Bikes and Water at the Park

The kids and I went to one of our favorite parks to play the other day. Mason's new thing is taking his bike with us to the park. So we took the bikes and suits and the kids rode their bikes and then when they got hot they would ride or run through the water. We have loved the water toys that they have at some of the parks. It makes the heat seem so much more bearable. Mason was a daredevil riding his bike through some of the big sprays. It was so much fun to watch the kids run around and have fun instead of being trapped inside on a hot day.

Pajama Day at School

The other day Mason had Pajama Day at school. At first he was really confused about the whole thing. He is very particular about what he wears to preschool and he has certain clothes that he has deemed school clothes. Which he did all on his own. So he will only wear certain outfits. Which at first was really hard when his school wardrobe consisted of one shirt that he considered his school shirt. He at first insisted on wearing that one shirt every Tues. and Thurs. to school . I am sure his teacher was feeling bad for the kid who only had one shirt to wear. So after doing laundry every couple days I gave up and bought a couple more shirts that he would consider school shirts. So you can guess how hard it was at first for us to explain that this one day he could wear his pajamas. After a lot of convincing and him telling me numerous times that we only wear pajamas at night. He finally agreed. And once he was on board about the whole thing he was really excited. It was so fun to see him get so excited about something so little. When he got home he said his favorite part of school is when all of the kids got into a line and then each one got to step out and show off their cool pajamas. He is so funny. So it turned out to be a good p.j. day at school.

Picnic at the Park

The other day I decided to take the kids to the park and pack a picnic for the afternoon. Mason was so excited he could hardly stand it. We had so much fun. Mason kept telling me how happy he was that we got to go and have a picnic and that it was the greatest day ever. Kinley loved going down the slides and she just made laps going down the slides and then would run back around to the stairs and do it all over again. She made me dizzy just watching her. Both Kinley and Mason love being outside. I think they both could have stayed there all day long. We are so lucky to have so many fun parks all around us to go play at. That is one thing we have found is that around every corner it seems there are a ton of really neat parks here in Vegas.

Last T-Ball Game

Last night was Masons last T-Ball game for the season. He has had so much fun playing this year. Every Monday he would get all dressed in his baseball clothes and ask me all day long how much longer until it's time to start his game. He has been playing out in the backyard and has even taught Kinley to pitch balls to him. Scary I know since she stands about 3 Ft. in front of him and then throws the ball to him. And then every time he hits it she yells Yaa Mason. Neither one of them can figure out why I won't let them do it. Even though it is so dang cute. He has also taught her how to run around and help him retrieve all the balls after he hits them. He has got this sister thing figure out pretty good I think. Anyways the game was so fun last night. He caught one ball in the field and then he stood there with it in his raised straight up and just stood there for a minute. I think he just wanted everyone to take in his moment of glory. It was so funny! The coach kept yelling throw it in and he just kept standing there smiling at everyone with the ball still up in the air. We were all laughing. In one of the pictures he is running in from third base and is running and jumping onto home. I couldn't believe that we caught it in a picture. Only in T-Ball do you see those things. At then end of the game they gave each kid a little metal. It is so cute you could tell each kid was just thrilled with this tiny little metal that they received. Mason kept yelling Dad look at my necklace that I got. Chris kept telling him that it's not a necklace that it is a metal. But he just kept running around showing everyone his really cool necklace. This season we even had some friends that put their kids in t-ball and we all got on the same team. Mason loved having friends on his team. It was fun to watch each others kids and cheer for them. I don't know what he is going to do next Monday when he doesn't have baseball to look forward to.

Night at the Game

Last week we had some friends invite us to a baseball game. They have family that gets season tickets and then just passes them out to whoever wants to use them. So they invited us to go with them since Mason is obsessed with Baseball right now. We had so much fun. The tickets were amazing. They were at the bottom, very very first row right behind home plate. The kids loved it. We had so much fun. Mason couldn't get over how far they could hit the ball. He was so cute he brought his mitt with him in case he needed to help catch a pop ball. He also insisted on wearing his T-ball uniform. We were cracking up. He also tried endlessly to try and bring his bat with him too. All I could think was the 6 of us in the stadium seats with him swinging his bat every time trying to pretend that he was going to hit the ball too. I could tell it was just a recipe for a disaster. So the bat had to wait for us in the car while we watched the game. I think Mason's favorite part was when the whole stadium sang Take Me Out to the Ball Game. He was just beaming. We had such a great time. I was so prepared and brought our camera so I could take some pictures. When we got there I pulled it out and tried to turn it on to take some pictures and low and behold the batteries were dead. I was so mad. (Note to self always check the batteries before we leave the house. ) Anyways it was such a fun night. We can't wait to take them again. Mason hasn't stopped talking about it.

Company

Two weeks ago we had company come and stay with us. Shalee and Chase came to visit!! It ended up being when we were still under construction. So things were a little crazy but we still had a ton of fun. We were so excited to have them come here. We were even more excited to see them for the first time since they had told us their exciting news. They are expecting a baby the beginning of Oct.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We could not be more excited for them. They came for about four days and Mason and Kinley were in heaven. I am pretty sure that Shalee and Chase were worn out by the time they left. They followed the kids everywhere they went and played every game that they wanted. They both spent a lot of time out in the backyard jumping on the tramp and pitching baseballs to Mason while he practiced batting. They are so fun and the kids love playing with them. Kinley keeps asking about them and looking for them. Mason was so sad when it was time for them to leave that he told me he didn't want them to leave and that he was going to ask them to stay for forever and ever. And he really did. He is so funny. We wish they lived closer and that we could see them more often. But we had an amazing weekend and loved having them come and visit us. And we are counting down the months and can't wait for Oct. to come so we can see that new baby!!!!!!!

Construction Zone

For the last couple weeks we have been living in a construction zone. I am so far behind and have a lot to blog about but haven't had a second to myself. Since we moved into our house we have been wanting to do a couple things to improve our house and we were finally able to do it after saving up for the last year. When we bought our house there was a big space that was just open and lofted. Which was nice to look at but basically just wasted space. Also we only had three bedrooms and really wanted to make a fourth bedroom. So we closed off our existing loft/family room/toy room and made a fourth bedroom and put in a floor where it was lofted the full two stories and that will now be our family room/play room. Everything turned out so great. We got so lucky and really amazing people come work on our house. Which is a miracle because you never know what you might get in Vegas. Things are kind of slow as far as building goes so we were able to just move from framers to electrical and then dry wall and painter with not even a day in between sometimes. We got so lucky. Everyone was done on time and we even came in UNDER BUDGET!!!!! We couldn't believe it. That is not what I was expecting when we started but we will take it. It took just about 2 weeks from start to finish. Our poor kids got so used to having people coming and working on our house Mason keeps asking when the workers are coming back. Kinley got so used to people showing up at 7 AM that she started sleeping through the generators and nail guns towards the end. Now they both keep wandering through the house rediscovering everything. It was hard for them to be kept in one little part of the house with only a few toys but they were so good about it. The whole process ended up being not to bad other than the dust and mess that was left behind on everything. But we are so excited to have it all done!!!! I haven't taken any pictures of the end result but I will post some later.