Kason's 2-year-old Birthday

Kason turned 2 on April 30th, wow I am behind on blogging this.  He is getting so big and we sure love him.  We had fun and busy day with a soccer game, eating out at Chuck-A-Rama, playing at Wahzoo's Fun Center, eating cake and opening presents.  Kason is such fun, but also a typical 2-year-old.  He doesn't like it when someone takes things from him and he often counteracts with biting.  He loves Erica and follows her around wanting to do whatever she does.  I love when Erica grabs some paper to color and he notices her doing that and then he runs over and gets some paper and follows her to the designated coloring spot in our living room.  He often likes to quietly come over and color on her paper, she does not like that.  He likes to laugh and finds just about anything funny.  He is getting smarter and can count to about 13, he knows his animal sounds really well, and knows a few letters.  He has become less messy when eating and I like that I don't have to clean around the floor as much after he is done eating.  He also can eat without a bib now and does not hardly get anything on his clothes.  He likes to help me with laundry, putting dishes away out of the dishwasher, setting the table, and clean up toys.  He has an interesting way of eating.  If you give him a cup of water with his food, he often dips the food in the water first and then eats it.  The best one was with peanut butter and jam sandwhiches.  He used to not like them, but one day I caught him breaking off pieces, dipping them in the water, and then eating them saying, "yum".  It was really gross.  Oh, and then he would drink his water, yuck!!!  Oh well.  He is truly a dipper with food and loves to dip things into ranch and salsa, and water.  Thank you Kason for coming into our home and being apart of our family, we love you!!!!

Soccer

We finished up McKay's soccer season this last Saturday.  He was with another coach this year and different kids.  I think he had a good time and he is slowly improving, especially with his fancy foot work.  I'm not sure how much longer we are going to do this, maybe one more season.  Here are a few pictures of McKay in action:

 

Fun Run

This was a couple of weeks ago, but still wanted to add it for memories.  Each year the school district has a Fun Run.  A 1 mile run for anyone.  Kory was helping someone move in the ward so I was left to take the kids to this fun event.  This is our third year.  McKay was situated amongst the 2nd grade runners and Erica, Kason and I were in the back with the walkers.  I actually was planning on not participating because I knew I would have to push Kason in the stroller and towards the end you have to go through a grassy area.  The stroller and grass do not get along well, so I was nervous.  While we were standing in the walking area and I was deciding what to do, going back and forth with my decision, I watched as there were many others with kids in strollers ready to take on the race.  I then felt confident that I could do it too and I also wanted Erica to get a medal so we did it.  We walked the mile with Erica running next to us.  She ran almost the whole way, I was very impressed.  The grassy area was difficult to push the stroller through but we did it and I felt good because it was a great exercise.  I am excited for next year!