For me birthday time always means "look back time" so here are some of Cameron's professional pictures taken over the last 6 years. His "at home" birthday pictures were posted last year on his birthday 
Cameron is 5
Cameron is 4
Cameron is 3.jpg)
Cameron is 2
Cameron is 1
Cameron is 6 months old
Cameron is 1 month old
And, one of my favorite Cameron pictures was taken for Valentine's Day when he was just 6 months old.....
(He's going to hate me for this one when he gets older!)
The finished work bench.....
Next, Jeff had a pile of rocks delivered and dumped on the driveway that had to be moved and spread in the front flower beds. Before spreading, though, we needed weed fabric -- we do not want to see any weeds popping up through these rocks!
Here's the rock and the workers.....
The finished flower beds.....
Not only did dad help out on a few projects, but he mowed the lawn several times also. I was especially thankful for that since Jeff is out-of-town and I would have been the one doing it.
Thanks dad for all of your help!
There was a fake cow to milk.....
And there was face painting -- or in our case arm painting.....
The trip home from school wasn't quite as good. His drop-off time was suppose to be 3 o'clock so at about 5 minutes to 3:00 Rena and I headed outside to wait (Maleah was napping). At about 3:10 the bus pulled into our neighborhood, but was only letting the kids off that lived on the other side of the street. So, Cameron was suppose to ride the bus around the whole neighborhood until he could exit the bus right in front of our house. All of this sounded fine except that when the bus got to our house -- it just kept right on going!!! I was standing out there in our driveway with my camera all ready for a picture, waving to Cameron -- and the bus just kept on driving. I then, of course, started running down the sidewalk waving and yelling to the bus, but it still just kept right on going. After I made a phone call to the school and the school made a phone call to the bus driver Cameron arrived safely home at about 3:35.
He looked a little shaken up and worried, but was ok. Hopefully tomorrow will go a little smoother!
The day started today with Cameron's favorite breakfast -- pancakes! He decided that since he is now 6 years old that he is probably old enough to flip his own pancake. So, here he is flippin' his own pancake at 6 o'clock this morning!
After breakfast it was time to head to school. He will be in the afternoon kindergarten class for the year, but on this first day he had to be there at 7:45 in the morning. He's dressed in his favorite Star Wars t-shirt and ready to go.
Here he is out front of the school. He's there (with his Star Wars backpack on), but not quite ready to go in yet.
Here he is in the building -- outside of his classroom......still not quite ready to join the class yet.
And, here he is when he finally HAD to join the class. He was a little scared and nervous, but he had a GREAT first day and is ready to go back tomorrow!
While Cameron was at school the girls and I made some cupcakes to celebrate Cameron's birthday.
After school we went to McDonald's for lunch and then back home for a few more presents. Oh my -- more Star Wars!
Here's Cameron thanking Rena with a big hug for getting him the Obi-Wan Kenobi that he's "been dying to get"!
Time for a final celebration............cupcakes and ice-cream with the neighbors!
Cameron with his friend Joey that lives right across the street.
Cameron with his friend Zachary that also lives across the street -- right next to Joey!
It was a busy, fun day for Cameron -- he had a great 6th birthday and survived his first day of kindergarten!!
Cameron loved the first gift from The Ortiz's -- a Star Wars Battle Pack!
The second gift from The Ortiz's was just as great as the first -- a Star Wars Transformer.
Then we moved on to a gift sent from the McCullough's -- a Star Wars Lego set and a Star Wars game for the Playstation. Cameron was definitely loving his birthday right now -- and there was even more to come.......
Next, it was 2 Lego Star Wars sets from Grandma and Grandpa Keyes!
And finally, he ended the gift opening for the night with a Star Wars poster and a Star Wars book from Jeff and I. WOW -- he was in heaven!!!
After opening gifts we moved inside for some cake and ice-cream. And, what theme do you think Cameron chose for his cake??? YUP, Star Wars -- what better way to celebrate then with a light saber birthday cake.......
After cake and ice-cream Cameron had to decide which Stars Wars gift to open first. They all ended up getting opened and he immediately started in on one of the Lego sets..........
Everyone joined in on the Lego's -- the girls used Cameron's old lego's to build themselves ships.
After a little bit of inside playing we moved back outdoors for one more present...........
.........a brand-new bike --- RED, Cameron's favorite color.
Cameron was really excited about his new bike and jumped right on. Only problem was that this new bike is not only bigger than his old bike, but it stops differently -- it has hand brakes whereas his old bike brakes by pedaling backwards. He did great riding the bike, but when it came to stopping the first time he forgot what to do and he ran straight into the light post that is in our front yard. Of course when he hit the light post with the front tire the bike stopped fast and he slid forward and landed pretty hard on the bar...........which as you can imagine did not feel good! So, it took a little bit of a "pep talk" by Jeff, but Cameron got back on the bike and tried again. This time Jeff ran along beside him until he was comfortable starting, riding and stopping on his own.
It was a good birthday for Cameron -- he LOVES his new red bike and all of his new Star Wars things!
