Lion's Mouth hike

Mason is a lucky boy who has great cousins that are super nice to him. Look at those smiles.

Cha cha

When we sneeze or cough, Mason responds with a polite "Cha Cha". I don't know if it's his way of saying Bless You or if he's mimicking the sound or what. But it's cute and he has me and Jason saying "Cha Cha" to each other when we sneeze.

Today in the store I had a total system failure. I was sneezing, coughing, choking, and crying all at once. I was trying to make my way to the back of the store to the drinking fountain but could hardly see! Mason asked if I was ok and then proceeded to "bless" every sound I made. What a site we must have been with me staggering down the aisle, coughing and sneezing with Mason exclaiming "Cha Cha" every 5 seconds.

Dear Aunt Kristi:

I like visiting your house for many reasons. Here is just one of them. Thanks for being so nice. Love, Mason

One Fish, Two Fish

Jason couldn't be happier with his little buddy along for a fishing trip.
Mason caught his first fish at the ripe old age of two. He beat his mom by about 23 years.

back to normal?

Mason slept through the night last night. And the night before. This is HUGE. It's been months since he's done that. Although it hasn't bad lately, one of us usually gets up at least once with him. He goes right back to sleep once he gets a little lovin'.

Funny though. I'm so used to him waking me up that now I can't sleep through the night. Oh well.

AL photos: 27 months old

Dear Nya:

I was so excited to visit you that I ate my hand! Just kidding but thanks for letting me play in your super cool tree house. I keep telling everyone about how you went in the water and got baptized like Jesus. Hope to see you again soon!
Love, Mason

Hyro and Mace

(Labor Day 2010)

We All Scream For Ice Cream

We had ice cream after dinner yesterday.
Today, Mason woke up early, as in too early to be up for the day.
He wanted ice cream.
He wanted it really badly.
When we said no, it's sleeping time, he threw an awesome fit.
Eventually we were all back asleep, ice cream-less, piled in our bed.

(I'll be honest, ice cream for breakfast sounded pretty good.)