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 Snow

What's wrong with this picture? GREEN grass with SNOW!?!!

Since Mother Nature blessed us with one last snow, (on the first day of Spring, might I add) I felt compelled to let Mason play in it one last time. Well, I guess I should have let him play in it over the weekend, but it just didn't happen until this afternoon when most of it had melted. The backyard was a sloppy, muddy mess with slushy snow on top. Of course Mason still had a great time while I cringed as he jumped up & down in the mud puddles, trying to remind myself that it's just mud and he is a boy.

Eeeewwwwww
Drawing a face with his rake

Backyard Snow Play

We've had so much snow over the last 2 months~and personally, I'm pretty sick of it! I am glad that Mason has gotten to play in it and have a good time though. These pictures were from a few weeks ago~the snow is melted now but It's bitter cold outside and was spitting snow again today! I could never live up north!

Mason's First Sledding Adventure

We took Mason to a hill near my parent's neighborhood to sled. He wasn't too into it since he didn't have enough weight to get the sled going very fast. Wayne worked hard getting Mason up & down the hill in the deep snow...while I stood & took pictures! Mason was so cute when we told him to lean back, he would lean as far back as he could, even if he wasn't moving yet.

Early January Snow Days

The first full week in January, we had several snow days with all local schools closed. (Much like today!) Mason was so excited to get outside and play and build a snowman.

Our little angel making a snow angel

Wayne got a workout pulling Mason in the sled


Snowball fight
The next day, we played outside again...




We tried to build a snowman, but the snow was too dry and it turned out to be a snowblob.
The next night I got home from work to find that Mason & Daddy had made a real snowman in the front yard!

What we did this weekend...

We pretty much did NOTHING on Saturday & Sunday. I, thankfully, have only had a few mild pains here and there, so I don't know whether I already passed the kidney stones or if they are still to come. (yikes) I did pick up my pain meds on Friday just in case I needed them over the weekend.

On Friday, Mason & I rode around town doing errands with my Mom. I had a terrible banging headache most of the day, so that really sucked. We stopped in at the Promenade Food Court so that Mason could ride the New Orleans Carousel! I hadn't heard anything about it (because I live under a rock) but my Mom told me that it was saved from Hurricane Katrina and refurbished. I wonder how it came to live here...? I'll have to google it & get back to you! Anyway, It was the highlight of the day! It was really beautiful and the antique cash register they used was amazing as well. They had it recovered in copper, brass, and nickel and it has more buttons than you can imagine. If you're at the Promenade, go check out the cash register and of course the Carousel!






I was surprised to pull back the curtain on Sat morning to find this:

So we just spent the weekend at home. Not that the weather would've kept us from doing anything if we had wanted to, we were just kinda lazy and too cold.
Mason played with his road mat and we watched the movies Cars & Finding Nemo about 3 times each! We just joined the Disney Movie Club and got 4 movies for $1! He is loving them! (and so am I)

What a Beautiful Mess

We've officially been declared a "Disaster Area." I'll let the pictures do the talking~this was my trip in to work this morning...

I bought Mason these boots tonight! (I'll admit they were in the girl's section, but they look boyish to me and there were NO boots in the boy's section.) Mason LOVES them of course.