Biker Boy

I took these pictures a few weeks ago (when it was still a little chilly outside, thus the jacket) of Mason getting to ride his bike in the street. He's usually confined to the driveway, so we try to let him go in the street for short distances while we help to watch out for cars.

Fun at Jump Zone

Since Mason hasn't gotten to play outside much since Spring began due to his terrible allergies, I took him to Jump Zone last weekend for some indoor fun. He is going to attend a birthday party there this Saturday, so you will see more Jump Zone pictures after these! He had so much fun! He played hard for an hour & 20 minutes...until I was starving & tired of standing around! He was pretty much out of energy by then and was hot & hungry, too.

Taking a brief break to pose cute for Mommy...

Exiting Finding Nemo inflatable (all pics are action shots~I couldn't get him to stop running long enough to get a good pic!)

This is a HUGE slide that reaches the roof of the building...Mason is at the top.
Last time we went to JZ (almost a year ago), I had to go down this slide with him...but this time he did it all by himself (about a million times!) Good thing, since I can't do much sliding these days with baby on board!

This one was pretty big, too
At the bottom of a dump truck
There were big gumballs inside!

Easter 2010: Part 2

After church on Easter, we ran home & gave Mason his Easter basket full of (new, non-dried out) PlayDoh, a stuffed animal, a car, and some candy. (it was a little sunny!)


Then we headed to my parent's house for lunch. My mom had made a big meal for the whole family & it was good!
Grandma, Chloe', Lindsay (A.K.A. me!), Wayne, (Mason is in the corner by Wayne), Dad, Angela, Forrest, Zach (Forrest's son), Cameron..and Mom was taking the picture.


Check out my mom's beautiful "tablescaping!"

After lunch, Mason got several treats & toys from everyone...

Then we went outside to let him hunt eggs. He found all 57 eggs pretty fast & had a great time!

Dying Easter Eggs

On Saturday, Mason colored Easter eggs! We have about 60 plastic eggs to hunt that are filled with goodies, but I wanted him to experience coloring real eggs, so I boiled 18 eggs & 6 of the shells cracked, so he colored a dozen eggs! (which was plenty) I bought this contraption that you drop dye in, place the egg inside & put the lid on top. You then push down on the button on top & it spins the egg around in the dye. It creates a pretty marble-looking design. It wasn't messy at all and made the eggs so pretty~plus Mason liked pushing the button down over & over to coat to eggs.





THESE eggs, however, did NOT turn out so good!!! Long story short, I tried to make Jello jigglers 3D eggs and 2 things went wrong~I forgot to grease the molds first and the molds wouldn't stay closed & therefore leaked out the hot Jello! It was a disaster! The good news is that they taste good & Mason likes them!

Spring has Sprung!

Mason has gotten to play outside the last 2 days. It has been warm and beautiful, although windy. Yesterday, he rode his Jeep until the battery ran out, played on his slide, and had me push him in his swing over & over again. He's so glad to be able to play outside, although we are having to limit the time he spends in the sun due to his allergies. He not only has regular seasonal allergies and eczema, but has now developed a skin sensitivity to the sun that makes him break out into an itchy rash. Poor kid~our pediatrician says to try to play in the shade, so that's what we did today. (post to follow)

Spring Break

Mason has had a blast this week during Spring Break! Wayne & I have had to work, and my Dad has been in Fort Smith taking care of my Grandma who just had surgery on a tendon in her foot. So my sister, Angela, has been watching Mason over the last three days..and spoiling him!

Day One: He got to play with his cousin Cameron's toys, and "Aunt La's" piano. They had lunch at Wendy's because he suggested they go there! He even took a long nap that afternoon, which RARELY happens!



Day Two: Chuck E. Cheese's!!! We only take him once a year on his birthday, so he was in heaven! (poor deprived kid!) He had fun playing with Cameron there, too. That afternoon~ANOTHER NAP!






Day Three: Today was a dark, cold rainy day so they stayed home and played. He did not take a nap...but he was asleep by 8:10 tonight! What a busy, fun week! THANKS AUNT ANGELA!!! (and thanks for taking all these pictures!)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

We didn't do much to celebrate St. Patty's day today besides wearing green, but I wanted to get a few pictures anyway...you know I've got to scrapbook them! So I got these glasses out (took his pic in them last year as well) and Mason had a little photo shoot...

Our Big Boy

I bet you're thinking what I'm thinking...Wow! Look how big Mason is! Doesn't he look like such a big boy?!?!!
He's now 3 years & 8 months old and has been growing again lately. I took these pictures before church the Sunday before last. Of course he had to get in a goofy one, too. (He is NOT throwing up a gang sign!)
Also, just a side note: I actually made the new St.Patty's blog header last year at this time but there was a glitch & the program I was using wouldn't let me download it to my computer, so I was never able to use it last year. I thought I'd go ahead & use it this year, so I updated the picture of Mason and re-saved it but it would not save! (what is it with this?!) So I just went ahead & used it with Mason's picture from 1 year ago. Take a look & compare how much he's grown! (boo hoo!)

Super Mason

Not too much has been going on around here...just working, sleeping, cleaning, eating...nothing too fun to blog about! I did have a fun Stella & Dot jewelry party at my house a few weeks ago, but I didn't take any pictures :( I got some free jewelry & a couple half price items that are on the way to me now! Can't wait!

I am now already 12 weeks along in my pregnancy! Next week will start my 2nd trimester, which is just hard to believe! Hopefully I will start to have some more energy because I have been a sleepy slug! Other that that, I've been feeling pretty good.
A few days ago, Mason decided he was Superman (not sure exactly how he knows that much about Superman) and asked for a hooded bath towel to be a cape. He had so much fun with it. He was running up & down the hallway and saying he was saving the day! He wouldn't stop moving long enough to get any good pictures, but here's what I got: