Play Date

We had a little "play date" at our house today. Tessa, her cousin Christina, and my friend Ryonna's youngest, Bella...all came over to play!


Mason and Bella had a love hate relationship going on! They wouldn't leave each other's side...but then wanted to fight over everything! :) I feel love in the air!

Even when Mason would play hard-to-get, Bella still would try to win him over!
Christina...the oldest of the group, set up a session of "school" for everyone. They made beautiful art out of foam sticker thingies...I was impressed at how well they all liked to be bossed around by a 7 year old!

Happy Birthday Nana!

Last Friday was my mom's birthday (I won't mention WHICH birthday)! :) This year, instead of gifts, my mom asked me to take her to lunch and a pedicure. I figure that's a win-win...so I was happy to oblige! Well, when Hannah overheard me talking to Jim about the pedicure, she insisted that she wanted to go too!

I was a little wary of bringing my 3 year old into a nail salon...but after many "you have to act like a grown-up" talks, she actually did pretty well!

3 generations of "Sawicki" girls...Nana, Mommy, & Hannah
Very carefully choosing her toenail polish color (aka "peek yo kuh-wa")

After much deliberation and help from Nana, Hannah chose purple...to match her dress, of course!

Hannah acted like she's had several pedicures in the past. Almost like she already knew what to expect!

She liked the warm water...and how the lights in the water changed from green to blue!

This part tickled, she said. :)

She might have been acting grown-up, but she still brought her bunny to snuggle with during the pedicure.
Waiting for the polish to dry! It was sooooo hard for her to not touch the paint!
So she tried to speed up the drying process...
And here's the final product!
After the pedi's, the girls all went to lunch at Red, White, & Brew. It was a fantastic birthday celebration for Nana....just the girls!

Big Boy Bed

This week has been such a turning point in Mason's life...and a week filled with mixed emotions for me. My little boy, my baby...is growing up way too fast. But at the same time, I'm so proud of his accomplishments. First, he's going #1 and #2 on the toilet all by himself which is HUGE!!!

And now this....this is the last picture I'll ever snap of one of my babies in their crib.

Because Mason is now in a BIG BOY BED! He was so excited that he even cleaned it til it was spotless!

There's no turning back now...he's officially not a baby anymore. Unless you wanna talk about how he still refuses to drink milk from anything other than a bottle. My baby boy :)

Dewper

Every Thursday morning at the mall, there's a little music show with a giant prairie dog named Dewper. The kids LOVE him! I took them to the show today and...

Hannah got to prance around in a congo line behind Dewper shaking some African morocca thing!
She was so proud of herself!

Mason was content to just kick it with Mom on the carpet.

My kids think Dewper is, like, a ROCK STAR!
After the Dewper show, we cruised outside for about 2 1/2 minutes by the pretty fountains...but then we started to combust into flames. It's friggin' H.O.T. today!
So we headed back inside for one last AIR CONDITIONED stop at Border's Books where Mason just pulled all the toys off the shelves....
...and Hannah played with the bead game and we read some books. Good, Fun, FREE entertainment!

#1 and #2

Okay...I know I'm a terrible mother to do this....but I'm just so dang proud of my little baby boy! He's finally learning to potty train! A couple weeks ago, I was just telling a friend, "Oh Mason's not even CLOSE to wanting to potty train!" And now here he is peeing in the toilet...and YES, even doing the #2 today!!! What a big boy he's turning into! :(

I feel like having a diaper-free house is just right around the corner...just as long as Mason doesn't relapse! Hopefully he won't kill me one day for posting these pictures...but he's so stinkin' CUTE!

Cool Weather Camping

This past Tuesday, Jim took a couple days off from work. It's been really hectic for him lately so we decided to skip town for a few days. We borrowed our friend's motorhome and headed up north to go camping with our other friends, Brooke, Brian, and their two sons, Brody & Bryce. It was sooooo nice getting out of the insane heat of the valley...and we even got rained on a little bit each day! The kids had so much fun playing together while the adults just kicked back and did a whole lot of nothing.


Bryce was sad about something...so Mason tried to make his buddy feel better.
We headed down to the nearby Willow Springs Lake one afternoon...so everyone except me and Brooke could do some fishing. She and I just sat on the shore and drank beer. :)

The kids took a little dip after fishing. It looks like Hannah's saying, "Whatever BOYS! I'm OUTTA here!"

Bryce and Hannah go to preschool together. They weren't that close to each other during the school year...but whenever our families hang out now, they are INSEPARABLE!

When we first arrived, Mason hopped on Bryce's little 2-wheeler with training wheels. To say he "rode the wheels" off that bike while we were camping is an understatement! He is such a natural (way better than Hannah, in fact). Bryce is getting a new bike for his birthday today...so Brooke and Brian told us to just take this little 2-wheeler home with us for Mason. He's STILL riding the wheels off of it!

Line 'em up!

Mason doesn't typically care if things are neat and orderly. But apparently when it comes to hair rollers, he's all about organization!

I watched him from around the corner as he placed each roller next to another until they were all lined up.....then he would do it again!
Maybe this is a sign that I need to bring out another new toy that's stashed away in the closet? If they're resorting to playing with my hair styling tools, maybe they're really bored?