A Little Bit of This & A Little Bit of That

I have some random misc. pics to share so I thought I'd lump them all together into one big crazy post!

Mason got to make a new animal at Build A Bear a few weekends ago while we were out shopping with my Mom & Grandma. He chose a bear because he's never had a bear of his very own~the bear that he's always played with was Wayne's teddy bear when he was a child. He chose a soft, chocolate brown bear and we named him Hershey.
Every time we've been in Build A Bear, Mason only wants to play with the strollers that they sell to push around the stuffed animals. He's TOTALLY distracted & can barely focus on making an animal b/c he's GOT to push the stroller. So we finally caved & bought him one so Hershey could ride in it. (They have a blue one for boys) Mason was in heaven. He didn't want to dress his bear, so we chose a little AR Razorback t-shirt to put it in & some sunglasses & called it good.

Foot on the pedal, filling his bear with stuffing

Waiting...

Washing...

Strolling...

I meant to post this a few weeks ago~Our "Pet" bird update:
The baby birds in the nest right next to our sunroom window hatched & flew out of the nest about 2 weeks later! They grew SO fast! Mama Bird & Baby Daddy taught the babies how to fly, hunt for food in the grass, & all the other things birds need to know how to do. It was such a pleasure to watch them grow from eggs to teenagers...

Mason drew his very first Faces!!! Up until now all of his drawings were just (beautiful) scribbles. we were playing the other day & he just decided he was going to make a face. He drew eyes, a nose, cheeks, a mouth...and then a moustache! hilariously awesome. I am SOOoooo proud! (can you tell?)

If you know us or have read any of this blog in the past, you probably know Mason's fascination/obsession with vacuums. Well, you may not know that he is also in love with robots.
Enter: Robot Vacuum. Not many things in this world make this child happier than our Roomba vacuum. My parents have one too, so he gets to play with one constantly. He knows how to turn it on & off, do a spot clean, & return it to the charger. He follows it around with HIS little "robot vacuum" (that unbeknownst to him is actually an old portable CD player. Ha!) What a cute, clean kid!


Mason also still likes to line random things up in an orderly manner like, say, these pillows...

That's all for now but I'm still playing catch-up. I'll post pictures from Touch A Truck & then celebrate my 400th post (holy geez!)

Our "Pet" Bird

Warning: If you care nothing about birds or the wonders of nature, this will be boring to you. :)

Last week, while in our sunroom, we discovered that a robin had built a really awesome nest on top of our meter outside, right next to the sunroom window. (The construction of it is amazing, although you can't tell by the picture) It's in a great place since it's tucked in a corner & under the overhang of our house, but we worried for a minute if it was a fire hazard. We figured it was ok and of course didn't want to disturb it or the Mama Bird who was diligently sitting on her eggs. (See her in the pic?) She keeps a close eye on us when we're in the sunroom and has stared Wayne down a few times.

Wayne saw something we thought was very interesting. On a chillier, rainy day last week, he said Mama Bird was sitting on the nest & Baby Daddy flew up & fed Mama a worm!!! Now we had no idea that Baby Daddy stuck around after doing the deed, let alone was willing to feed Mama bird. Nature is Amazing!

On Monday I got curious to see the robin-blue eggs and Mama Bird was not on the nest, so I pulled a chair up close to the window to try to peek in and I saw 2 baby birds! They have huge beaks and are pretty scruffy looking. Wayne mowed the lawn on Wed. & got dive-bombed a few times, but all is well.

This is my 4th post tonight & I still have Chloe's 16th Birthday to post but I'm too tired. Go see the other posts from tonight & I'll be back soon!