This website was originally dedicated to Mason, but with the addition of our new son Reid Matthew, it is now a brother blog. Enjoy the updates of our kids.
Mason and I were digging in the dirt around his playground area to level it out before I put mulch down. This was the conversation:
Mason: Daddy, this is a lot of hard work!
Daddy: I know buddy, but it will be really cool when it’s all done.
Mason: Daddy, this is really messy…. who made this dirt Daddy?
Daddy: God made the dirt.
Mason: Oooh, well God made a really big mess Daddy!
Daddy: Hahaha, yes I suppose he did.
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Reflective Moment: To us it may seem God made a really big mess sometimes, but when we work to glorify Him, we soon realize the mess is really His beautiful creation given to us as a gift to use in any way we wish.
And I do mean skinny. Mason is such a riot and never does what you’d expect he would. This was a short vacation to Florida with the Hoggatts, and even though it is Florida, January isn’t necessarily warm. The pool was hanging around 56 deg. That’s as cold as cave water if you’ve ever had the chance to take a dip.
Website update: Click on the “Mason Stories” category link on the right to see the full compilation of Mason stories. We’ve added 9 stories that go back to last November.
He really does crack us up.
Over the phone on the way to daycare: Mason: Hi Daddy! Where are you? Daddy: I’m at work in Bellevue. Mason: Ooh, ok! What do you do at work Daddy? Daddy: I help build airplanes buddy. Mason: Ooh, ok! Like my airplanes in my room? Daddy: Well, actually Daddy helps build big airplanes that people ride in. Mason: Please please Daddy, please daddy build me a big airplane I can ride in.. PLEEEASE!!! Daddy: Ok buddy. When Daddy makes $300,000,000, I will build you an airplane. Mason: YEAAAAY!!! Thank you thank you Daddy. Thank you thank you thank you!!!
I am going back and documenting these funny stories here so that we can capture the silly and incredibly endearing things that Mason says.
There was a monster trying to eat our car this morning, so Mason had to put him in time-out. After the monster’s time-out was over, this was what Mason told the monster, “Monster, you need to stop trying to eat our car. Be a good monster and be nice. Remember to listen and obey your mommy and daddy.” I love his imagination (and the fact that he seems to remember some of the things he is told after his time-outs!)
The boys loved Easter – and they’re so adorable in their little sweater vests. Since Diane doesn’t have a little girl to dress up like a doll, she enjoys getting the boys dressed up for these occasions.
And yes, Mason likes girls and isn’t afraid of cooties.
While changing Mason’s diaper he told me, “Mommy, I’m little and you and Daddy change my diaper. When I am big and you and Daddy are little, I will change your diaper!” If he only knew how true that statement could be many years from now.
It is hard to believe that Mason is now 3 years old. To celebrate yesterday we had a cake but the real party will come this weekend when we have lunch at Rainforest Cafe with all of Mason’s friends. He is very excited!
Mason is talking like crazy now in full sentences. He is still our very happy, super sweet boy. He loves his baby brother, and hates it when Reid cries. He tells Reid to “Be happy,” and then tries to make him laugh. Yesterday when Matt was home with the boys, Reid was crying while Matt was trying to get a bottle ready. Mason said to Reid, “Reid, be nice to Daddy. He loves you.” We are constantly amazed at the thing that comes out of his mouth-they show how loving and caring he truly is. He’s still not potty trained, but I know the day will come. For now we are just being patient. He is eating pretty well…still not a lot of variety to his diet, but when he eats, he eats a good amount. A recent food development is peaches though-he loves them! He is still majorly underweight (not even on the charts anymore) but is healthy. We have his doctor’s check-up soon so we will wait to see what the doc says. He can count to 15 with no help and to 20 with some help. He knows all of his colors, can say his ABC’s and recognizes some of the letters. We love our big boy!!
This morning on our foggy drive to daycare Mason told me that the clouds came down to the ground to eat, and after they were done they were going to go back into the sky and go nighty-night. Makes sense to me!
I love his imagination (and the fact that he seems to remember some of the things he is told after his time-outs!)
