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Monday, January 30, 2012

Mason in the Cupboard

One of Mason's favorite things to do is open and close the drawers and cupboard doors in the kitchen.  It all started with us pulling out all the pots, pans and lids to make "music". 
Now it has translated into Mason making a mess out of every possible object that he can pull out of any of the drawers and cupboards that he can reach.  By 8 am the kitchen tends to look like this......... 
Today he took it to a whole new level.  While I was making hamburger patties he decided to not only pull everything out but to then climb in........



I am still not sure how he managed to get himself in there but I had to help him get out.  By the end of this he got out the wok (which is under the colanders in the back) and the rest of the big pots and lids.  I now regret not taking more pictures of the mess that he created today.  I do have a video but I am going to apologize before you watch it because once Mason sees or hears the video camera he throws a tantrum until he gets it so the end of the video is crazy because Mason is the film maker.


Sorry after many failed attempts and 3 hours later.....I am throwing in the towel of uploading the video.
I will share it with you all soon.


His other obsession right now it taking the brooms out from next to the refrigerator and try to "sweep" the floor. Oh how I wish he actually could help clean up his messes!

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Weathering the Storm

Well last week was a crazy one.  We got hit with snow, then more snow, then more snow, then some freezing rain, then the wind picked up and then finally we lost power.  We thought we would only be out for a few hours so for the first night we decided to all sleep together and wake up to the heat being on and the power back on.....hahaha wishful thinking!!! Thankfully we had some great friends put us up for a night in a nice warm house after we found out that we were going to be lucky if we had power by Monday!  THANKS Justin, Jo and Nathan for letting us take over your house : )

The first of the snow.....and a tiny Mason snowman



One of the neighbor girls came over to help us out.
It was really cold so our snowman never got a face, scarf, or arms.....I know what you are all thinking...Mom of the year for the AWESOME snowman! hahahahaha

Once we were done outside we truly went stir crazy (that was BEFORE the power went out!)





 Snow after 2 days
Snow after 3 days.....notice that you can not see where the street is...
 Thinking we might dig a tunnel out of the house.
 Checking the weather.....
 NOT MORE SNOW!!!
 Power out....refrigerator moved to the snow.
 The layer of ice on the snow.
 Getting ready for night fall.
 Playing with the candles.
 Snuggling to keep warm.
 Could you imagine what the big trees looked like?
 These ones survived even with all the ice on them.
 Trying to find out how long the power would be out for.
 Well thanks to the 3 days of no power we got to do our spring cleaning early!

As fast as the snow came it left.  On Friday, Mason and I enjoyed the crisp air and the nice sunny sky. 
 Went swinging.
 Walked up to go down the slide.
Look at me!!!

Overall we enjoyed being snowed in, but boy am I glad that it was only 5 days long!  I did not make it to work but at least with Tom's truck he was able to make it to and from work all week.  Mason and I were both bummed because we were suppose to have a play date at the aquarium with some friends, but we had to reschedule until next week, but we cannot wait!!!!!!

Monday, January 16, 2012

Travel Time

As you all know Mason and I took a trip after Christmas to New Jersey and then to Ohio.  The time went way to fast, but we had an awesome time.  I am going to do another picture tell all blog of our travels. 
 Uncle Jonathan and Granny created a ball pit.
Playing with the car track.
 Mason helping with the fan vent.
Got to swing with Granny and Grandpa.
 Went out to dinner at the fish market.
 Ate a stuffed clam.
 Eating so nicely at the restaurant.
 Playing with the blinds.
 Look at me MOM!
 At the turkey farm. (they had other animals too)
Feeding the sheep.

 Went to the beach.
 Played with the crab shells.
 Uncle Jonathan got stuck in the slide....... 

 Picture time....
 I was suppose to photo shop Tom in to this picture....but not that good at that kind of thing!!! Sorry Tom!
 Even got to swing at the beach...

 Sorry Mason I am not sure what your Granny or Uncle were thinking......Stroller on the beach???

 That is much better!!!
 Or not...MOM you were suppose to catch me!
 Touching the Atlantic Ocean.
 Playing with more shells.
 Posing with Mommy.
 Painting Uncle Jonathan's bathroom.
 Using power tools with Uncle Jonathan.
Snack after all that hard work.
Thanks Uncle Jonathan for all the fun we had at you house.  We can't wait to come back and swim in the pool when it is nice and warm!

Off to Ohio we then went.

 Not even 5 minutes in the house and Mason had already made his mark.
 checking out the snow.
 Making sure the rocks had cleared the middle of the river.
 Helping do a puzzle.
 Visiting Great Grandma.
 Reading her a book.
 Helping Grandpa work.
 Mason loves computers.....he really messed Grandpa's up.......
 Getting pushed around in a box.
 Putting the cones out.
 Back to work we go.
 Safety first.


Thanks for a great trip!!!!!.....Even if we got hit with the flu bug less then 2 hours after we got home!