Mason

I cannot believe I haven't updated in four months! This is going to be hard to catch up. I think I will start with some cute things that I've been collecting that the kids say 'cuz they're all ready and hopefully add some pics from our last four months with brief commentary for our blog book's sake hopefully soon.

Mason is our big 4-year-old! He loves making traps, talking with adults, preschool, writing his name, drawing, catching snakes, and making friends every time we go to the park. Here is a taste of what we get to enjoy from our Mason daily:

After i told them to clean up the playroom for Daddy's b-day "Carter-we need to put these puzzles away and QUICK! Hurry run into the living room and get those two puzzle pieces." This is followed by Carter running as fast as he can into the living room and then running just as quickly back clutching the two puzzle pieces.

Looking at Carter who was carrying our lunch bag that was kind of big and heavy for him to be carrying "you look bad, Carter" when I reprimanded him for saying that he then said "you don't look strong."

Mason: "Mommy, I need a piece of cheese this long (showing me about 2 inches with his fingers) to tie to the end of this rope." Mommy (stifling a giggle) "REally? Why do you need cheese?" Mason- "to catch a mouse!"

On the way home from church "Mommy, while you were enjoying church i put that yellow thing in your bag." (I have no idea what the yellow thing was.)

Organizes Carter to make a rhino, alligator, mouse, and snake trap in the backyard. THen he decides to make a cheetah trap. He told us he needs to buy a chain to chain it to the tree when he catches it so he can keep it

"Me and Levi taught our friend in the glasses a lesson." (about two weeks after our family reunion) Me: "What was that." "at first he was mean to us, but we taught him that friendship matters!"

"Is that a panda trap?" to our neighbor boy who was playing with a big bounce-back baseball net. (We have not been talking about pandas or anything recently, he just thought it was the right shape for one. )

"Did you know that in Star Wars, there're these cool-lookin' swords called light sabers? PRetty neat, huh?"

Carter was crying and I asked Mason why. He replies matter of factly, "because i just used him as a teddy bear."