Saturday Fun

So if anybody (locally) needs entertainment this weekend I suggest checking this. Hopefully I will get a chance to go today since I have to work tomorrow but I love this kind of stuff. You never know what you will find! :)

Mason and Clara

Mason and Clara yesterday afternoon....on their way to Clara's house to play. I'm totally loving the sherbet colors....very summery!

Oh...what a night....

No....nothing particularly special happened tonight. It was just one of those beautiful summer-like evenings where the kids were getting along and having a good time together. There was a warm wind blowing but it wasn't hot out and the grass was being mowed so everything smelled wonderful. I watched the boys play as I puttered around the yard and I couldn't help but wonder if I wanted to be them or if I wanted to be me as a kid again. I guess it's the parent in me that is so enjoying seeing my children run around barefoot and having a fabulous time without a care in the world. I think I just am overwhelmed by their enjoyment of all the world has to offer them in that little moment in time and realize how happy I am when they are happy. Not every evening can be like this as there are always mouths to feed, chores to be done, and planning for the next day's activities to think about. The weather can't always be so perfect and I tend to enjoy the time when the sun is going down anyway; it was a beautiful day out but my skin does not handle the sun well! But for a short time tonight everyone was happy and I actually slowed down enough to enjoy it. Mental note: slow down more often, although it's good to be one step ahead it is also important to enjoy the moment! :)

I felt the need for a few pictures even though I didn't take any tonight. It didn't seem quite right to spoil the good times by going in the house and getting the camera. The pictures are of Matthew with Robert and Clara one morning before school. It was a lovely morning and they were having a good time. Mason was still not quite feeling better at that point, so he was in the house pouting! ;)

I Can't Believe He Is Almost Three!

Can you believe that on Saturday, this little baby will turn 3? I can't!! It sure seems like yesterday since he was this tiny, however, those were also a lot of sleepless nights! This child did not believe in consistent sleeping until he was about 13 months old.

Things started out a little rough too...Mason got to stay a couple of extra days in the hospital due to Jaundice. He ended up fine but boy was he yellow!!!!

It's quite mind boggling to see how far he has come. And that preschool is just around the corner and that he really and truly is no longer a baby. But then again, he will be the first to tell me that he is a big boy now! :)

Thank God Your Here

O.k. I seriously just got off the couch from watching this show "Thank God Your Here" (on NBC) and I am in tears! As in...incredibly funny!! I don't know if this show is new or what but I've never seen it. They have 4 different comic actors/comedians to participate in improv comedy and it was hysterically funny! They had Tom Arnold (amazingly funny and I haven't particularly been a fan of his), Fran Drescher (another one I haven't been a fan of, but she was good!), Angela Kinsey (from The Office, which I totally love!!) and now I am drawing a blank on who the 4th guy was. They basically were competing for the "Thank God Your Here" trophy at the end of the show and were given props and a set that they had never seen before and had to play along with a story line that they had no prior knowledge of. Like I said....amazingly funny and a perfect light hearted hour before "Lost"! :)

The Dentist...Part Two

So this occurred the afternoon of the dentist trip and Matthew was extremely excited to "play" dentist with a willing (or not so willing) patient. Really...Need I say more?? :)

Run For The Arts

Yesterday at Matthew's school was Run For The Arts which is a which is a program that helps fund the schools with resident artists and art programs. So for example, last years Run for the Arts helped to fund this year's week long "Tears of Joy Puppet Theatre" resident in Matthew's class were they learned about puppetry and made puppets and put on a production of "The Little Red Hen". (which, I might add, was pretty darn cute!)

So the kids were all excited about this Run for the Arts day, however, Matthew missed school on Monday because he has had a nasty cough/cold and Tuesday morning I felt it was rather questionable that he would even go to school and run. But he wanted to go, so there was lots of cough medicine and and away we went. Mason and I hung around so we could cheer the kids on and the kindergartner's 5th grade buddies got to come out and cheer them on as well. And can I say how damn proud I was of Matthew, who I told to maybe only walk one or two laps, ended up running 6 laps and has the marks on his arm to prove it! (ok, so he did have to walk some of the time, but still!) That was a mile and a half, and I will be first to say I am certainly not going to be running laps when I'm all congested and coughing! So yeah for Matthew!! Actually, throughout it all, I was quite feeling the motherly pride with all the kindergartners, as they all took this very seriously and did such a fabulous job.

The Dentist

On Thursday Matthew had his normal 6 month dental appointment and as I got the boys ready to go, I explained to Mason that we were taking Matthew to the dentist. Well, in true Mason fashion, he threw a fit because he figured he should get a turn too! (In the midst of all this, Matthew is thrilled to go since he knows he gets to pick out one of the little toys at the dentist office after his teeth get cleaned!) So the whole way to the dentist Mason is still complaining, but we survive, Matthew gets his teeth cleaned and they look good so as Jeannie (the hygienist) is cleaning up, I mention something about Mason's teeth. She informed me that we could get his teeth cleaned that day, she had time if I had time and I certainly grabbed onto the opportunity! I was sure Mason wouldn't last all of 60 seconds in the chair but he surprised me and got his teeth polished and flossed and let the dentist even take a look at them! I managed to get a picture with my camera on my cell phone of Mason enjoying his time in the dentist chair...he even sat there a few minutes after because they let him play with the little vacuum tube in his mouth. I'm not sure why that was such a thrill, but everyone left happy and that's all I cared about!