my middle boy

the other day cameron and i had a rare treat. he had the day off from school. kira was gone. caleb was at preschool. it was just me and him. alone, alone, alone. 🙂 we started out by going to carrow’s for breakfast. my boy scarfed down 4 kid sized pancakes and some sausages. after that, i asked him what he wanted to do- and he said, "something you enjoy". (awwwwwwww!) we ended up going home and making homemade halloween decorations.

the crazy thing about the whole thing is that we don’t get enough time alone. i know it’s something each of my kids need/want…but it gets pushed aside. it gets forgotten. then when the time comes, you are like, we need to do that more often. it’s so important. especially in a big family. i know each kid needs that one on one. kira is very open about it, and states to us plenty of times that she needs it. cam does when it comes to playing football with dad. and caleb and i get it practically everyday. but cam and i hardly every get it. i could count on my single hand how many times we have done something special like that, just the two of us. that is so not right. he’s my middle child. kira and caleb are such extroverts– the oldest and youngest (for now). cam is an introvert and usually so low maintenance. i take advantage of that sometimes.

that morning, cameron kept holding my hand. telling me how happy he was. counting the hours/minutes till we had to pick up caleb…not wanting our time to run out. this boy is so sweet. and i definitely need to go on dates with him more often.