AIRPLANE!

When Aunt Amy comes to town we always volunteer to pick her up at our little airport. Mason has always loved airplanes and took his first flights when he was just three weeks old. Whenever he spots an aircraft in the sky (plane or helicopter) and say "Airplane! Mamie?".

Amy went to Israel recently and borrowed our iPod touch, which Mason thinks is his. Since then, every time he sees an airplane he says, "Airplane! Mamie! Pie pod???".

I told him Amy was coming this weekend and forgot to add she was driving her car this time. We might have to go watch a plane land just to keep from breaking his heart.

Mason's hands and face are saying that the plane is BIG!

Fort Man

Mason is supposed to sleep in his bed, although he prefers to sleep in the recliner in his room.
He also likes to sleep in his parents' bed but is quietly tucked in back in his own room if it's before 7am.

He's even been found testing out his brother's crib, but he was laughing- not snoring when discovered.

This is Mason's new crash pad. It's a fort we made so he could read in the dark with a flashlight. He opted to sleep in it the first night. We put him back in his bed before we went to sleep. When he got up in the night to go to the bathroom he returned to the hut.
This has gone on for a few days. I thought about putting my foot down but why? When we say it's bed time there's no cajoling on our part or stalling on his. He'll run to his room and climb into the fort and call out "Night".

Sharky gets a fish

Mason's preschool teacher came over for a home visit today. He always gets excited to see her and calls her "my Collette". She showed me his articulation test from a few months ago to go over what sounds he's still not making. The test showed that the "F" sound wasn't showing up in his language at all. She brought activities to help out. We were both super surprised to hear him clearly say "Fish" as he worked on a fish puzzle. Recently he has made huge improvements in his speech. Today he continued to make the "F" sound so well, even in the middle of words, not just the beginning.

To celebrate we decided to get him a fish, partially as a reward and partially to continue to work on the sound. We went to Wal-mart and bought two goldfish. Mason picked out some glass rocks from the Dollar Store. We put it all in a big spare vase and our fishy home is complete. Their names are Spaz and Nemo. There might be something wrong with Spaz...

Mason likes to blow on top of the water. This evening I walked in on him holding the vase and growling "my precious". (I don't really expect these pets to last long...but that was sort of my intention).

As a side note, his Aunt Lisa nicknamed Mason "Sharky" a few weekends ago. He still responds to it and when he's Sharky he really devours his fish crackers. Add that nickname to the rest (Mace Face, Captain Tenderheart, JasonJr., The Amazing Mason, etc)

and a few more:

We've been working on Mason's speech articulation. Helping? perhaps. Now he walks around saying T-T-T BALL! or M-M-M Nilp (his way of saying MILK). I think we've encouraged him to develop a stutter :)

At night he asks for one of three bedtime stories: Polar Express, Baby Mason story, or Deer Hunt. Last time I was telling him a made up deer hunt story he took over. He was telling me who all was going. "Me Mason Starr, Daddy, Joe, BJ, Elli, Nate...". When he paused I suggested Eli. He laughed like it was the biggest joke. "No! Baby not go. Baby not walk!"

The other day we walked into a dark room and Mason asked me to please turn the sunshine on.

He counts: One, two, three, four, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen.

Ask him which of two options he wants and he'll answer BOTH! with a big smile.

When Mason didn't hear something I said that he thinks might be interesting he gets in my face with big eyes and asks "mommy say?". When there is a noise and he can't figure out where it came from he does the same thing but asks "mommy noise?"

He's very polite. He has continued with the "yes, I may" answer for almost any question. He thanks me for making his bed and helping him potty. He uses "please" all the time. When he wants to talk he'll say "shooz me" over and over until he gets his turn. If he trips or accidentally bumps something he'll say "Oops please".

More Masonisms

What he says:
"Ooooh! More milk. Thanks mom. Mommy makes me HAPPY!"
"Hey Mom, nice toes. Oh cute toes."
"Mom? Baby say Baa?"
To Eli "Honey. "Hon-nee! don't cry honey"
 He says "Sha-Ta Sha-Ta" for the noise trains make.
Any time we put on shoes he starts shouting "Hurry!"
The word LOOK sounds like Yuut and he says it all the time.
Recent favorite phrase "Not yet"

Sho Man

Mason loves snowmen. He'll take anything that can be stacked (blocks, rocks, books, playdoh balls, yogurt cups) and turn it into a snowman. He loves to sing the song "Once there was a snowman" but when he says "snowman" it sounds more like "sho man".



This is the boys building a snowman in the front yard (oh how we love having a yard). They carefully built it out of the crusty snow, added a face and arms, loved it, hugged it, and then Mason decided to smash it and stomp it to bits. He sure loves his snowmen...

Back to School

Today was the first day back at pre-school for Mason in a month. He slept in this morning. I went in to wake him up and said "Mason it's a school day" and started doing our School Day Dance. He jumped up and shouted "Me excited!".

He stayed excited and happy all the way to school and ran inside. Once we got to the classroom he was greeted by the teacher and all the aides. Suddenly he was overwhelmed and shy. He stood still, staring at the ground. Then slowly he raised his hands to his beanie and pulled it down over his face. He stood there frozen- invisible in his mind- until I removed his hat. Someone directed his attention to the toys at the table and he snapped out of it.

looking up...

Mason looks up to: the block tower
Mason looks up to: cousin Ryan

Teacher Mace

Mason took advantage of this captive audience and told Eli stories and showed him his drawings. Eli was polite and didn't interupt or fall asleep.

I like how Mason looks naked here-