My Goofball...

Just some miscellaneous fun pics for you to enjoy while I sort through the ones from this weekend...

Lawson loves the way his hair looks after riding in the car with the windows down:

I let Lawson play with tape often.  It's cheap and he can do so many different things with it.  Well, one morning this week, he did this to himself while I was getting dressed for work:

Not sure how in the world he came up with this - I don't know if he's ever seen a tetherball pole....but he most certainly made himself into one!  Yes, the tape is wrapped all the way around his tummy and the ball is connected to it all.  I'm always in awe of his creativity!

Finally!

I spent so many months of Lawson's life worrying about how little he spoke.  He was evaluated by speech therapists and everything (they said he was behind in language, but not far enough to warrant therapy -phew!).  He has always "talked", it was just impossible to understand what most of it was.  But, he's never been the silent type...  Last October, he just kinda figured it out.  It really did happen "overnight".  Now, the boy talks constantly, it's so funny!  He has so much to say and now he finally has the words to do it, which is so nice.  We have amazing conversations! 

He also LOVES to sing!  He walks around the house singing for a good chunk of the day.  Unfortunately, it was always so hard to capture on camera!  He sang so many great Christmas songs, but I could never get him to do it on cue...  :(  But, starting this spring, he's been more open to performing and I finally captured just a few of his best songs...done in truly unique "Lawson style".  I present to you this montage of clips:

Lawson's Greatest Hits, volume I

Enjoy!

Scarborough

Let me start by apologizing for letting the blog go for so long.  After you read this post, be sure the catch the one below that I also posted today.  Just trying to finish up the end of the school year is making me a little nutty.  I submitted my grades for the college class today and only have 14 more school days left at the high school.  I get to be a stay-at-home mom this summer and I'm so excited to have all that time with Lawson!

Last weekend, Mary Beth and I took Lawson to Scarborough Renaissance Festival.  I love these things!  I took Lawson last year, but he was a little too young to get much out of it.  This year, he had a ball! 

He love the sausage on a stick!  I'm including two pics so you can see the best of the adorable shirt my mom made for him.  Yes, I push the knights and castles thing with him.  Fortunately, he seems to like it!

His first amusement park ride!  We played on this simple swing for quite a while - he really liked it! 

The shows are so much fun to watch at the Festival.  Here's "One Flaming Idiot" - juggling fire.  Yep - that caught Lawson's attention!

But the BEST part of Lawson's day was the jousting tournament.  He's still talking about the knights who crashed and fell off their horses.  He thought it was so cool!!!

Lawson McQueen

Best Toy Ever!  Or so Lawson feels right now.  Uncle Jim came to town and treated Lawson to this little surprise...definitely a home run! 

And the kid can drive!  He was maneuvering like a pro after about 15 minutes or so, deftly swerving right or left to avoid hitting things.  He can even switch it into reverse and back up!  Of course, every time I tried to capture his mad skills on video, he hits the flower bed...  So, I'm posting this anyway so you can see him enjoying his ride. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHo9kmkD3DY