Thursday, February 21, 2013

Catch-up pictures


A visit to the Dukes of Hazzard museum in Nashville


Got to sit in the General Lee with Dad


In Daisy's jeep with Mom


Playing with the slot car track with Dad


And of course everything turns into a wrestling match


Our goofball and his Valentines Day card from Great Grandma Donna, who lives way up high (on the seventh floor in Illinois)


Playing with our favorite Lego truck


Having way to much fun putting a lift kit on Lightning Mcqueen


A boy and his General Lee fast asleep after bath time.

February 20th at the Mall and Febuary 21st in the Snow

 The little police car is now our favorite at the Rivercrossings Mall.
 Gotta make sure the lights are working.
Backing up.......
 No grandpa, 5 more minutes.......
 At the playground.
 Down the big slide.
Mason in snow saucer with good attitude.  This looks like it could be fun.
 Sliding around the yard fast!
Do it again, grandpa!

Monday, January 28, 2013

January 28th Snowman Kit

 We got a snowman kit for Christmas and finally got some wet snow.
Grandma did most of the work, but Mason put on the hat and nose.
 Putting the pipe in a little low - maybe in the neck??
 Grandma helps with the scarf.
Ta-dah!  All done.  Actually Mason had more fun playing in the mud from the water
coming off the roof drains than playing in the snow.........

Sunday, January 27, 2013

January 26th Early 3rd Birthday at Arnies and Home

Grandma brought a "Kooky" pen to Arnie's for Mason to use
while we waited for our order - it was a definate "thumbs up"!
Mason was amused as mommy drew around his hand with a crayon.
 French fries are just a carrier for ketsup.
 Binacular eyes help us see stuff. 
 Chocolate frosting on a chocolate cupcake with chocolate filling.  Wow! He was hyper after that.
 Another cake at home with three special candles.
 I am 3!
 Mason is a pro at ripping the wrapping paper off.
 A cargo truck grandpa made from 11 kinds of wood.
 You load it with cherry freight barrels.
 Another present.
 Grandma got more legos - Mason is pumped.
 The consultant telling daddy how to put the firetruck together.  Also really
good at taking part of the truck apart while daddy works on another part.
That way daddy won't get too far ahead.........
 We roll our tongue now.
 Mason does an imitation of Lightning McQueen from the movie where he winks at his fans
(Mason does it with both eyes) and sticks his tongue out as he does a jump stunt.
Such concentration attaching the rocket for "Red" the firetruck.

Monday, January 21, 2013

January 21st Whoa-Whoa Game with Grandma

Mason gets Grandma to play a game of "Whoa-Whoa" which means
he stands on a foam block and does fancy legs until he is pitched
off in some random direction.
Grandma holds his hands and makes the landings reasonably safe.......
 Sometimes it gets pretty wild.
Sometimes he looks like it was planned.
 Sometimes the boy gets rolled around the foam cylinder.
 Then he wants his belly button tickled.
 Mason loves climbing up on the sofa so he can see through the
opening into the kitchen.
 Looking for action....
Here to help Grandma in the kitchen.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

January 16th Grand Rapids Children's Museum

Grandpa and Mason went to the Grand Rapids Children's Museum
on Wednesday. Mason liked the big bubble wands.
 He got so he could make really big bubbles.
 Mason built little shelves where a plastic golf ball could roll.
 Ready to put the ball on one of the top rows and see if it will make it
all the way down.
 Super magnetic play bench.  The magnet was about a foot wide and six feet long.  Looks like
one of his mom's physics demonstrations.........
 Lots of mirrors.  This one was Mason's favorite.  Might be scary
for mom and dad if there really were seven of him.............
 Ta-dah!  A small stage.
 He did, of course, have to drive the yellow VW convertible.
A favorite activity was taking a wheel barrow full of wooden eggs and
putting them in one end of the hen house and having them roll to the
other end.  Over two dozen eggs of different colors from three hens...