Say What?

#1

This morning we walked over to the park near our house where a football camp for young boys was going on. Carson had signed up and he was just finishing up for Day 1.

Carson: "I can't come to your house tomorrow. I have football camp."
Dawson looks around confused: "Well I don't see you tents."
Carson pauses: "...... We don't stay the night."
Dawson: "Well you said 'camp'..."
Carson: "........it's not that kind of camp. It's a different kind of camp."

As I listened to this conversation between Carson and Dawson I had to laugh a little. Why call it 'camp' when you don't camp? I've never even thought about it, but Dawson sure did.

#2

I was relaxing in the recliner and things were so quiet. Dawson kept giggling here and there as he lay on the couch. I wasn't quite sure what was going on until....

Dawson brings his hand, cupped closed, to my nose and releases.... "Mom smell this....it's my fart."
NOT EVEN KIDDING! I got butter cupped by my 5 year old.

We have NEVER even talked about buttercups or done them in our house. We are constantly telling Dawson to not talk about farts or pooping... however it's just in boys' blood and minds'. Dawson just wanted me to smell his fart because they were so stinky. SO GROSS!

#3

Lately Dawson has been a little prankster. He keeps telling me there is spider in the house... or he will say "Mom! There's a bug on you!" and then he smacks my arm...

He knocks on the door and yells, "Mom, someone's at the door." He will answer it, pretend to talk to someone, and then yell "Mom it's for you!"Then slams the door. I believe him and get upset at him for slamming the door in the supposedly guest's face..........I open the door......Dawson just bursts out laughing, "Just kidding mom!" Good one Dawson.

#4

Here in Montana mountain lions are popular, especially coming close to people. Dawson has been so creative in telling us so many stories about how he saw a mountain lion and it was coming after him, and then he threw a rock, and it ran away. OR "I saw that mountain lion up in the tree and I got my gun and shot at him so he just stayed away and didn't come near me."

#5

"Mom, can we make 'marshmallows'?

#6

Dawson puts his chest right in front of J.D.'s face saying, "If you look real close you can see a chest hair dad."......"See?"
J.D. "Yep..." trying to just get Dawson chest out of his face.
Dawson now turns and shoves his chest in my face, "See mom? You have to look REAL close and you can see a chest hair."
Me: "Ya.... why do you want chest hair though?"
Dawson: "Because so I can be just like my dad!"
It made both of us just laugh and smile so big. Dawson literally does everything to be like his dad...
-he wears a white T under his church shirt so he can be like his dad.
-he took off his shirt this very day so he can be like his dad (J.D. was walking around with no shirt)
-J.D. sleeps in his G's, so Dawson will go put on a white shirt with white underwear to be the same
-If his dad wears boots to church, so will Dawson
-Dawson always asks which tie tac JD has on so he can try and match it
-Dawson has to have a wallet because his dad has a wallet
-They both love Phineas and Ferb. They cuddle and watch it all the time

and now..... they are getting Monty in on all their fun. Dawson is always trying to get Monty to be as much like him and J.D., as much as he possibly can.

#7

Every day Dawson chooses a word that he can use in the phrase "Oh My _______!" We did this because he was slipping when trying to say oh my gosh. Anywho, it's worked out to be super fun and he loves to pick a word every day. Some of the words he has chosen are: pickles, trampoline, chicken nuggets, pizza, cheese pizza, apple juice, baseball, chips, fire chips, cookies... etc.


So, there's some fun things Dawson has been saying lately. I often wish I had a tape recorder to record everything because I know I've forgotten a lot. Dawson is so funny! He is growing up so fast. He can't wait to go to kindergarten. He got all of his shots,which he will say it hurt, but he is all done with shots for a while. (I didn't tell him about flu shots every year...). He is such a fun big brother and loves watching Monty grow. He loves to make Monty laugh and get him all wild before bedtime. He is doing amazing at T Ball. He is a very accurate thrower and loves to be a part of a team. We started chores with him and to start out his life of chores... his chores consist of:

Get the mail

Take out all the trash

Get ready for the day

Brush Teeth

Do School work

Pick up all toys and put them away

Pretty simple for now, but every day he gets a quarter and is saving for a Disney Cruise Ship. Since we went to Disney land last August, Dawson has save over $100! I'm totally impressed! 

Good job Dawson! We love you!