The Ranch...

Last weekend we spent the weekend at a ranch with the Huebner Family. We both moved to the area at the same time, and were blessed that Mason and Koen were in the same Mother's Day Out Class. We have been so blessed by their friendship! Mason and Koen love being together, and we love the opportunity to do a lot of things together during the week.

We celebrated Koen's 2nd birthday at the ranch. We all had so much fun! Craig got to hunt, we had girl time, and the boys enjoyed being able to play together all day. Mason's favorite thing to do was swing. He also enjoyed seeing all the animals and riding on the Gator.

Rain Boots...

Can I just say I love this age! I think have said that continually as Mason gets older, but he is so much fun. Right now, his new favorite thing are his rain boots. I was tired of washing his shoes all the time so we finally got some rain boots. Mason wants to wear them all the time. As you can tell from the pictures, even when he is playing baseball with daddy. In these pictures, he wanted Craig to hit him the ball and he was trying to catch it. We had so much fun playing baseball together!

On a side note, I have a funny Mason story... last night, I told Mason to go upstairs and tell daddy, "dinners ready." He ran off laughing up the stairs, finds Craig, and says, "Eat Now!" That's my smart boy!

My Little Cook...

Mason loves to help his mommy cook. He always asks to sit on top of the counter. As soon as I put him up there he says, "Be careful!" He knows if he falls or tries to get off, he will get hurt.

Last night we made homeade pizza and brownies. We had so much fun and made quite the mess. Mason gets so excited when he gets to eat the batter. In the last couple of pictures, we were making our neighbor some cookies for her birthday. He was trying to put icing on the cookie himself. He gave up and ate it.

Big Buck Hunter...

Craig got a new game for the Wii for Christmas called Big Buck Hunter. I think Mason likes to play it more than Craig. He will go up to Craig, and say, "Big Buck, Big Buck." Like father like son....

Christmas Continued...

Here are a couple more pictures from Christmas. The last pictures are of Mason opening his tool bench. I told him there was some tools in it, and he was all about opening it up. We waited until we got back home to give him this one. He plays with it all the time!

On a side note, his new thing is "no pants" as you can tell from some of the pictures. He always wants to take his pants off which makes getting ready in the morning a challenging task. Yesterday, I kept trying to get him to put on his pants and he refused. I said, " Do you want to go to the slides?" He said, "Yes!"....ran over, sat in my lap, and said, "pants, socks, shoes." I realized he knows exactly what he is doing!!!

Christmas Morning...

Mason wasn't all about presents like we expected. He would open one present and wanted to play with that one, and didn't care to open any others. He opened presents for about 4 days, and has played with them all. As you can see, his favorite things are tools and fixing things. He even wanted to get the dog involved. He is one loved little boy!

4 Wheeler...

I am trying to catch up on all of my pictures. Here is one of Mason's favorite Christmas gifts from GiGi and PaPa... a motorized four wheeler. He loves to ride it in our house, and bumps into many walls in the process.