Out of the mouth of a child...

For those of you who don't know, my Morgan is a bit of a story teller. She always has something to tell people, it usually has to do with something completely off the wall. Her favorite seems to be telling Becky things like, 'Umm.....Becky....ummm.....I got new pants" or "Ummm Becky.....We got a new van" it is quite a joke in our family. However, she gets quite embarassed when you laugh about it in front of her. Her newest embarassing moment was at my mom's house. I had gone there to visit one night when Joe was golfing, and the kids needed a bath. Morgan, being a little fish, had to stay in for quite a while. Well what happens to our hands and feet when we are ing the water for long periods? They get wrinkley, right? Morgan comes up to me and says, "Mom, look at my hands, they look like grandma!!" I burst out laughing and told her to go tell grandma, she got embarassed and wouldn't even look at my mom.....oh, the things that kids say!!

Dawson

Finally we come to Dawson, or as Joe likes to call him, Thor. Dawson will turn 2 on October 11th and he is all boy!!! He walks like a boy, talks like a boy and acts like a boy. He likes to wrestle with Joe and even his brother when he isn't ready for it. A few months ago, Mason was sitting on the living room floor watching TV and Dawson came walking in, he took one look at Mason, smiled, lowered his head and ran right into Mason, knocked him right over, and Dawson, being the little Devil he is, laughed histerically and ran out of the room.

Dawson is such a fun child, he gets into a silly mood and just acts like a goof. His laugh is so contagious and you can't even stay mad at him. However, he is also a little devil. He likes to get into things he knows he shouldn't, he takes things from Mason and Morgan and runs away laughing. Right now he is in a hitting an biting stage, not a lot of fun. He is very cuddly and will sit on my lap for long periods of time. He is very much mommy's boy, but is slowly beginning to like Daddy more, I guess thats the way it goes!!!

Morgan

Morgan is our family princess. She is just a girly girl. It's all about barbies, babies, dress up clothes, you name it she wants it. Just the other day we went to the store for groceries and she had to wear her red heeled princess shoes, she could barely walk through the store!!!! On Saturday her and I went to a baby shower, someone said to her, "Morgan, you have such pretty hair.", and she replied with, "I know." I keep telling her she needs t0 say thank you but she doesn't get it.

Morgan just turned 4 on July 30th. She asked me for days, "mama, is it my birthday yet?", when the day finally arrived, I told her that morning it was her birthday and she replied with, "Where is it?" To her a birthday isn't a birthday until you have a party.

This past year Morgan went to the 3 year old preschool program in Russell. It was all day on Wednesdays and she absolutely loved it. This year she will be going 2 days a week, so we'll see how she does with mom as teacher.

Mason

If I had to describe Mason, I would say he is shy and very, very stubborn. Mason will be turning 6 on August 31st. It is so amazing how time flies, I still remember the day he was born. You just never think they would grow so fast. Mason has been going to preschool in Russsell for the past two years and will be starting Kindergarten on Sept. 2, 2008. I know that once he begins elementary school that time will really go a lot faster. He is very interested about what things are made of. He went throught a phase where he would ask a million questions, like, "Mom, where does ketchup come from?". He is also very into writing. He is constantly asking me how to spell things. And just the other day we had a discussion on the way home from the lake about astronauts. He was looking at the moon and I told him that an astronaut once landed on the moon, and oh my word did the questions come flying, "what is an astronaut?", "Where do they come from?", "How did they get there?" it was a 20 minute question and answer session. I'm just waiting to see what comes next.

Tammy

My life is very uneventful. I started teaching preschool last year and will continue with it again starting in October. I work Tuesday thru Thursday, teaching 3 year olds one day and 4 and 5 year olds the other two. Last year was a huge challenge because I got the job two weeks before school started and was not very prepared.....on top of that I had Mason and Morgan in class as well as many other family members.....I really don't recommend this, my kids liked to throw hissy fits on a regular basis. Other than that I spend a lot of time with my three little munchkins, and although there are many, many, many days that they drive me up the wall, I don't know what I would do without them!!

Joe

Ok, I'm going to back up a little and talk about each of us. In April 2007 Joe started his own plumbing and heating business, Brust Mechanical. It was a little rocky in the beginning, but we are now doing great and he is almost too busy some days. Joe spends his time, when he's not working, golfing and with family. In the winter months he is on a bowling league in Tyler, I guess he can have a guys night out!!

Mason

Mason lost his second tooth on Tuesday. He had been working on it for days and he bit into a candy bar and out it popped. He lost the first a while back but there wasn't a hole because the other tooth had already come in....he thought it was pretty cool to have a hole in his mouth....although he is having trouble eating his favorite summer time food.....Sweat Corn!!!

I really can't believe my baby is starting Kindergarten this fall. Where does the time go!! He is so excited because he gets to ride the bus all the way to Ruthton everyday. I'm excited because he'll be out of my hair EVERYDAY!!!

Ooops, there is Dawson awake from his nap....see I never get enough time to sit down!!!! See ya!

Just Beginning

Well here I am starting my own blog.....I here everyone talking about it and how great it is. I just hope I get faster because I don't have that much time to spend on the computer.

Anyway, life in the Brust house is never boring. As you can see my three little rugrats are growing rapidly and keep me very busy....especially that one holding the hose!!!

We have had a very busy summer, filled with lots of camping and time at grandma and grandpas lake cabin. One weekend we took the kids to Yogi Bear Campground near Sioux Falls. They had a great time!! We went on a wagon ride with Yogi and we rented four wheel bikes that all five of us could fit on....the kids really had fun on that but it was way to much work.....or I'm just out of shape

I'm not really sure how to do all this yet so hopefully it works out okay. Bye for now!!!