The Little Man of the House

Our little Mason is such a funny little man. It's fun to have a boy after having two girls. Last week he ended up running a fever for three days, but no seizure. It's such a sigh of relief. We learned that there are four points in the body that are the best places to try and cool the body down, and so we would periodically put an ice pack on his head, neck, armpits and groin area. (only one place at a time, not all of them!) It seemed to work rather nicely. His fever never went above 101. I'm glad the nurse finally told us this after two years of fever worries with Ivy and Mason. Now we know for future reference. Mason hated it when we put the ice packs on him, but Mike would distract him, and I would be able to hold it on him for at least 10-20 seconds at a time.

I have taken several photos of him lately. These were taken last week when I was grinding wheat. He loved to play in the wheat. Who can resist playing in it? I always want to stick my hands in it too!

I have never seen a kid be so interested in tags on clothing. He will pull clothes out of the laundry basket and find the tag on it, so he can stick his fingers in the center of it. He just recently realized that his pants have tags in the back. Here he is trying to find the tag in his pants so he can play with it. He also has a blanket that has two tags on it, and when I put him to sleep, I have to find that corner and put it by his face. He gets so excited to pull apart the tag and put his little fingers in the center of it.

He also sleeps with a puppy dog. Scotlyn picked this dog up at a garage sale when she was two. It's name is "Brownie". He's been so cute sleeping with it lately. This is the look of a little boy with a clear conscience.