I am pleased to announce, that my awesome little brother has officially joined the web world! *applause applause*
Please, make him smile! Go check it out and leave a comment! When asked what he planned for future posts, he responded, "a little bit of everything." This will most likely include (but is not limited to) interesting rants, story ideas, lego creations, and pictures of whatever takes his fancy. He is also planning to post pictures from summer camp.
Here's the link: http://camsamazingadventures.blogspot.com/
Cam saw this blue popcorn at the grocery and we simply had to have it! I mean, what could possibly be more awesome than BLUE popcorn?!? (It reminded me of Blue's Clues all the way.)
And it turned our mouths and fingers blue! I feel like a child again! <3
For school, Cam made a model of a human cell out of cake and various candies. I've labeled all the parts for you. Isn't that neat though? I never did that when I learned about cells... =)
We also went out to dinner tonight and Cam ordered a monster Chimichanga (which is basically like a fried burrito) and it was seriously bigger than his face! Not even kidding. He didn’t even get through a fourth of the thing!
There are two ways of getting what you want when talking reasonably doesn't work. And those two ways are: bribery and oppression.
So I was trying to convince Cam to sing "Lean on Me" for the Chet talent show that's coming up in April. But he refused. Why? I don't know. But the fact is; he refused. And then you have me over here, desperate for him to sing with me. Because I can just picture all the beautiful harmonies and how amazing it would sound and everything in my head... And I'm trying to figure out what to do.
I asked if I could possibly bribe him and he said it depended on what it was... Then, within that same hour, he asked if he could have one of my otter pops (which Milea gave me for my birthday.) I was like, "mmmm... will you sing with me in the talent show?" And he looks at me with the I-can't-believe-my-own-sister-would-use-this-against-me face and he goes, "No!!" So I didn't let him have any of my otter pops until he said yes. (But this was just something I'd decided in my head.)
While I was discussing my dilemma with Dad, he suggested I use brute force. "Oppression!" he said. Violence. "Tickle him until he says yes!" he offered... I told him I'm too nice to do that. And he'd probably wet himself before he said 'yes.'
So I thought and thought and in the end, I convinced him by promising to buy him something at intermission. And that worked. I also might've said a certain something about a certain someone which I probably shouldn't mention on this blog... But I promise you, it wasn't blackmail! Cross my heart. It was just a little...prompting!!
In any case, it worked and he obliged me by singing with me. Ah the beauty. Oh, the harmony. The sweet loveliness of our voices blended together in (almost) perfect unison... It was angelic, I tell you.
It was a little rocky at first but it had the beginnings of something great. I sent a recording to a few people and Joe said it was "beast" (whatever that means in today's modern language.) Kerri said he did a great job sticking down the melody.
When we got up for the sound check, Cam was super nervous and he started missing some of the notes. He would get confused by my harmony and go completely flat... Dad told him to plug his ear and we sung the chorus and he sung it perfectly!! So he did that the whole time through. And IT. WAS. AWESOME!!!! I was so happy!! And it was so so SO much fun!! I bought Cam his nachos at intermission and he was a happy boy.
He really did a great job. Here's the video to prove it (if it'll load correctly, that is.)-
I would recommend closing your eyes and listening, but that's just me. I find it distracting that I keep looking right at the camera. But I swear I wasn't!! I was looking at Kerri! Because she has the most encouraging smile you ever saw. Especially when you're performing. Love that gal.
To summarize, the talent show was tons of fun and Cameron did an excellent job!! Wouldn't you agree?
note: I tried to upload the video about four times and no dice. It's just been taking forever to load!! :( I'm trying to upload it to You Tube and embed the video but even that's taking forever. I don't know what's wrong! I'm sorry.
I did it!! I managed to get the video uploaded to you tube and posted here!! However, the video is unlisted so you can't find it on You Tube without the URL.
He is discovering the wonderful world of having a first zit. Today, he said funny things like:
"Ahh!! What is it?" (initial reaction)
"I hate this!!!" (after it hurt because he was poking it.)
and
"When will it go away?!"
We told him that it will probably take a few days for it to go away and he needs to start washing his face. I told him not to touch it. Did he listen to me? Not really. Did he listen to Dad when Dad said not to touch it? Yep. What is up with that? (You'd think he'd listen to an expert. Maybe it's a man thing.. Who knows?)
The talent show approaches!! We practiced our singing for the old folks at Hundred Palms and it went really well. Looking forward to Friday!!!
So Cam asked real nicely if I would play basketball with him and I consented. So he led me to a basketball court at a nearby church about ten minutes away. It would've been longer but we took a shortcut through some alleys.
As you may or may not be able to tell, the basketball hoops were very... short. All the same, we had a rousing game with much yelling, fouling, cheating, and running up and down the court.
We were pretty evenly matched. I was tall enough to dunk the ball in the hoop, but nice enough that I shot from further away. And missed. A lot.
Our game was even complete with a "halftime" break during which Cam collapsed on the ground. It was a hot sunday afternoon and we only ended up playing for about half an hour. Next time, I say we play half court.
Thought this would amuse you folks! Cameron singing, "I Want to Rock and Roll" at the Coffin's this evening. We were having a guys night (plus me) while all the women had their gift exchange! Apologies for the terrible lighting! Also, just as a side- you don't have to watch the whole thing. It's towards the end of the song so he's singing the same thing over and over.
