While Cameron was in Leicester on Saturday, we took the other kids to Regents park for a long scooter ride. It was a foggy, gloomy day but the park was still as lovely as ever. It was Richard's first time there, and he loved it. We walked and played at playgrounds and ate a picnic lunch.
On a Friday in March Cameron went with his school class to Leicester (pronounced "Lester"), north of London for an overnight trip to the National Space Centre. He had a great time, and got to do/see/learn some cool things. All the kids have been learning about space at school because Tim Peake, the first British astronaut, is currently on board the International Space Station. (As an interesting side note- he ran the London Marathon on a treadmill from the ISS. He ran the 26.2 miles in 3 hours and 35 minutes and traveled around the earth twice while doing so. I'm impressed.) While Cameron was in Leicester on Saturday, we took the other kids to Regents park for a long scooter ride. It was a foggy, gloomy day but the park was still as lovely as ever. It was Richard's first time there, and he loved it. We walked and played at playgrounds and ate a picnic lunch. Regents Park is so big that even though I've been before, each time I go I see new places, new playgrounds, and new water fowl. The sun came out a few times and it ended up being a lovely Saturday outing.
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There is something so painful about being mediocre at things. I feel like these are good enough to not count as a Pinterest fail, but not good enough to qualify them as a Pinterest success. Oh well. She's adorable and I just am what I am with a camera and photo editing.
I took these when she was 10 days old. I miss her tiny-ness. Funny story. This morning as I sat down to write this post I realized that 115 of my photos were missing from their location on my computer. The missing photos included pictures from Cameron's birthday. I spent an hour freaking out and trying to recover them, and then finally called Adobe to help me find them in my Lightroom app, and at last we recovered them. It was a relief, but sadly, there were only TWO pictures from Cameron's birthday. Oops. Sorry buddy.
Cam's birthday was just two days after Eli's, six days after Amirah's birth, and 8 days after Simon's birthday, so I'll cut myself some slack. The highlight of his birthday was that Baca Bird was flying in that afternoon, so after lunch Richard took the four older kids to drive to Heathrow to pick her up. While they were gone I baked blueberry scones, per Cameron's request, but I forgot about them and they were burned. I cried. But no worries, because we went to Pizza Express for dinner and their dessert options weren't lacking. We came home, opened a few gifts, and let Cameron stay up late to watch whatever installment of Harry Potter movies he was currently on. Cameron is definitely hitting the tween years, with some mood swings and new feels, but Richard seems to have found his parenting niche, and the two of them can talk through anything. His heart is so good, and he really wants to do the right thing, and be validated for it. He is really helpful with the younger kids, especially Amirah, and I appreciate the example he sets for them too. He still loves every kind of fruit there is, and every sport too. He was converted to soccer while we lived in England, but I know once Autumn rolls around he'll get back on board with college football. He can have his nervous moments, but mostly he is very friendly and brave and I know this will help him when he starts a new school in September. He is a curious kid, a great conversationalist and one of his best talents is that he tries really hard to engage with adults and little kids alike. In the last year he got hooked on Harry Potter, and his birthday present from Richard and I was to go to the Motion Picture Studios where the movies were filmed. Cam is affectionate, has a fantastic memory and is always quick to apologize. We love you Cama-lama! Amirah was born on Saturday, and Eli's birthday was just four days later, on Wednesday. So we were still in those dream-like first days, and the kids were out of school for term break. I don't remember much about the day, but I did have the birthday presents wrapped and ready ahead of time. We went out to dinner at Nando's, which is just around the corner from our house and made homemade coconut ice cream with chocolate cake. I was just telling Lori the other day that Eli is a "white" through and through in the Color Code Personality categories. See here. He is "undemanding, accommodating, comfortable alone and drama free." But that means he also "resents pressure, is uncomfortable socially, doesn't complete tasks, and can be indifferent."
In my own words, Eli spends a lot of time in his own world. He is easily distracted, but wonderfully self-entertained. He is totally low-maintenance, so long as I'm not in a hurry. He is very bright, can be caught reading books late at night or when he should be otherwise engaged, and has a clever sense of humor. He is starting to recognize his own limits too, for example he knows he shouldn't read Harry Potter books right before bed and he'll walk out of the room if a movie gets too scary. Eli has a compassionate heart, he hates to see others suffer and he hates to see other people be embarrassed or hurt. Eli is an introvert, but he has a quiet self-confidence and matter-of-fact approach to who he is, strengths and weaknesses. He likes sports, mostly soccer, and he will spend hours sorting his football (soccer) cards. He also likes musical instruments and computer/ipad games. His favorite foods are pizza, crepes and chicken wings. We love our thoughtful and inquisitive Eli-Pie. |
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