{1st trip to Chuckee Cheese}

Last week some of our good friends from Indiana were in town...so we met up for dinner  {Last Thursday April 5th}...

And, where did we go?

Chuck E Cheese!

It was Mason's first time ever.

Honestly, just the thought of the place gives me anxiety.
It's more of a babysitter now than a place of fun.

Sad, but true.

We had a good time...but there were so many kids running around like crazy; snatching peoples tickets, begging for coins, asking if they can ride the toy with Mason...etc. It was so crazy!
But, it was fun to catch up with friends nonetheless!

Mason wasn't all that interested in eating with all the commotion.

I couldn't blame him.

Our meal came with 40 free tokens and we played off those.

We spotted a huge Monster Truck ride when we first walked in...

and our immediate thoughts were how in the world will we ever get him off that ride?!?

Boy were we wrong!

Mason thought it looked fun in theory, but it scared the crud out of him.

He started asking to get down before the ride was over.

It went pretty high in the air, I'll give him that.

But for a kid that's not scared of much, it really surprised me. 

We ended up giving all the tickets we won to a {well behaved} kid because the line was entirely too long to wait for prizes. It was already 8 and Mase was beyond spent.

All in all we had a good time.

{Wordless-ish Wednesday}

This boy loves his tractors something fierce.

If you ask him "Mason, how many tractors do you have?"

He will answer, "I have 80 tractors".

But really? He probably has over 200 tractor toys in some form or fashion.

I love my little country boy!

linking up with jenni from the blog

{Camping - First Monday - Athens}

The weekend of March 30-31 we went camping with Nate's family and some family friends.

And by camping I mean in a camper!

We were really looking forward to a weekend getaway but everything was working against us...

Not sleeping well {all 3 of us} on Friday night, rain on Saturday, Mason throwing a big fit and us having to leave Canton - First Monday after looking through 1 arbor {thankfully I was able to get my Yellow Box flops before we had to leave}, and packing up and going home Saturday night.

But? We still had a good time.

I love making little memories with my family.

Mason's big tantrum turned into a blessing in disguise!

We got to have us a nice little family day - just the three of us.

While driving back to our campsites Nate suggested visiting the Texas Fresh Water Fisheries in Athens and I thought Mason would love it.

And that he did.

He was so intrigued by all of the fish and the crazy sounds the alligators were making. Nate thought it might have been their mating call, but we are not sure. It was loud and like nothing we've never heard. I honestly did not know that an Alligator made that kind of noise, or could get that loud.

It was rainy, but thankfully the downpour didn't happen until we were almost finish looking around.

We had such a good time.

Afterwards we ended up driving around for like 2 hours to let Mason sleep.

He was extremely tired and we knew he needed the nap.

Ya do what ya gotta do!

{The BOSS}

A couple Fridays ago Nathan picked up Mason from school.

There were several of the kids whining and crying so Nate asked his teacher if Mason ever cries.

Her response?

"Oh no. Mason never cries. He's actually the boss in this classroom. He puts kids in timeout for me when they're being bad."

Oh my!

I couldn't help but giggle.

I knew Mason was bossy at home...but didn't know he was at school too!

As long as he's bossy without being a bully I am okay with that!

OH and...if you say "Hey Boss" Mason will actually acknowledge that you're talking to him and respond, or giggle or give you a grin! haha

{Ambidextrous}

We've noticed over the last two years that Mason just might be ambidextrous!!

He uses both and switches back and forth whether he's drawing, driving his hotwheels or throwing a ball. 

A lot of times he favors his left hand and seems more comfortable on that side, but ends up using both.

Back and forth, back and forth!

We just might have us the next left handed pitcher/switch hitter for the Texas Rangers on our hands!! ha

We think it's totally cool, but Daddy is a little worried about teaching him baseball.

He says it's a whole "new ballgame" {pun intended} teaching a leftie.

This will be fun!!!