And just like that, he's three

Mason is three - can you believe it?! He likes to remind us by saying "I'm a little big". He has grown so much over the last year it's unbelievable.

We had an awesome birthday celebration for him that lasted from sun up to sun down. To add to the excitement, Zach and Grandma were here visiting. As part of the birthday celebration we were able to go to a special VIP screening of CARS 2 (Mason's first movie at the theater). He was ecstatic :)

HaPpY BiRtHdAy MaSoN !



Web slinging



Presents!



Make a wish!



House Hunters

House hunting is...exhausting. It starts out super fun, but somewhere along the 500th house, it bites.

We started on a new house hunting search about 2 months ago. Still. Nothing.

I don't know what all this info on the news is about, saying the housing market is so terrible. Not in the area we are looking. Houses are selling like hotcakes.

Our Realtor asked us how long we'd been looking for a house. I think we scared him a bit when we said "4 years". Ooops. 4 years, in 3 different states and we still don't feel any closer.

The boys have seen our realtor so much they have come to really like him. Spence asked the other day while we were out hunting "What if we were Brian's kids?" (Brian is our realtor). I said, "well, then you wouldn't be our kids" and he said "Well what if I was his kid and Mase was still your kid?"

Uhhhh, perhaps a little too much time house hunting.

Hopefully we'll find something soon. We are sick of looking.

We'll keep you posted.

habits

Spencer is obsessed with bars of soap. I think it's the texture and when it's super wet it allows him to create...or something. Whatever the reason, he cannot leave it alone. He scratches it, claws it, breaks it in half, (or into little pieces) and recently put a perfect hole in the center of a new bar of soap - all the way through I might add. And for some reason, it irritates me to no end.

Mason on the other hand is obsessed with peeling paper off of crayons. When we are working on art projects, there is Mason, peeling paper. Funny thing is, he denies it. Yesterday Spencer and I were coloring (he recently had to get his own new crayons so we could always identify the color we needed). Anyhow, Mason was using his crayons and wanted some of the new ones. (Maybe he was drawn to the neatly wrapped paper). We told him no, because of his peeling problem. He was in the midst of peeling paper and said "I don't do that." Spencer called him out and said "We can see you doing it right now Mase"...and still denied it.

Some habits are just hard to break :)

busy doesn't even begin to describe it

2 year olds are busy. True statement.

Mason is extremely busy.

The other night, much after his bedtime, I go to check on him. I see his door is open and the closet light is on. I thought he may have fallen asleep with the light on and go into his room to turn it off. I round the corner and there he is, sitting on his bedroom floor with clothes that had been out of reach in his closet, spread all across the floor. He had his pajamas off and was putting on some super warm Lightening McQueen pants. I go into his closet and discover that he has pushed his Mr. Potato Head tote into his closet to give him a boost so he could reach the previously unreachable 'winter' clothes pile.

Two days ago he decided to roll one of Micah's insulin bottles on the counter - which inadvertently fell on the floor and broke. He then attempted to hide the evidence and cover his tracks. He woke me up reeking like insulin. Have you ever smelled insulin? It's the worst, most indescribable smell known to man. After 20 questions I pieced together the story and learned he had decided to pick up the little piece of broken glass - and throw it away himself. Really?! After a much deserved time out, lecture and 20 minute hand scrubbing (again, insulin stinks!) I thought we were out of the woods for a few days.

Yesterday I go into the bathroom to check on him and see the chapstick is all rolled out, smashed, with the lid half on. He denies touching it, but I find chunks of chapstick all over him.

Tonight I wander over to the computer - the first thing I notice: a nice little ink drawing from Mason. Left, you guessed it, on the computer monitor! Thanks to Google I was able to remove it, but still!

Never a dull moment :)

questions

Lately we have been fielding questions left and right. It's to be expected with 4 and 2 year olds...but there are just so many! Here is a sampling:

What does a cockroach drink?

How did God make concrete?
How does an eagle fly?
Why does that scary monkey (aka Big Foot) have hair on his face?
How do wings work?
Why are feathers those colors?
What does a cheetah drink?
How does the sun move?

Where do lizards sleep?
How is dirt made?
What does a fly drink?
How old is that shark?
....etc, etc, etc

best. thing. ever.

Being a mother is such an amazing experience - and I'm here to say that all of the cliches are true. I definitely didn't realize how much my children would teach me about myself, about love and about life. The greatest gifts I have ever received are my two little boys. To all of the other moms out there:

happy mother's day!