Bowling

Kelli and Dylan invited us to go bowling with them. I thought Mason would enjoy it so we tagged along.

Mason and Dylan

Here is Mason getting ready to go!

They have these little ramp things where the kids can slide the balls down.

Mason thought it was pretty cool to push the ball down the ramp.

Waiting for the ball to come back...

After about 5 frames, Mason was way more interested in his snack than bowling...

I'm not suprised.

Park

A couple of weeks ago, Mason and I went to the park

with Kelli and Dylan. It was perfect...not too hot yet

and not too crowded. We were basically the only people at the park which was really nice since Mason likes to run all over the place.

Mason was super excited to chase the pigeons. He ran after them forever.

He would get soo close and then they would fly away again and he would get close again.

Every time the pigeons flew away he would just giggle

and chase them again.

The park had a little car that the boys loved, of course.

They looked so cute in their little sunglasses and hats.

He went on little slides...

And big slides!

Of course the boys had to have a snack at the park.

After the park we took the boys to Wendys for some chicken nuggets

and some Frostys. Thanks to Kelli and Dylan for spending the day

with us!

Pump-it-Up

Mason got invited to his friend Kinzee's birthday party.

They had it at Pump-it-Up, which is full of huge bouncy slides and

obstacle courses.

Brad took Mason down the slide first...

He wasn't too excited about it...

Then he watched all the bigger kids having fun and decided that

he did like it after all...and we couldn't keep him off of it.

He really liked the bouncy basketball court

And he really loved the cupcake of course!

Mr. Fix-it

A few weeks ago, I was vacuuming and the vacuum exploded...

Ok, maybe not really exploded but it popped and then started smoking...

It smelled sooo bad! Poor Mason was running around crying

and plugging his nose until he finally ended up hiding in the corner

with his hands covering his face...

Anyways, I thought maybe it needed a new filter and a new rubber cord thingy,

so Brad and Mason went to work to try to fix it.

Mason was a big helper with the screwdriver

He insisted on being right next to Brad

Unfortunately, all of their hard work did not pay off and the vacuum still wouldn't work and we had to invest in a new vacuum.

Mason is really starting to talk a lot now. One of my favorite things to ask him is "Who is that?", while I am pointing at Brad.

Mason always answers, "That's A dad." Not MY dad, just A dad.

It makes us laugh every time. He also insists on telling us every time he toots or poops. He pats his bum and says "I stink."

He is a little stinker :)

Mason's Mean Face

Mason has recently started to make this face

when you do something that he doesn't like...

Here he was mad because I told him he was a messy boy :)

I catch him practicing his mean face

in the mirror all the time..so funny!

Summer...Here we come!

I am officially done with school for the summer! I still have school work to do and a few one-day courses, but no consistent busy schedule! Yay! Halfway done with the nursing program, and so far all A's. :)

We took Mason to get his hair cut a few weeks ago. He saw my camera and started saying "cheese" so I had to take a couple of pictures.

My little baby is getting soo big! He is growing up way to fast and he is getting a little attitude. A couple recent conversations showed me just how stubborn he is...First, we were watching Little Einsteins and a turtle came on the tv. Mason turned to me and said, "That's a dog." So I said, "No, Mason, that's a turtle." He looked back at me and said a little louder, "No, that's a dog!" He repeated that 4 times until I gave up arguing with him. :)

Another day Mason was eating a muffin for breakfast in his high chair. The muffin made some little crumbs and he says "Look, bugs!" So I told him "Mason, those are just crumbs." Mason responded with "No, they're bugs!" And then he tried to eat them.

This little boy is so funny but we obviously need to work on his identification skills!

A little troublemaker...

One afternoon I was studying for a test and wasn't paying as much attention to Mason as he needed. First he opened the oven and kept using it to climb on...he was pretty proud of himself.

Later that day I was cooking dinner and noticed that it got really quiet. I started looking for Mason and this is what I found... He had found a box of powdered sugar in the cupboard and was able to get it open! I don't know how. I found him and he was just sitting there dipping his finger and then licking it. He offered me some from his finger...

"What did I do, mom?"

Then he saw the camera and started saying "cheese"

I learned my lesson that he cannot even play by himself for 5 minutes without causing some sort of trouble... too bad I had to learn it through a pile of powdered sugar!

I have 3 more weeks of this semester and then I will be halfway done with the nursing program. I think Mason will be glad when I am done for the summer so that he can have a little more attention. I will have to do some fun things with him this summer.

TRAMPOLINE

The Lyman's got a trampoline for their backyard for Christmas. Every time I tried to put Mason on it, he would cry and freak out. On Easter, Mason went over to the trampoline and asked to be put on it. This was the first time that he jumped around on there.

He thought it was so exciting!

After a little while, his hair started to look like this...

It has been so fun to watch Mason get bigger and get interested in things. He is very opinionated but usually once he has tried something, he ends up liking it.

Easter

My family came to town for Easter this year, but they had to leave Sunday morning to drive back to Idaho so we Gave Mason his Easter basket from us on Saturday morning. We hid a few eggs for him. He was really excited when he saw that some had pennies for him to put in his bank. He was really excited about the jelly beans too.

After he found the eggs, he got an Easter basket full of some new cars, pajamas, a coloring book, some books, toy airplanes, and a new outfit.

Obviously he liked the cars and airplanes the most.

On Easter Sunday he went to the Lyman's. Grandma Lyman first had all the kids sit in a circle and she told them the Easter story. She even had handouts for all the kids to hold up when she got to that part of the story. The Easter bunny hid some eggs in her backyard so the kids took off running. Mason was only slightly interested in this egg hunt. He leisurely strolled along. The Easter bunny had put some dollar bills in some eggs but when Mason would find an egg he would shake it, and if it didn't make noise he would put it back...Silly kid.

He also got distracted by any toys along the way...

Luckily for Mason, Grandma tells each grandkid that they can find 10 eggs, so Mason still ended up with plenty of eggs.
Later that night he went to the Fabbi's Easter celebration. It was only Mason and Jensyn out of the great-grandkids this year. Grandpa got bunny ears for the turtle and the dogs.

Mason thought the dog was really funny but he was scared of the turtle...Again, I don't know where this kid comes from...A turtle=slow and quiet...Dog=loud and jumpy...but whatever floats your boat, little Mason.
He had to spend some time at the fish pond of course. Everytime we go to the Fabbi's, Mason runs right outside to the pond.
Playing with the dogs
There was another egg hunt. Mason got a little more excited about this one. He still shook the eggs but he was a little faster about running around and collecting them.

He is just so cute. We had a lot of fun at the Fabbi's this year. Hopefully next year some more cousins will be able to be there and join us.

Coloring Easter Eggs

The day before Easter we colored some eggs. Cami picked out a glitter dye set and it came with little bags to tie-dye the eggs in. Mason needed a little help with his first one...

Then he decided that it was fun and he could do it by himself.

After a little while though, he realized that these eggs were food, so he decided to try to eat the egg, plastic bag and all.

I don't know what it is with Mason and food, but he is very protective about his food and does not like to see anything go to waste. He had fun coloring eggs with Cami!