Cameron gave me quite a laugh today.  He was watching his morning cartoon.  This morning it happened to be Batman.  The bad guy on the show turned himself into a man/bat and was flying around with Batman hanging on, trying to defeat said bad guy...or bat. 

Suddenly, Cameron said, "Mom! That bat doesn't use echolocation. Batman just covered his eyes and he ran into a wall, so he must use his eyes."

Have we studied bats? No

Have we studied echolocation? Sort of.

We did a lapbook on whales.  Whales, like almost all bats, use echolocation. 

Apparently the mad scientist who changed himself into a giant man-bat forgot to add that important part about echolocation.  Good thing for Batman though.

A philosophy of Charlotte Mason is exposure to great literature, good music, and the arts.  So I've been playing a classical station on our AOL radio during the times that Cameron is working on math and copywork.  It gives us the name of the song as well as the artist.  Cameron has been very interested in the names of the songs.  I can barely remember the names from one to the other on some of them but it is about exposure. 

Just now, while Cameron was working on his copywork, I turned on the radio and was working on something in the same room.  He informed me that the song had changed.  I said I didn't think it had but I would go check.  Well it in fact had changed.  He is noticing the differences, even to two similar songs, both with piano and violins.  So I congratulated him on his keen observation, then read him the title and artist.

"Divertimento in B-flat by Wolfgang Amedaus Motzart"

He tries out the words himself.  Then informs me that B-flat is the same as A-sharp (which it is).  How did he know this?  He's been very curious about the piano and even though he is taking lessons, he hasn't learned this yet.  But he asks lots of curious questions about the pieces I am playing.  In all those questions he must have asked a question about flats and sharps.  I had forgotten.  But he remembered and it has stuck with him.

Just had to share what exposure and curiosity can do to a child...to the positive of course.  But this also comes as a warning to me too.  He is exposed to way more than I would want him to.  I also need to keep his healthy curiosity filled with good things. 

My sweet little man is SICK.  My Dad, Pa, gave him an early birthday present.  The flu! 

Monday was his 7th birthday. 

Each year, I take a "birth moment" picture.  He was born at 3:08 in the afternoon so it is really easy.  This year he was sacked out, under covers, with a fever. 

Happy 7th birthday!!

Today in science we were reading reading about stars.  I told him that before we had all this technology that people used the stars to guide them and give them direction.

Cameron's response, "Yeah, but now we have Tom-Tom"

We don't have Tom-Tom but apparently he remebers the commercial. 

Do your children crack you up as much as mine does me?  Here are some of the funny things that he has said lately.

As I was helping him dress one Sunday morning Cameron noticed that I had nose hair.  I guess he was in the perfect position to view right up my nose.  I explained to him that everyone has hair in their nose.  God put it there to help filter out dust and other things.

Cameron said, "Well Jesus didn't have nose hair!"  Sorry son, He did indeed have nose hair.  LOL

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Cameron handed me a hard boiled egg.  "Mama, can you hatch this egg for me."

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Watching a video the other day, a father was trying to help his daughter make a decision.  He asked her was in her heart.

Cameron, without missing a beat, said, "Sin!"

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A while ago, Cameron and I, for some reason were discussing a home fire.  Cameron said that he would grab Peter and Puddles, his two stuffed animal dogs, because he would be very sad if he lost them.  "Oh, and you too Mama."  Yeah!  I made his list.

I told Cameron we would need to stop and get gas in the car before church this morning.

"Well, the radio in my room said that gas prices are coming down."

I didn't even know he had a radio in his room and if he did, that he knew how to turn it on.  Hopefully it is just the news station.  ROFL

Cameron had been complaining about the tightness of his tennis shoes for a few days.  I couldn't believe that he needed new shoes already.  I had bought them a little bit bigger so that he could wear them longer.  But you know children and growth spurts and all that.

So I had a few dollars that I was hoping to find a good deal for new shoes.  In the store I asked Cameron to hand me one of his shoes so I could look at it and find what size they were.

I found the size, and something else.  In both shoes there was almost a full measuring cup of sand!!!

No wonder they didn't fit. 

All is good now and no new shoes are needed for awhile.

I missed church yesterday due to my illness and that means that there is no missionary for Mission Monday.  Instead I will entertain you all with how Cameron has been making me laugh.

Goldfish:  A lovely little creek runs beside our home and you can get a pretty good look at it from the window at the landing to the second floor.  Cameron was passing by the window and saw a neat site.

"MOM!!!!  I saw a gold fish!  A real gold fish!  It was swimming up the creek!!!  It was a real gold fish and it wasn't made of cheese!"

Guinea pigs: "Mom, I don't know why they are called pigs.  I "oinked" right at them and didn't do anything but look right back at me. Like this."  (Wide eyed stare with a blink, blink.)

Babyshower: I recently went to a baby shower for a lady at church.  Cameron was very excited about the coming even because he was going to get to play with the Pastors two boys.

"Mom, how many more days until I go to play with T & S and you go give that baby a bath?"

Bananas:  Cameron recently learned that bananas are not technically considered fruit.  They are considered herbs.

C: Mom, can I have an herb

M: (thinking for a moment and then chuckling) Sure you can.

C: Do you know what I mean?

M: Yes, you want a banana. (laughing)

C: (laughing) Yes!

M: (Moving towards the desk to write down the funny conversation.  I do this often.)

C: Mom, that was funny.  You should write that one down.

M: (laughing) That's exactly what I was going to do.

C: (Heard from kitchen getting his banana) Mom, can I have an herb?  Sure.  Do you know what I mean? Yes, a banana.  Isn't that funny one mom?

Two professions have come to the forefront this last week.  As we were practicing his new memory verse, instead of saying, "...teach me thy paths." he said, with confidence and vigor, "...teach me BYPASS."  A heart surgeon in the making?

The second would have to be the President.  I was informed that if he did run for president, it is written in the law books somewhere that, because I am his mother, I must vote for him...it's the law.

In cleaning out The Room (see my clutter posts) we came across a wildlife binder.  Cameron has been throughly enjoying it.  He has looked through it several times.  I showed him where each animal had a map of the world and it was red where that animal lived.  Constantly all day it is "MOM! guess what lives where we do?  Skunks!  We can see skunks."  "Oh, no that doesn't live close enough to us."

He again was perusing the animals when I heard, "Praise the Lord we don't have any of those around here, they're dangerous!"

It was a lion. LOL

Don't you just love the funny things that children say?  As we were practicing all our "Monday Verses" today, Cameron made a slip up.  And I am sorry to tell you but there is a recall on humans.  LOL

"Fear not for I have redeemed thee, I have recalled thee by name..."  Isaiah 43:1 in the Gospel according to Cameron

...and an old broken cassette/CD/radio...

Today my 4 year old nephew stayed at our house.  I sat him down and did school right along with him. He seemed o enjoy it. I had a worksheet for them both to do and they both listened very well to the Bible story and read-alouds.  In fact, school seemed to go faster with him here.  And we didn’t’ skimp on anything.

After school the two boys went off to play.  After holding our guinea pigs Cameron took him to the bathroom to wash their hands (a rule in our house after handling the girls).  From the bathroom I hear snippets of conversation.

 “No, that’s a boy, This one is a girl, see?”  “No it’s this one”

WHAT in the world are those too talking about and looking at.  I had no clue.  Then, music to my ears, “Let’s go ask my mom, she knows about this kind of thing,” I hope to be able to keep that attitude for a LONG time.  I’m sure there may come a day when he is no longer comfortable discussing certain topics with me, but for now and some time to come, it feels great that I am the expert on such matters.  I’ve always answered his questions, which there haven’t been terribly many, with open and honest answers.  I think children feed off us if we are uncomfortable with certain topics…anyway, I digress.

Cameron comes down with two of his bath toys.  To big plastic, life-like cows, who are “anatomically” correct.  They were arguing over who was the boy cow and who was the girl cow.  I was able to set the record straight by pointing out the udder and discussing about that was where the milk for the baby and farmer came from, and that only girl cows can give milk.  The boy cow didn’t have an udder.

We talked more.  I do have to say though that I don’t think it should be called the birds and the bees at our house.  More questions and discussions are stemmed from cows at our house than anything else.  Interesting.  LOL

What does snowing have to do with lizards?

Well, when you are 5, missing your 4 front teeth, don't know the right word and are really, really excited about all the snow falling outside...it's a lizard!

I was sure to make a big deal over each and every one because I really do like these types of gifts. I don't need the big expensive bouquets and lavish arrangements.  A jar full of dandelions, to me, says, "I was thinking about you and wanted to tell you how much I love you."

One would think that with the cold weather that my flower getting time is at a standstill.  But it has just changed the form of my flowers.

Here is a picture Cameron drew of me, with a flowers on my dress, "Because I know how much you like flowers, Mama." (and I just noticed that I'm drawn in green, which he knows is my favorite color.)

A picture of me with a lovely flower.  See my happy face.

A very important message from CAMERON with a picture of him giving me a flower to make me smile.

I love these surprises That I have gotten this week as much as the real life flowers.