Cool Dudes

Eric came home today with some very exciting presents for the kids - superhero glasses! In actuality they are disposable eye shields, but who can tell the difference? Logan loves his, but Mason has yet to be convinced that they are the real deal. So, Eric wore Mason's pair for our picture. Don't they look cool? Oh, the benefits of the dental profession!

And the animal is...a bad guy????

Mason and I love to play the game "Guess what animal I'm thinking of." When it was his turn to pick an animal today I deciphered from clues that the animal had the following characteristics:

1. It lives in the jungle
2. Is purple with pink on top
3. Likes to swim in the water
4. Says "waa - taa, waa - taa"
5. Walks on five legs

What animal is this you say? I was similarly puzzled. When I couldn't guess the animal correctly, Mason had to give me the answer - a bad guy! I love his imagination lately, but sometimes its hard for me to play along!

Trial Run

This morning I babysat my friend Krystin's baby, Boden. Mason and Logan were in LOVE with him. When he first got there I kept him in the carseat for a few minutes while I finished making a salad I was taking to a picnic later. Logan kept telling me that "Bo" (his version of Boden) was cold, so he put two blankets on his lap and topped it off with a pillow. He was quite proud of himself. After I took him out the boys gave him all kinds of toys and were disappointed that he couldn't play with them. Mason loved to hold him and was very gentle with him. Even Logan surprised me with his soft touch. Boden was such a good baby that I was convinced maybe I could eventually have a third child. But maybe I better try babysitting for a longer period of time, 2 hours was kind of a short trial run!

Mason's first talk

Mason gave his first official Primary talk today. His topic was becoming more like Jesus through prayer and reading the scriptures. He did an awesome job holding up his pictures and reciting the words I whispered in his ear. I can't believe my little guy is old enough to be speaking in Primary!

Booooo!!!

All winter long, Angie and Jordan and I have met at 5:45 am to run in order to train for a half-marathon that was scheduled for March 17th. We convinced Erika (my sister in D.C.) to do it with us. So Friday, March 16th came and we were hit with a horrible ice/snow storm. We contacted the race coordinators Friday evening who confirmed that the race would still go on. So, after driving 4 hours in horrific road conditions to Chambersburg, PA (thank goodness for my 4x4 Dodge Ram, I think I might like it now) and spending the night in a luxurious Best Western, we were ready for the race. When we showed up at the high school, we were met by someone leaving who told us the race was cancelled! Apparently there was a bad accident that morning when they were setting up the race course so the police cancelled the race. It really was pretty unsafe, you can see the glare of the ice in the parking lot above (that's not water), but we were still sooooo sad! So instead of running we toured the awesome Chambersburg mall whose major department stores were Sears and J.C. Penney and ate lunch at the best restaurant in town, Red Robin. It was a fun day with the girls, but we were all very disappointed not to run our race! We are planning our own half-marathon this Saturday in Philly to make up for last weeks bust. Anyone is welcome and registration is free!

Postman to the rescue!

You're looking at the door to the kids' room with the doorknob removed. We took it off in order to get Logan out when he was locked in by Mason. A few days later (when the doorknob hadn't been properly replaced) Mason and Logan were playing peek-a-boo with the door and Mason slammed it closed, leaving Logan on the outside and me and Mason inside the room. Without the doorknob on there was no way to get out! After many MacGyver attempts to get out (using hangers, etc.), Mason and I said a prayer and after saying Amen I thought to look out the window. I saw the postman walking by on the sidewalk below so I yelled out to him. He looked up and I explained the situation to him. Our door was locked so he couldn't get in, but I told him where the spare was and he came inside, found the doorknob and put it back on so we could get out!

The next day, our car key broke and fell off the keychain without me knowing, so when I left to go pickup Eric from school (the truck was in the shop) I couldn't find the car key. Mason and I said another prayer and when we were done Mason said, "I'll go see if I can find the postman to help us again. Heavenly Father sent him to help us last time!" We did find the key a few seconds later, without the postmans help! Thank goodness for prayer!

Watch out Kobe...here comes Mase-Dog!

Mason joined the YMCA Pee-Wee league last week with his friends Colter and Cole. He didn't like the first practice too well, but loved it the second week. The coaches have them do drills for half the hour and then scrimmage the second half. Mason was disappointed that the game wasn't like basketball on T.V. I guess he expected everyone to shoot and pass like NBA All-Stars! He wasn't impressed with the "keep-away" tactics most kids use as they run down the court with the ball in their arms. He got the ball a couple times and dribbled it until someone stole it away. He got one shot at the basket and missed and was so sad! I told him after the game that he did a great job and his reply was, "but I missed the basket, Mom." Poor kid is already too hard on himself!

Look at that form!

Mason and his buddies doing what they like best, wrestling!

Although it looks rough, everyone is having fun!

The 3 amigos, too bad both Colter and Cole move at the end of summer :(

Super-Capes for real?

Since Mason's obsession with superheros began, I haven't been able to find any clean dishtowels since they were all going around Mason's and Logan's necks. Finally I broke down and decided to make them some REAL super capes. Here is the picture of me sewing to convince all you skeptics that yes, Megan really did sew these capes (with some help of my friend Jordan!).

Here are the boys watching "Bob the Builder" while wearing their capes. Mason hasn't taken his off since it was completed (some 22 hours ago)! I have a feeling I will be taking superheros with me wherever I go from now on! Maybe this wasn't such a good idea...