Camden is our silly child and he will tell you that. As every child is different, he is not his brother! Camden talked late compared to Nathan (which is probably just normal!), but when he started, he hasn't stopped. When Nathan was his age we were amazed at his intelligence because he has such a good memory and could tell you facts of any subject that he was interested in that week (we went through several topics from sharks to NASCAR). Nathan was also easy to teach his memory verses to in Cubbies. Camden on the other hand would rather be building something. When I am working with him on learning a verse, I will say part, have him repeat, say another part, have him repeat, and so forth. Then I will say the first part in hopes that he will say the whole verse. For example, me: God loved us; Camden: God loved us; me: finish it; Camden: finish it. Sigh. He has improved, but his skills are in other areas. He can put together very hard puzzles for his age and loves to build things. He also is good at adding numbers. And his ability at writing and coloring is much higher than Nathan's was at his age. But his talking is what I want to put down in this post for me to remember.
He can come up with the craziest things. He loves opposites. He likes to say things that are the opposite of what he feels or what he knows. There is one song that we have on a CD called the sharing song. It goes something like this..."It's more fun to share with everyone." But he sings "It's more fun to take from everyone." He also had been saying "Mommy's stinkio". This was to the tune of "Something Beautiful". If I gave him the eye in time he would stop after saying "Mommy's...", pause and meekly say "...beautiful". He really is a stinker!
At his preschool this year there are two 3-K teachers. He likes to tease his teacher all the time. He first started when he would tell her that he wanted to be in the other teacher's class (I really think this was prompted by the little girl he liked being in the other class!). Then she said that every time she leaves the room, just to stand in the hallway, he announces to the class that "we don't have a teacher!" and the whole class gets to acting silly. I think class clown would be an apt description! He started taking CD's to school on Fridays. This was without me knowing about it, but apparently the teacher didn't mind. At their Easter party, he had slipped one in his bag (Veggietales Sing the Eighties) and while the kids were sitting there eating their party food, Camden puts the CD in, turns up the volume and starts to dance! And other kids start too! All I have to say about that is, that was the most fun preschool party that I have attended! (And for a video of him dancing in church preschool, check out my Facebook where my friend Tara posted a video of him!)
Other things that he says a lot include "I will not" whenever I tell him not to do anything. He is a fairly obedient child!
And in keeping with the opposite theme, he told my mom once that he wanted to miss her. He has also told me and Dave that. But then I heard him on the phone with her telling her in his sweet voice, "I don't want to keep missing you".
The last thing I am going to include in this post (one that I have been working on since the middle of May), is that he has started quoting movies. I have had several patients whose parents tell me that their child can recite some entire movie. My thought to that is, how much have the been watching it!?! I guess I have to eat my words/thoughts (didn't speak it out loud!). Camden can do the same for his movie of the week or month. Especially after a Toy Story marathon in the car on the way to Memphis! He especially likes Toy Story 2. He will randomly say "I was a yoyo" or "My biscuits are burning." Of course saying the latter quote right after he tooted may have been accurate! But my favorite is his imitation of Mrs. Potato Head packing Mr. Potato Head in the outtakes during the credits of Toy Story 2. He even sounds like her! So I videotaped it...enjoy!
