Jonathan and Mason have been playing with quite a bit of playdough lately. The routine pretty much consists of Jonathan making something, Mason asking if he can have it, Mason destroying it, and repeat. It kind of makes me laugh because each time Mason messes up what Jonathan just made I see him cringe a little :)
My parents and Josh came for a visit last weekend, and I thought it might be fun to go to an FC Dallas Soccer game. I knew my family would enjoy it and was pretty sure Mason would as well. When I told Mason what we were going to do he said he didn't want to watch the game, he wanted to play. I tried to explain that it didn't work that way, but he just kept saying that he was good at soccer. I left it at that and just laughed to myself. At the game Mason was all decked out. My sister had gotten him some soccer shorts and my parents bought him a jersey. Eventhough he looked cute, I think the "uniform" sealed the deal. Mason stood at the railing asking to go on the field over and over. No matter how we tried to explain it (basically, those guys are professionals, you're not even three, there are no other kids out there, and you would get run over) he just kept saying he was good at soccer, too. He was heartborken. He didn't throw a fit, he just sobbed and had the saddest face I've ever seen. I finally took him to the bathroom and told him we were going to stay in there and not get to watch the game if he didn't quit. His crying episode ended pretty soon after that, and the rest of the game was quite enjoyable. Mason's final conclusion was, "When I am a big boy, I'm going to watch Sponge Bob and play soccer." 
We have had VBS this week, and Mason is loving it. He was so excited on Monday to wear his VBS shirt.
Is it obvious why he is eating his ice cream outside?
Mason with Jonathan's old Transformers. He loves them, but isn't so good at transforming them yet.
We made peanut butter playdough the other day, and this is the face he made out of his.
Last night we went to eat at Benihana's for my brother-in-law Brad's birthday. He chose Benihana's because it is a Hibachi grill, and he thought Mason and Amelia would like it. He was definitely right! Mason and Amelia loved it. They watched with wide eyes and had fun saying "Wow!" back and forth to each other. Cat brought her camera and got some cute pictures at the restaurant and at the nearby fountain afterwards. 
Jonathan and Josh doing bottle rockets. 
They all four look like they have been up to something, which was probably true.
This action figure was somewhat charred from previous years, but Mason wanted to contribute to the damage--exactly what I wanted him to be doing.
A fairly decent family picture before the wedding.
Funny picture in my mom's reading glasses--such a silly boy!Jonathan and I had our ultrasound yesterday and found out that we are having a boy! The thing that excited us the most, though, was that the baby looked healthy. I was excited to tell Mason the news, but he just looked at me like I wasn't telling him anything new. I think it would have been hard to convince him otherwise.
Now to explain the title....when the doctor was finished she handed us the pictures that she had printed off for us. There were three--one of his foot and leg and two of his boy parts (I guess she wanted to be certain we knew it was a boy). At first I was kind of frustrated at the randomness of the pictures. Eventhough you can't tell that much from ultrasound pictures, I would have at least liked one of the baby's profile or body. I then started to feel ungrateful because I knew the most important thing was that the baby looked healthy. Anyway, here are two of our pictures. I didn't think I needed to post both boy part pictures :).
boy parts
leg and foot
