abby

 Camber's name that Ci Ci and G G made for her

And we must not forget Hello Kitty!

Well that is all for now and if any of you have any ideas of some great Fall activities for Camber and I to enjoy together post them up for us we are looking forward to the wonderful changes that God has in store for us soon.  (more on that later)

Even Princesses Have Bad Days

First off sorry it has been a while, I have no excuse except I just did not feel like it at the time.

Second, we had a very bad day at school today.

Miss Camber misbehaved at school today, I was told that she bit one child and yelled and screamed at her teachers.

When I asked her who she bit, she told me the name of another child?  So she bit two children and the teacher was only aware of one?  

Needless to say I have a few questions for the staff in the morning and I will be there early to talk.

Camber has been punished, regardless if she was provoked I do not want her to retaliate against other children with violence.  

I explained to her that if another child says something mean, or lays hands on her she is to tell the teacher and not to touch the child.

So it was an early night for her, we came home from school and the store.

She did her homework, and while I cooked dinner she was in her room cleaning.  She was told she was not allowed to watch any of her shows on Sprout this evening.  

Camber and I ate dinner together and I repeated what I had said about not touching other children.

Nana came home and Camber had to tell Nana what she did, after that it was a bath and then bed.  

Camber was in bed this evening at 7:30 and has just with in the past 30 mins fell asleep.

I am praying that God will help her with her anger issues, I also explained that we do not raise our voices to anyone!

So tonight I will pray for my daughter I don't want her to be angry anymore I want my sweet little princess back.  I don't think she slept well last night Lord knows I didn't.

Tomorrow will be great, I know she will be good!

Our Wonderful Monday

Today was an okay day, work was slow so got off early.  Picked Camber up early from school so her and I could go to the grocery store to get food for dinner tonight.

We came home and she helped me do the dishes, I love it when she wants to help out with chores, makes me think I have done something right in raising her.

After the dishes were done I put on her cartoons as a reward while I got dinner prepped to cook, she does not get to help cook too often I don't like her near the stove and what we had this evening she was not able to help with.  We had cubedsteak and gravy with rice and field peas, Camber loves rice, just plain, bland rice.  She is so silly.  

Right now I am writing this to you and she is finishing up a wonderful show on NickJr. called Mike the Knight, she likes dragons now and is constantly running around "roaring" :).  I hate to have to tell her it is almost bedtime :(.  

Our bedtime routine now consist of brushing our teeth, going potty, saying bedtime prayer, blessing important people in our lives, kisses and hugs, drink of water, and finally cover up with blanket and she might stay in bed.  

I am really going to try harder to capture more pictures of Camber it is just really hard to do when it is just you and her, one I don't want to stop what we are doing to go get the camera, and two mostly I am so into what we are doing that it becomes an afterthought (man, should have gotten a pic of that).

Well we are going to go finish our bedtime routine, have a wonderful evening all.  Unfortunately our location is under a tornado watch until 3 am and it is supposed to start storming around 10 pm I hope she is sound asleep before this happens.

Fun Evening With Neighbors

Good Morning to Everyone and Anyone who reads our little blog.  We had a great time last night at our neighbor's house for a cook out.  Good food, great people and Cake (that would be Camber's input).  Camber got to play with her friends Jayden, Marcus,  and Marquez she had a blast!  We all had Pulled pork(cooked by the wonderful Mr. Fred) Coleslaw, potatoe salad, baked beans, and Homemade Mac and Cheese (made by yours truly) Not only was this a cook out for us to meet their friends from England but is was a surprise baby shower for Brandy, their soon to be daughter in law and another neighbor of all of ours.  We are so greateful for our wonderful neighbors and friends it is nice to know someone is there if you need them.  

This morning started out great and I am looking forward to the rest of the day, hoping it continues to be wonderful day.  It feels like fall out side once again and I am loving it.

Camber woke late this morning, all that running around and playing last night wore her out.   But when she did finally wake she came running into the livingroom where I was sitting and jumped in the chair with me for some mommy-daughter cuddle time!

 A little blurry sorry

 she still looks sleepy

 mommy I am watching cartoons

 Ok I will smile but not looking

After cuddle time she ate breakfast, Poptarts this morning is what she wanted.  She finished breakfast and then it was time to get dressed for school.  I got a few shots of her outfit of choice this morning.  All I can say is she is her mommy's girl.  I lived in overalls when I was little.

 Do not know what the face it for

 still watching cartoons

 Had to get in her way but she smiled

 Oh goodness not a duckface

 she is so cute

I love this outfit!

Well I am gonna get off here for now gotta finish getting ready for work might post some tonight depends on Camber

Our Long Day Out

Today started with Miss Camber waking early, now she does not like to come wake me up so she will get Nana to do it for her, she is so silly.

Ok so after getting up, Nana gave her breakfast as I went to the grocery store to get more cereal and some cinnamon rolls.  Bubba and Ci Ci were waking up at this point.  I get back with all the goodies. And I am told we are going to the flea market today!  Yay last time Camber went she was still a little baby.

On our way we stop at two pawn shops and the salvation army, we are looking for an electric leaf blower for Nana.  

Back on the road again and we driving along and someone has the great idea that fresh, hot donuts are in order! (apparently we all needed a sugar rush). So we whip into Krispy Kreme, now when they say fresh and hot they are not kidding we burned our fingers trying to eat one!

Back to driving to the flea market, we finally arrive and park.  First thing we check out is of course the animals, Camber loved all the little puppies and was fascinated with the baby slider turtles (she just would not touch or hold it).

We then start to walk around, it was not very crowded for a Saturday so we were able to walk around freely.  We found some clothes for Camber two pairs of overalls and some jeans and jean skirts (she picked out an orange flowered shirt).

We then decide that we are ready to eat plus at this point it had started to get hot outside.

So we book it over to Riverside Drive to the Shoppes of RiverCrossing, we decide on eating at Chili's.  The food was yummy!

After eating we decide that we did not walk enough at the flea market so we walk around there for a while going in and out of different shops.

We get back in the car and head to Fresh Market, which has the best desserts in town in their bakery, we pick out some yummy stuff there Camber loves the Pinafores.  Then we head to Kroger to get groceries for dinner, Bubba cooked pork chops on the grill and I made my homemade Mac and cheese, Nana made Baked beans and Camber ate it all!

It was a long and fun day spent with Bubba and CiCi, and little princess is passed out, lets hope she sleeps in a little in the morning.

Mommy Loves you!

Thinking of Fall and things to come!

Camber has been picked up, everything is clean (for now) I have one more load of laundry drying right now then I am done!  Can not believe what I have accomplished on my day off today.  Which now leaves me completely free to enjoy my day off tomorrow with Camber and my family.  We are now waiting on Nana to get home from work and Camber is watching Toy Story 3 it seems to be her favorite movie so far.  

When she is sitting here so quiet and calm I think of what an angel she can be some times.  Then I know her wild side will soon show as soon as the movie is over and then I am chasing her all over the place.

Camber has done great this week on going to the potty with only one accident the entire week at school and that is only because she waited too long and did not make it.  We have to work on this!  At school they send home homework for the week on Monday, and she and I sit down that night usually and go ahead and get it done, it is usually due back at school on Wednesday. 

Today I got to get her papers out of her folder at school, and got some new art work that I may have to scan and post up. Also included in her art work is a weekly chore checklist that we are to do and send back to school on Friday  if she is good and completes the things on the checklist she will get a reward from her teacher.  This is supposed to help her learn responsibility, I have faith that she will accomplish most of the list with little to no arguments a few on there may take some work to get her to do, but we sure will try!

With the way the weather has been lately ( the lovely fall morning feeling) it has me thinking of October and the wonderful things we will get to do as a family!  I can't wait to take her shopping for her Halloween costume, Then we get to get pumpkins to carve, we have the Honey Bee Festival the first weekend in October back home in Hahira, and of course the best part is the Georgia National Fair!  Camber loved the last time we went she saw so many animals and ate wonderful treats there.  Played games and her favorite part was riding a pony!

Here are some pics from last years Fair trip:

  And then we have last year at Halloween we went trick or treating all around Hahira with our cousins and Aunt Sandy Pictured with Camber in costume is her favorite cousin Brianna:

I am so glad that I had the wonderful people in my life to share with us these great times and can not wait to make the new memories this year, I have a feeling it will be the best yet!

Always in our thoughts 

with love,

Camber and Jenn

Introduction

This is my blog about life with Camber.

I am Jennifer, her mom. I am a single working mom, we do live with my mom (Camber's Nana).

I thought this would be cute idea to do, because Camber does some random funny things that I would love to share with everyone.

She is our little princess and diva, and we love her with all our hearts.

I hope you enjoy reading about our adventures with Camber.

So starting where we are now, Camber is three now she just turned three on August 29th.  I am currently (cough) 29.  Camber currently attends a great daycare where she goes to pre-school, and she loves it!

Some of Camber's favorite things now are: Hello Kitty, watching Sprout on T.V. (especially Caliou), she loves books (she always has one in her hands when she is home), she loves most animals (frogs are iffy and so are some bugs).

Camber has her own little attitude and I find myself looking at her at times going Where did you get that from?

She does have a dad and he does his best that he can right now, she gets to see him on weekends mostly.  Her Grandma (dad's mom) comes to get her from school during the week sometimes to take her to play and dinner, Camber loves this time with grandma.

A little more about Camber:

She has light brown hair and green eyes, as far as who she looks like it is about 50/50 people say me and some say her dad I personally see a little bit of my brother in her especially in some of her smiles and when she laughs, she has his laugh. She now weighs 32lbs and is over 3 feet tall. Camber is allergic to milk and egg shells (last one is a little odd) so she drinks soy milk which in all honesty is not that bad.  She has a second cousin who is three days younger than her. (that's right people me and my cousin were pregnant together and even had the same due date)

I would not say Camber is skinny but she is not hefty either, this child has muscles like you would not believe!  She is very active, loves to run around and be chased, climbs everything in sight, and at home loves to ride her little bike.  

She is so smart and I could not be a more proud mommy.  I would be lying if I said she was good all the time, so I wont say that, what I will say is that she is just like me, stubborn, hardheaded, when she is going to do something she will not stop until she does it this is good and bad trait.  Even though she can get on that one last nerve I have sometimes instead of being mad at her she makes me laugh so hard I forget what she did in the first place.

Well I am done for now I will post more later, right now she is at school and I am going to finish getting the house ready.  My Brother (Bubba) and his wife my wonderful sister in law Clara (Ci Ci) are coming from Valdosta to visit with us this weekend, Camber is so excited!

Until later love everyday!