Loves to be outside!

Dawson LOVES to be outside.  He is so funny though.  He would rather play in the mud and dirt then be on the grass. We really enjoy playing with balls.  He is getting pretty good at his soccer dribble.  His baseball throw still needs some work.
He definitely has his hands all over the volleyball!  He loves to play with anything that he can pick up and chase.
My favorite thing is of course.... 
Sticking his tongue out!  He is so funny when he shows you his tongue that I ask him to do it all the time!  I sure love this kid!

Hair Cut...

So Dawson has been "growing" his hair out simply because he has a mother that never schedules him a hair cut.  I cut his hair the last time simply because I seem to be a spontaneous person lately.  I know some of you may not believe that... 

You will notice that Dawson it not too happy about the fact his lovely locks will be disappearing.  He keeps trying to get the combs so that I can't continue on my process.  

Fortunately, I planned for that and had a bundle of combs to make my process easy.  He is just so much fun!

I think that he is considering hair design as a possible career choice.

Suessical

Many of you may know that Doug was asked to become a part of Sandy City's production of Suessical.  Meri, his sister, Jaron, his nephew, and Brienna, his niece were in it too.  He played a Wickersham Brother which is very athletic.  I love watching him, but didn't love hearing him complain about his body hurting.  I didn't understand why he was complaining until I saw the preview night.  He was all over the place in monkey style.  I'd like to quote Rose in Twighlight... "My monkey man!!!"

Corn on the Cob

I have to say it is so cute to see Dawson taking on the challenge of eating corn on the cob!  He is so cute doing it.  He holds the handles and tries to fit the whole thing in his mouth.  Gets off a few kernels and goes for round two.  He actually did really well with this piece.  That was until he pulled the handle out and almost stabbed himself with it.  Ah kids!

New Toys!!S

Dawson got a ball pit a couple weeks ago.  He LOVES it! It really gives us some entertainment as Dawson will belly flop into the door as if he were jumping into a pool.  He will sit there for a minute and then wildly flail around.

What is Daddy doing inside my ball pit?!?

Dawson also got a big boy slide.  He hasn't quite figured out the best way to go down, but he is still entertaining his parents.  We just sit and laugh as he goes down in the splits.

The Aftermath!

Before......After...

A day at the museum really makes for a good nap!

Dinosaur Museum Part 2

Next we went to the sand discovery zone.  Dawson was really funny.  He simply couldn't believe that I was letting him get in this stuff.

He and Rockwell did a great job figuring out how to use the brushes to uncover the fossils.  I thought this picture was quite cute.  It looks like Rockwell is telling Dawson the tricks.

Let's not forget Boston.  I think this picture was just before he put sand on Dawson's head.  I love how fun kids are.  It is so great to have so many cousins so close in age!

Again here is Dawson just awe struck that I would let him in this place and not be yelling at him.

Still amazed!!

So once we got all the kids to where we could get them out without too much interruption, we tried to get a group photo.

And we tried....

and tried.....

And finally decided that we would just have to deal with the candid shots that show their fun personalities.  

I finally wised up and was able to get a picture of Dawson by the big shark.  Why don't I just do this at the beginning?

I do love this picture though.  Dawson and his cousin Boston!  Please notice that Dawson is trying to hold hands!  I think the look Boston has is priceless.  "Quit touching me!!"