Spring Break Fun!

Oh how I love Spring Break! A whole week with my Mason man! We definitly took advantage of the BEAUTIFUL 80+ degree weather all week. We had so much fun playing!

The Saturday before Easter, we went to a cookout at Charlestowne Landing w/ some of my Phi Mu sisters. We had a great time catching up! The state has done an awesome job with the renovations!


Monday, we went downtown to the Battery to play. Mason loved climbing on the cannons, running around in the grass and just exploring.




Tuesday we went to the beach with my college roomie, Angela. It was cold and windy so we didn't stay long. After his nap Mason decided to play with the water hose. Who knew THAT would be soo much fun!



Wednesday we went to the park with my friend from college Jaime and her daughter, Malia. It was nice to catch up and for the kids to finally meet! Of course at this age it's more parallel play vs. playing with each other. After the park, we walked over to the giant spray sprinkler thing. Malia LOVED it.....Mason not so much, so he found the mud :)


Thursday and Friday I had soccer practice, so Mason tagged along. He had fun and the girls loved him.



Saturday, I went to the hair dresser so Mason played at home. Then we went to the outlet mall to look around. Typical Saturday :)

Sunday we ventured out again to Palmetto Island County Park for PetFest! There were 100s of dogs which Mason LOVED! After we walked around, we played at the playground some, then headed home .



Whew! What a BUSY week! We had a blast though. Can't wait 'til summer! Only 8 weeks!!!

Easter

Easter weekend started on Thursday for Mason. Him and Grandma dyed eggs at her house. Then Friday, he dyed eggs again with me, Grandmama and Nana. He was soo good dying the eggs! He was very interested and worked hard!





Saturday we went to the Charleston Egg Drop at the church across from my school. Basically they have about 20,000 eggs on the ground and drop another 10,000 from a helicopter. Mason was NOT impressed......actually he was TERRIFIED! So terrified that even after the helicopter left I couldn't put him down for about 15 minutes. FAIL for the first Easter egg hunt! I did manage to get a few pics..



Sunday we woke up to find the Easter Bunny had visited us! He brought Mason a BIG Tonka truck! Then we got dressed and headed to church. After church we ate dinner at my parents (Grandmama and Poppa). Uncle Brian, Nana and Aunt Ora Lee and Uncle Allen joined us for dinner. We ate, played and had an easter egg hunt.

Look what the Easter Bunny brought!

Smelling the flowers

Smile!

I found an egg!

Later that evening we headed over to Andy's parents (Grandma and Granddaddy) for dinner. Aunt Jennifer was there too!

Hunting eggs with Aunt Jennifer


HAPPY EASTER FROM THE BLANTON'S

Carolina Cup

Yesterday we took Mason to his first Carolina Cup horse race. Cup is a fun tradition of food, friends and drinks all while dressing up in your springtime best. Oh and the horse races of course :) Here are a few pics of Mason and the fun!

His "Tom Cruise" look

Playin'

Watching some kids throw the baseball

Checking out a horse up close!

Catchin' a ride on daddy's shoulders (Hey Dad, you got some dirt in here)

The Blanton's

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day from the littlest leprechaun :)


Mom and Nana took Mason downtown to the parade. He has a blast watching all the kids. He got a little scared at the bagpipers and the firetruck (only b/c the sirens when off RIGHT in front of him).

Why are those dudes wearing skirts?


That night Grandmama cooked corned beef and cabbage. Mason LOVED both of it. Sooo glad he's not a picky eater like his mama!

Spring is here!

Finally, a whole week of beautiful weather! I think spring is on the horizon which is good because Mason was having a rough time staying inside. Last Saturday we spent the day playing in the yard and going to the park. He had a GREAT time!

Playing in the mud



He prefers the stomach slide...he went down this way on purpose every time!

Bouncy Teeter Totter

Tire swing :)

His own climbing wall.....possible future??

Man that's a long way down!

This kid LOVES sticks

Mason @ 15 months


And just for giggles.....After his bath the other night, Andy hadn't let the bath water out yet. We were sitting in the living room with Mason when he walked down the hall. They we heard a "hahahaha splash". This is what we found....
HAHAHAHA

Mommy asks "Mason are you in the bath with your night night clothes on?

1st Hair Cut and Bike Ride!

So first I would like to apologize for not posting very often. Soccer season has started and my time is precious. Very rarely do I get to sit at the computer for more than 3-5 minutes a day.

Mason is growing and growing. He LOVES to explore. He is such a boy! He is very independent at times too which is good. He is into throwing things :( and has decided that he doesn't want to listen.....starting terrible 2s early I think! He makes us laugh all the time! We go next week for his 15 month check up. I can't wait to see how big he is!

A few weeks ago we decided to get his mullet cut. There is a place called "Hair Bears" that exclusively cuts children's hair. So we made an appointment and of course brought the video camera. Mason sat in the chair and got a sucker. He could care less about the hair cut....just the sucker! He did awesome!

Before...

Enjoying the sucker

After...

Styling


Last weekend we enjoyed the beautiful weather. We decided to attached the bike seat (with help from Poppa) so we could go out for a ride! Mason LOVED the bike ride. It's going to be a fun spring!

Aww mom do I HAVE to wear this?!

All ready to go!

Riding around the cold-a-sac

Poppa wanted to ride