Pipe Cleaner Fun

Sometimes I find it hard to keep my preschool entertained all day without too much TV and computer time. (He's discovered pbskidsgo.org and LOVES it!) Anyway, I picked up some pipe cleaners, pom poms, googlie eyes, and tacky glue, and here are some creations that we made. (And by we, I mean me). Most impressive, a lion and a hammerhead shark.

The shark's head even swivels from side to side like a real hammerhead.

(am I good or what?)

Bee & Butterfly

Flower & Spider

Okay, so he only played with each for a few minutes, but at least it occupied us for a little while.

Zion with the Taylors

Saturday we went and hiked the Emerald Pool Trail at Zion National Park. This is the same trail we hiked 2 weeks ago, but this time we went with my brother Clark and his family. The wasn't nearly as much water in the waterfalls or in the river, so this time we didn't have any muddy shoes or kids fall in the river. The kids loved hiking together and we had lots of fun.

Let's go fly a Kite

We found the coolest kite for Kason, which he loves because it's a SHARK! We all went to the park last Friday to test it out. Each of us took turns flying it, and we had a good time.

My Baby prefers Blondes?

We got Abby a jumparoo, excersizer thing-a-ma-jig last week. She likes it for a few minutes, but is still undecided. She hasn't figured out that she can bounce in it--but I'm sure she'll get the hang of it soon.

We've decided our girl only likes blonde women! A couple of week ago, she stayed with my mom for an hour while I got my hair cut. When I go back to my mom's house, she had big tears and red puffy eyes like she'd been crying something fierce. My dad had arrived home about 1 minute before me, and he was holding her. She had stopped crying for him, but I could tell she'd been a stinker. My mom reported she'd bawled the whole hour I was gone, which is so uncharacteristic of Abby. She almost never cries.

Then last Thursday we left her with my sis-in-law while we went to the temple. Char told us she cried almost the whole 2 hours we were gone, except when her BLONDE friend came over for a few minutes. Abby smiled and cooed at the friend, but when she left, back to the crying. Poor Char--I felt terrible. We've left Abby with a babysitter a couple of times and she's done great, but then again, the babysitter is BLONDE! Hmmm. . .

Classic Kason

Since I publish my blog into a bound book, I figured this was a great place to record some of the funny sayings of my boy. Kason comes up with some hilarious sayings, and here are some of his best that I have jotted down in chronological order (warning there's a lot of potty and body humor):

Age 2:

--Kason woke up from his nap and asked where daddy was. I told him he was downstairs, and on the way downstairs Kason said “Daddy, ready or not here I come.”
--I asked Kason what he wanted for breakfast. He said, “Salsa!”
--I asked Kason how come he isn’t going pee-pee in the potty anymore. He put his hands up by his face and started shaking really hard and said “I scared of pee-pee!”
--Tige got home from work and the hospital paged him about 10 minutes later to come back in. Kason was sad that daddy had to leave again, and I explained to him that someone at the hospital was sick and daddy needs to help them. He said “I sick. Daddy help me!”
--I put Kason to bed, and when leaving his room I said “night, night angel.” He said “night angel Mom.”
--I was changing Kason’s poopy diaper, and he said “hurts.” I said “your bum hurts?” And he said “yeah, put ice cream on it!”
--Kason pooped in the potty today so we gave him a new train named James. We went to dinner at our Branch President's house and Kason proceeded to tell him “I went poo-poo and got a new train. Aren’t you proud of me?”
--I asked Kason if he wanted a “little piece of pizza” for lunch. He said, “no, a BIG one!”
--We were sitting in church, and Kason announced, rather, loudly “Mom, I have snot in my nose!”
--We were on vacation in Myrtle Beach and Kason and I got in the shower together to rinse the beach sand off. (Although Tige frequently showers with Kason, to my recollection this was my first time showering with Kason or being in close proximity to him while I was naked.) He pointed to my private area and said “what happened, mommy?”
--When Kason woke up this morning and I went in his room he asked where daddy was (as he does almost every morning). I told him daddy was at work and he said “I missed daddy while I was sleeping.”
--We were in the car and Kason said “Mom, turn the air on.” So I turned it on and when it had been blowing about 10 seconds, he said “Mmmm. That’s nice!”

Age 3

--Kason brought me the box of graham crackers from the cupboard and said “can I have a graham crapper?”
--Kason asked me “why did daddy marry you.” I said “because Daddy loves me.” Kason said, “no, I love you best!”
--I was just trying to teach Kason to write his name, and instead of trying to copy the letters I wrote, he just drew a big scribble. I said “that’s not letters, it’s scribbles.” He said “that’s not scribbles, it’s a planet! It’s Mars!”
--Kason was in the bathroom with me when I stepped out of the shower. He pointed to my breasts and said “what are those?” I said, “those are my breasts.” He said, “no, they’re muscles. Really big muscles.”
--Tige and Kason were sitting on the floor rolling a ball to each other. Toffee went and sat by Tige, and Kason said, “sorry, Toffee you can’t play. You don’t have opposable thumbs.”
--While living at my parents in Cedar city—my mom took Kason into town for an errand. They drove past the cemetery on main street and Kason said, “look Grandma! It’s Stonehenge!”

Age 4

--I was in the office and Kason came and told me “Charlie and Lola is on.” I said “that’s great!” He said, “no it’s fantastic!”
--Just a few minutes after breakfast Kason asked for a snack. I said “no because you just ate breakfast.” He put his hands on his hips and said “that’s ridiculous mom. That’s just ridiculous!”
--I was nursing Abby, and Kason came up and gave my partially-exposed breast a big squeeze and said “mom, you have huge armpits.”

Age 5

--He was sitting on the toilet this morning, and after a few minutes I said “are you done?” He said “yeah, but I just like to sit here and rest.”
--Kason had a sliver in his foot and I was trying to get it out with a needle. He was crying and carrying on and said covered his eyes and said “tell me when it’s over.” After trying for a minute or 2, he said “mom, you are SO not good at this!”
--After going potty Kason yelled “mom will you come and wipe me?” I said, “no, you can wipe yourself.” He said, “but I’m tired of wiping myself. I have to do it all the time.”
--I was wearing my swimming suit, and Kason came up and hugged my leg and said “ooh, your leg feels like a cactus!”
--Kason said “mom, will you bring me my transformer paper because I’m in the bathroom pooping and I need something to look at.”
--I told Kason I was turning the TV to the “tabernacle choir to listen to church music” and he said “I don’t like Towercrackle Choir!”