Moon Bear

The last 2 weeks Blake has been fixated on moon bears.  How, when, where, why he came up with moon bears, for the life of us, we can't figure it out.  While Grandma and Grandpa Johnson were in town he was stuck on purple alligators.  But I digress.  To Michelle and I they were of course made up. 

So, the other day Blake was into one of his "stories" talking and talking to me as I patiently looked on and suddenly he stopped as Mom walked into the room from the bathroom.  He looks at Michelle and says, "Mom, I like moon bears.  Do you like moon bears?  Mom, what's a moon bear?"

We've gotten used to his rapid succession of comments and questions but the series of comments leading into questions really made us laugh.  The next few days we were thinking about his comments.  And I got curious 1) where he got moon bears from and 2) what's out there that he might be confusing moon bears with to get him so interested in them.  

Well, low and behold moon bears are a real thing.

The Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus), is also known as the moon bear or white-chested bear.  There was also a book last year called moon bear that won an award.  Here are some pictures of some moon bears. 

Moon Bear Pics



So, not only can our kids makes us laugh, but they can also push us to learn.  Point being, listen to your kids, you may never know what types of things they teach you.

Rock On

Dylan recently discovered a little piano that lights up and makes all sorts of noises.

And he kind of loves it.

Future rock star?

Missionary Call

My parents (aka Elder & Sister Bass) opened their mission call last Friday and are going to the Columbus Ohio mission and will be there for 12 months starting this April. The people of Columbus are lucky to have them.

Like Dad

Blake tries to be like his dad and "play" basketball. His playing basketball is playing catch with the basketball, but I guess he has to learn how to pass the ball if he is going to be a good basketball player.

Dylan likes to be like his dad by "sitting" on the couch.

Puzzled

I love to do puzzles. Aaron bought me a 2,000 piece puzzle the beginning of October. I started it the middle of October and then I got kind of busy because Mr. Dylan decided to come early. This is what the puzzle looked like when he was born.

Last week, I finally finished...minus one piece. It was vacuumed up. So, I finally finished my 1,999 piece puzzle. Done done and done. Now I can work on our taxes :)

Blessing

Aaron blessed Dylan yesterday at church and here are some of the nice folks that joined us for the fun day.

Blake was done and wanted to get home to eat...okay, it wasn't just Blake who was hungry.

Here he is after his big day...totally out! Thanks to those who came.

SeaWorld Again

Aaron's folks were in town this weekend so we went to SeaWorld with them.

Interesting how Dylan is looking at Blake in the pictures huh? They say he has a strong neck...I don't wonder how he got his strong neck...he is always wondering where Blake is.

Dylan hung out in his stroller a lot.

Blake with his "Cheeeeeese" smile.

Blake was super excited to see the turtles.

So Sad

It is no secret that I HATE needles. Dylan was a happy boy before...

and even after, but during he was not happy and screamed the whole time. It was fantastic and am looking forward to doing it again. Yes, they did a blood draw and not a prick. They needed to get a vial of blood, which meant they had to find a vein. These experts took about 5 minutes and 2 arms to find a vein. I was unimpressed. The next morning I was changing Dylan out of his pj's and there was blood on his pj's...unimpressed again.