Milestones....

Here stands my baby on his first day of Kindergarten. He looks so big, yet to me he is still so small. I can still remember holding him in my arms when he was a baby, and his first smile, the first time he rolled, sat up and crawled, the first time he walked, drank from a cup and ate with a spoon. I remember his first tooth coming in and his first tooth falling out and of course his first day of preschool. As a parent you remember all these things, but nothing really prepares you for their first day of Kindergarten. It's like they are all grown up and don't really need you anymore. Mason didn't want me to bring him to school today, he wanted to ride the bus like everyone else, but I NEEDED to bring him today, I needed to keep him my baby just a little bit longer.

Here is Mason on his 6th birthday. We were camping at Arco park for the weekend so we had his party out there. We had cupcakes and ice cream cups. Mason had begged for a pinata, so we got a spiderman one from Wal-mart. I think Mason hit it 3 times and the head broke right off, so none of the other kids got to have a chance....oh well!!! This is the group of kids that were at the campground this weekend.....this isn't even all of them....some had left and some were sleeping....there were also big ones who didn't want to be in the picture...go figure!!!

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.