run run run run runaway

(name THAT song)

So Mason tried to run away from home *again* today. It's like he's so upset at me he can't stand to stick around. Like last time, he put on this shoes and bolted out the door. This time he decided he'd take his bike, which was wedged and stuck under the stroller. Without saying anything, I walked over and moved the stroller. He still got mad at my interference. Mason peddled to the end of the driveway where he noticed his tire was flat. Then the neighbor ladies came over and started bugging him. He put his head on the handle bars and just cried. Again, without saying anything, I picked him up and took him inside. Within minutes he was cheerful again and asking why corn dogs are called corn dogs when they don't have corn or dogs in them.

I don't know what to do about this strange running away behavior. The first time it happened he ran outside, took a lap around the yard, and then ended up on the porch with his face in his hands. I feel like I need to keep an eye on him, make sure he doesn't go too far, but to not really interfere. I know that sometimes I feel like I need to run off some extra emotions. Perhaps he does too.

Dr. Starr

Jason has an ancestor, the first Starr to come to America I believe, named Dr. Comfort Starr.
Mason got a little doctor kit for Christmas and has enjoyed giving us all checkups. We are planning a surgery for Yellow Puppy after the new year.
 

 

 

We have a lot of fun

 

 

Brother's Birthday

I told Mason we needed to get Eli a present for his birthday. Mason quickly started pointing out things in his room that he was willing to give Eli. Mason's big heart continuously teaches me lessons.

We also took a special "date" trip, just the two of us, to the Dollar Store to pick something out for Eli. Mason picked out a few things that, say, a three year old would love. I reminded him we were only shopping for his brother and then showed him on the package where it said not for babies. Mason carefully went up and down each and every aisle in the store examining different objects and occasionally asking what age they would be good for. At last he picked out this, which is a really really good present for Eli. A package of pom poms and a container to put them in.

Oh I love the brother effect.

He says

I had to call the police to report our Jeep window being broken. When I got off the phone Mason says "Remember when we had to call the police when Elijah Parker Starr came out of your stomach?" Sure do.

Mason noticed Joe's jeep at our house. He asked where he was and I reminded him "Joe went to be a solider for a while." Mason says "Why doesn't he want to be a man anymore?"

After a night of coming in my bed, sleeping on the floor, begging for milk for a half hour around three, both of us nodding off in the recliner, and then being put back in his own bed, he wakes up in the morning and proudly says "Look! I slept in my own bed all night!"

(quick change)

Mason's blog address is changing to theamazingmason.blogspot.com
Any easier to remember? well no, but it's more fitting. Change happening in three...two..one...now!

Risky Business

Oh the fun Mason had this afternoon after church... Pardon the pic of Tom in his underoos.

just some pictures

Hyro and Mace and their Future Missionary name tags. Watch out world.

Fingerpainting Mason. Right after this picture he tried to finish eating that apple on the table without using his hands. It was entertaining to say the least.