Moments with Mason

A new favorite thing to do- play in the bubbles at the kitchen sink

Sandbox silliness

You can never go wrong with bubbles

Just ask Ellie!

Have a seat!

This boy loves, loves, loves to be outside.

Lovin' his big trucks!

Signs of Life

Since Mason became mobile, I find that old saying that " cleaning up while the kids are awake is like raking during a windstorm " to be very true. Mackenzie was a very easy toddler who was cleaning up after herself by 18 months. Mason has much better things to do and I know that Mackenzie's kind of toddler was the exception. Mason is more like the rule. None the less, it's hard for a personality like mine to get accustomed to not having a perfectly picked up house all of the time. I seemed to fight it and would become really frustrated when I ' Just cleaned up this mess!" . Finally, I decided to stop fighting against nature and am learning to enjoy life as it is right now. One day, I will have my clean house back. And I will probably miss stepping on toy dinosaurs or tubes of lip gloss on my way across the floor. For now, I will try to consider the things I previously thought of  as " messes" as signs of life....And our house is FULL of life! Just as it should be.

Mackenzie is saving these bubble gum wrappers
so she can use them to wrap presents at Christmas.

Sickness arrives

I thought we'd paid our dues last year when we seemed to be kicking around viruses all winter long. Apparently, Kindergarten has it's own types of viruses and they have already begun to take over our house! This latest virus even includes laryngitis....A 5 year old and 18 month old with no voice....sad, sad times.

She fell asleep before her bedtime story was over

Mason's turn with the virus brought about the same symptoms as Mackenzie but when his fever came on, it caused a febrile seizure. Though my time in pediatrics made me very familiar with this type of seizure, nothing can ever really prepare you to be the parent in this situation. The seizure came and went and with in an hour, Mike had come home from work to be with us and Mason was asking for cookies. Interesting to note- Mike and his dad, Ralph, both had a febrile seizure around this age.

As I type this, my own nose is running but Mason is almost back to himself and Mackenzie is at school. Hopefully we will have some healthy days before the next thing hits!

A little of this and that....

Look who's looking so big!

My March Mama friend, Sarah, is moving to Colorado because her
husband got a job transfer here! We set the girls up on
a FaceTime chat so that Grace and Charlie has a friend in Colorado
before they even move. The conversations revolved around bugs and lizards- Mackenzie's kind of girls!

Hockey season gear! Not Avs or Red Wings, we are
are staying middle of the road with this outfit.

She's got her eyes on you.....

Gunner is a strange sleeper..... This was just before he fell asleep.

We had our fist snow flakes of the winter here!
The kids dug out their winter gear and wore
it around the house.

Halloween toes!

If you're happy and you know it.....

A new addition

 Meet Gunner- the newest addition to our house! He belonged to a friend of mine who couldn't keep him so I offered to try him out here. He has fit right in and is just the most loveable dog ever! He's thought to be a lab/boxer mix ; however, he is so big that I think he might have some Dane in his bloodlines, as well. Either way, he's our new boy and we love him! Ellie took a bit of convincing but even she has started to love this big boy.

 

Handsome boy

Torn

 Since Mason has become mobile, I often find myself torn . When I happen upon something he is doing or has done , do I first stop the action or do I take a picture. The answer, when the question was posed to other photographers and mothers, was unanimously  " PICTURE! "   I try to not encourage such behaviors that I wouldn't want continued but if I can sneak a picture, unnoticed, I consider this to be acceptable!

This is what happens when Mason is left to his own devices for 30 seconds ( or less)

Batter up!

Mike took Mackenzie to their first professional baseball game this month. The Colorado Rockies hosted a game for the University of Colorado Hospital employees . Tickets were discounted and there was a special presentation ( and fireworks show for those who could make it that long- Mackenzie was ready to go before the end of the game).  Of course, any event that has massive amounts of cotton candy is good in our book! The two both had a great time . We hope to all four go next summer!