4 Mar 96: Cameron has started using his potty, and he always
checks the results closely. Yesterday, he did his business, then
jumped up and peered inside the potty. “It looks like an
antenna, Dad!” he said.
3 Mar 96: “Dad, can I have something to drink?” “Do you want some milk, Cameron?” “No, milk makes me too hyper.”
2 Mar 96: “Dad, I don't feel good. Can you get me some Tylenol? I have a bad temper.”
17 Feb 96: Cameron was watching Mr. Dressup. He got up, turned off the TV and said, “I don't want to watch that, Dad; it's too violent.”
Mary-Lou was giving Samuel some Tylenol and Cameron wanted some too. Mary-Lou said, “No Cameron; I'm giving some to Samuel because he has a fever.” Cameron said, “I want some too; I have two fevers!”
10 Feb 96: We were driving downtown yesterday and Cameron was pointing out every Metro Transit bus that went by. “Dad, can you buy me my very own bus?” “They're very expensive Cameron; I don't have that much money.” “You don't have enough money, Dad?” “No.” “Let's buy you some more money, Dad. Is that a good plan?”
Cameron has a new favorite toy - a can of Batman scarios. He takes it everywhere. He carries it around and takes it to bed with him. Kind of funny to see him with this tin can all the time. Yesterday he took off all his clothes and put on his winter boots. There he was, nothing but a diaper and boots on, clomping around with a can of pasta tucked under his arm.
8 Feb 96: Cameron broke wind tonite, and said “I burped in my pants.”
7 Feb 96: Cameron has a book about a little girl who lives on a farm. She accidentally opens a gate and lets all the pigs out. She then chases them around, yelling “hey you dumb pigs.” So the other morning Mary-Lou and I were getting ready for work and Cameron was up and puttering around his bedroom. We have a safety gate on his door at nite, and he wanted out. So he said to us, “Hey you dumb pigs, open this gate.”
27 Jan 96: Cameron was telling me, “Shauna gave me some chips and I ate them all. They're down in my heart now.” Here's his latest prayer: “Dear God, help me be a good boy, amen.”
6 Jan 96: I told Cameron today that Samuel's birthday is next Saturday. He said, “No, it's my birthday.” I said, “No, your birthday is in March; Samuel's is in January.” He said, “No, I want January; Samuel can have March.”
31 Dec 95: Samuel managed to press the right button on the VCR and started his videotape. Cameron said, “Oh look Dad, he started it. He's a good man!”
Cameron had me closing my eyes while he got a toy; then I'd open them and he'd say “surprise!” He was taking a long time and I asked him if I could open my eyes now. “Not yet, Dad; just use your imagination.”
30 Dec 95: Yesterday Cameron put his arm around me, stuck his face right up to mine and said, “You want to play with my train, sweetheart?”
28 Dec 95: I had a locksmith over today to install a new gripset on the front door. Cameron had a good long conversation with him. First they talked tools. Cameron said his hammer was just like his. Then his screwdriver, wrench, etc. Then Cameron told him “Samuel's started walking now.” The guy must have been wondering who Samuel was. Then he said, “Daddy snores whenever he goes to bed.”
18 Dec 95: We heard a loud bang outside the house this morning. Cameron said, “What was that!?” I said, “I don't know; it must have been a truck or something.” He replied, “I wonder what it was. It doesn't make any sense, Dad.”
17 Dec 95: Cameron wanted me to play his Old McDonald CD-ROM, but I told him I had to fix the computer so it would run under Windows 95. “Fix it now, Daddy.” “Soon, Cameron.” “You need your saw?” “No, Cameron, I don't fix my computer with a saw; I use my brain.” “What brain, Dad?”
16 Dec 95: I asked Cameron this morning if he wanted to go with me to Mic Mac Mall. He said, “Umm, no Dad, I have to work on my taxes.”
12 Dec 95: Cameron was “helping” me put Christmas lights up tonight. I got a set out, then started trying to untangle them. They were in a real mess. Cameron said, “Oh Dad, what have we gotten ourselves into?”
9 Dec 95: Cameron was having a hard time getting his sneakers on, so he said, “Dad, I need some assistance.”
Cameron and I were over to visit Nanny this afternoon. Cameron asked her, “Do you have a treat?” She said, “A tree; no I couldn't be bothered with a tree this year.” Cameron just looked at her trying to figure out how anyone could not bother with treats for a whole year.
6 Dec 95: Cameron was having a bath tonight and he didn't want me to let the water out. Every time I pulled the plug he'd put it back in. I tried for about the tenth time when he said, “One more time and you go to your room, Dad.”
21 Nov 95: Cameron was rubbing his nose tonight; I think it was itchy. Then he said, “My nose is killing me, Dad.”
21 Nov 95: When Samuel was born, he brought a present for Cameron when he came home from the hospital: a toy piano. Cameron often asks who bought him his piano, and I always tell him that Samuel did when he was a little baby. The other day he asked again, “Who bought this piano, Daddy?” I said, “Samuel bought that for you, Cameron.” He answered, “When he was just a young man?”
17 Nov 95: Cameron was watching a Bugs Bunny cartoon and said “I don't want to watch this Daddy; it's making me nervous.”
13 Nov 95: Cameron's and Samuel's doctor's office moved downtown. We took them for a check-up Wednesday night, but we weren't sure where the new office was - only that it was on King Street. After driving up then down King Street, Cameron said, “This is King Street, Daddy?” I answered, “Yes, Cameron.” After a bit more searching he said, “Where's the king, Daddy?”
29 Oct 95: Cameron and I were playing this morning and I rolled over and played dead. Cameron said “Mommy we have to get a new Daddy; this one's dead.”
19 Oct 95: Cameron said “Daddy, the problem is, I want some apple juice.”
15 Oct 95: Cameron was “helping” me fix a footstool this weekend. I was drilling holes for screws, and every time I'd run the drill he'd cover his ears with his hands and say “I have to plug in my ears!”