This past weekend we all got a chance to just hangout and relax together. Saturday started off with me getting a chance to get some things that I wanted to get done around the house. Which was awesome! They guys were great and helped out too. Mason even tried to assume the role of "vacuum dude", but he's still a little short to control the vacuum so he "supervised" Mom and Dad. I was able to get everything on the list done in record time.
So later that Saturday we all went outside and played with Mason's new water toy. (It's a duck that sprays water everywhere). Mason was having a blast in the front yard! Jake and I were having fun watching Mason run to the water then run away screaming. But as the afternoon rolled on the weather started to cool a bit so we all went inside to dry off and Mason to change his clothes. But since we are in sunny southern California we had to come back out! So we all grabbed some chalk and drew pictures in the drive way. Mason was loving it as most kids do. I think it's because of a feeling of freedom writing on the ground and not having the restriction of staying on a piece of paper. But shortly after we were sitting there Nana and Papa arrived!!
As always Mason flipped his lid. As soon as Nana and/or Papa are around he goes nuts!
So after Mason showed off his artwork in the drive way, we all went inside and hung out for a while. We later went out to dinner where as soon as the server showed up to the table Mason turns to her and said, " I want some chicken and veggie and milk and crackers and bread". We all including the server giggled and I informed Mason that it's just time for the bread and something to drink. We had a wonderful time at dinner. After dinner we all said our good-byes and Nana and Papa headed back to their house and we to our home.
Sunday rolled around and I could already tell as soon as Jake got up that he was going to ask something or something about fishing. So... after having breakfast together and a little relaxation afterwards. Jake and I talked and said yea lets go to the lake today. But since it's a little boring for Mason and I since Jake is the fisherman and we are not (yet) we opted to have a picnic also. Once Mason heard we were going somewhere with a park and a lake and having a picnic it was like if someone had given him the green light to get crazy! He is so silly at times. So I packed up the food, Jake loaded up everything into the car and Mason was again responsible for "supervising".
Once we got to the lake it was a BLAST! The weather was wonderful! There surprisingly wasn't a ton of people there so it was rather calm and peaceful (for the time being). So after eating lunch we cleaned up and Jake grabbed his fishing stuff and Mason and I went over to the park. Mason was having a blast!! It was a new park that had everything for every age child. I will not lie, I was loving it too and a little jealous as kids we didn't have parks that cool. But sadly a play time was cut short because Mason had a boo-boo from a fall on the play ground. The only 5 foot section of concrete in the 100 foot playground, he fell on and scrapped his knees :(
So we went to go get Dad, so he could see Mason's "battle wounds". Once we got there Jake said he was ready to go because there were too many people disturbing the water and scaring the fish.
On the drive home Jake and I were talking and I mentioned that it's such a beautiful day and the temp had heated up lets go the the beach.... And so we did! One thing about Mason that anyone who know's him is that he LOVES the water! Rivers, lakes, seas, and even bath time. If there's water Mason's there. So we got to the beach and it was beautiful! Everything was great! But there was one strange thing. We went to the same beach that I had been going to since I was an infant and in all there years I have been there I have never seen the tide to low. It was kind of strange but yet kinda cool.
After putting our chairs and towels down Mason and Jake were ready to go swimming! Mason got ready to take off running but Jake caught him to slow him down and put his life vest on. We always have him wear it whenever we're out on or by the water. He love the water so much and is still a little young to understand the good and the bad, so we have him wear it. I actually think he really like it because when the water's calm he loves to just kick back and float.
Anyway Mason had a blast. Jake got down in the sand with him and they built a sand castle for me. I thought it was so nice of them. As the weather began to cool and Mason grew tired we gathered our things and headed home.
All and all we had a wonderful weekend. Calm and relaxing but also fun and entertaining. We didn't really want to go out and do anything grand. But I love that the simple things/times is when we have the most fun. For some it's works and for us it does and it's part of our special family.
