November 2nd Water Balloons and a Color Changer Monster Truck

Mason stayed with grandma and grandpa while mommy and daddy went on a

Friday night date.  Grandma finally found the other package of Mason's

water balloons so he had to try them in the tub. 

They just don't break in the tub like they do outside so Mason had to

resort to extreme measures.  He twisted them, beat them against the

tub, pulled the end out with his teeth, and threw them against the

wall, all to no avail.  Finally he learned to squeeze, twist, 

and bite them at the same time.  That worked pretty good.

He really shook the heck out of them. 

We made our own fountain like Grand Haven........ 

 Mommy and daddy brought us back a Madusa (monster truck) color changer.  Wow, were we

excited!  Grandma set up the hot and cold water tubs and......

 

Madusa turned pink in the hot water and........ 

White in the cold water.  Pretty cool.........

October 31st Grumpy Pirate

On his way to Trunk or Treat Halloween at Beverly Reformed Church, Jake the Pirate

and his trusty Grave Digger monster truck watch videos on grandma's Iphone.

Unfortunately he fell asleep in the car and was grumpy when he got

to the church. 

 

But we found daddy, got a cookie, and helped hand out

candy to the other kids.

 

The cookie did the trick and the pirate with his trusty spyglass
had a good time.



October 25th Pumpkin Mud and Leaves

80 degrees and it's almost November.  A really warm day outside in Muskegon.

Mason is barefoot and playing in the dirt with Lightning McQueen

"Helping" grandma and grandpa with the oak leaves. 

Up close and personal running around the yard. 

"Lost-A-Body" Grave Digger visited grandma and grandpa. 

Mason says "I like it this way" so grandpa did not fix it. 

Grandma got a little jig-saw type cutter and

grandpa helped Mason cut out the top. 

 

The top comes off!!!!

 

We called it "pumpkin mud" and Mason got right into the spirit

of pulling it out of the pumpkin. 

He had to reach in real deep.

OK, after the eyes and mouth he wants to do the ears by himself. 

Is there any more pumpkin mud???? 

Look at the concentration. 

Looks like a lumberjack with a chainsaw. 

Finished. 

Grandma has little lights to put in them.

 

October 22nd Golf at Fruitport

We push our tee in the ground and put the ball on top.

Then we take a swing or two at it with our little sawed-off 3-wood.

He even got it up in the air once today. 

 When we get to the green Mason puts his ball down

less than a foot from the pin.

 



Grandpa helps with a putting lesson this time. 

The ball goes in the cup! 

Got it! 

Grandma is chauffeur and caddy

(and keeper of the Ritz crackers and juice box). 

 The golfers pose on the 18th green.

Look what we found on the way home - a Halloween

monster truck made of straw bales.  Mason liked the tires........

October 17th More Park Stuff

More climbing at the Allendale Park - of course we need to climb with

a truck in hand......... 

Posing for grandpa 

Deciding what to do next 

Big steps - just before he fell across the bars 

Mason likes to climb up on the big rock - it's a good challenge for him 

On the grandpa-powered Merry-Go-Round with other kids

October 14th Visit to Allendale Park

We had a few hours of sun one mid-October afternoon after a heavy rain 

and the big sand area at the Allendale Park was great in which to turn

"doughnuts" and make tracks. 

A dream come true - puddles to run the monster trucks in under the swings. 

"Grave Digger" is getting in pretty deep........ 

 

 Oh no!  He tipped over.

 

Mason is a climber now.  He scared grandpa by climbing up on this

big ladder almost by himself.

 

 





Hand Painting with Grandma in October

Grandma Carol let Mason hand paint out of a pie container

containing copious amounts of different colored paints.  He quickly

progressed to body painting starting with the nose.

Ta da!!!  The master artist - maybe more like frog-boy.  When he got

paint on grandma and the carpet the painting was done.....