Easter 2011 was a BUSY day!

With Easter being so late in the month this year AND being 2 days after Mason's birthday we have been incredibly busy this weekend! On Sunday we got all dressed up and went to church and then spent the afternoon at my mom and dad's! I wont constipate this post with a bunch of blah blah blah....Ill just show you the pics!!!

All dressed up!

Easter 2010! Mason was 11 months old!

Easter 2011! Mason is 2 years old! SO BIG!

Mason and Aunt Kelsay at church!

Kelsay, Mason and Caleb

Family Pic :)

                                

Mason and Jake with Jake's dad

Mason with Ma and Pa

It only required about 8 shots to achieve this! compared to our usual 2,435 ...not too bad!!

Playing with Aunt Kelsay's puppy! His name is Spike but Mason says "Pike" :)

Bubbles!!!

We made and decorated Easter cookies!

  

These are the two goof balls that crashed the cookie decorating party when they caught a glimpse of the icing bags...(Kelsay's friends ofcourse)

Opening the gifts from his Easter basket from Ma and Pa!

Great Wolf Lodge

We took an overnight trip to Great Wolf Lodge this week for Mason's 2nd birthday! We had a blast! I was surprised at how much there was for him to do! Jake and I were exhausted from chasing him all over the place! He just didnt know where to go or what to do next! Mason called this trip his "watercation"!! I KNOW his favorite part of the trip was the waterpark BUT he also LOVES buffets! LOL He really liked having all of his favorite foods at his disposal! I was proud of him though! Most of what he requested was fruit!! :)

He loved the water shooting out of the floor!

Garden Update!

Mason's little garden of tomatoes and zinnias ACTUALLY grew! We transplanted into a bigger pot today! SO we will see if I killed them this time...I am a TERRIBLE gardener! Im shocked that we made it this far!!

Sleepy Crafting and the prettiest flower Ive ever seen...

Ive been trying to be a craftier person! I have always loved handmade things, but DIY projects DO NOT come easy to me. I usually start a project and never finish it! Thats why I have a scrapbook of a trip that Jake and I took to Montana in 2003...it has one page in it :) SO if you scrapbook you are my HERO! I can never find the time, patience or creativity to do it successfully! This is why Walgreens photobooks have become my friend. 

I have decided to tackle some smaller projects that I can actually see progress on in a short period of time. So far..SO GOOD!  I have been crafting while Mason naps on the weekends because we ALL know attempting to do well...ANYTHING with an awake 2 year old is well...POINTLESS! Plus, Mason and I have better things to do when he is awake..like baking and reading books :)

I also purchased a DIY birthday decoration package for Mason's 2nd birthday on etsy.com so I have been working on that as well. That will be a separate post when I finish it :) The choo choo theme is SO CUTE!

I made this peacock feather hairclip for my friend Mieko. HOWEVER, it looks really cute on MY HEAD so maaaybe she's not gonna get it! :)

I LOVE these wreaths! They are so easy to make! They just take some time to wrap the yarn. Jake thinks they are hideous! So imagine his dismay when he came in yesterday and I had made 4 of them :)

Mason was playing outside yesterday with his Ma (grandma). When he came in..he had picked me a tulip :) Then he had to run back outside and pick another one for his daddy too! He is SO sweet! Then he went out and picked tulips for everyone (it became a game!)....So much for Ma's flowers!

Doctors, cookies, cupcakes and PARRRTAY!!

The next few weeks are going to be busy busy busy! Mason's 2nd birthday is coming up SUPER fast and I have a lot to do before his party! The play set project is coming along really well! I just hope the weather cooperates so Jake can get it finished!
Along with Mason turning 2 comes his annual check up with his ortho doctor AND his well child check up! Lets hope this will be our LAST visit to Dr. Albert at Dayton Children's!
Today for yummy treat Monday we made Chocolate Chip Mini's! AND over the weekend I found the PERFECT icing and cupcake combo! So I can scratch that off the birthday party to do list!

I also got crafty this weekend! I am dying to share what I made BUT I dont want to ruin the surprise for someone who reads this :) So maybe later!

Notice..there is a cookie missing....bottom left :) AND some chocolate on someone's face! lol

 Here is the PERFECT cupcake! Thank you Wilton buttercream icing box mix!!!! :) Available at Michaels and thank you Ashley Perkins for letting me in on that little secret!!! 

Cookin up a storm!! and mommy necklaces..

Tonight we had mini lasagnas for dinner. They were super easy and FAST! Next time I will be cutting the recipe in half or inviting 65 more people to dinner! It made a ton! If anyone wants this recipe let me know :)
Its also YUMMY TREAT MONDAY! My friend, Asya ,just got back from a trip where she went to the Paula Deen restaurant. She said that this gooey butter cake was AMAZING! So Mason and I decided to give it a try! It was really easy to make too! its cooling now...Ill let you know how it tastes...but it SMELLS DELICIOUS!

I also got my mommy necklace in the mail today! They were the deal of the day on mommabargins.com last week. They are a chemical free (safe for baby) easy break away closure necklace (grabby toddler friendly). Also great for nursing moms with busy baby hands! Check them out!

http://www.mommynecklaces.com/

These look WAY more complicated than they really are!

 

7,438 calories of gooey goodness..

Modeling my newest purchase :)

These would make an awesome shower gift! I shoulda bought more!!

Boonshoft Museum of Discovery

Sunday we went to the Boonshoft Museum. There were SO MANY things for Mason to do! I think he may have been overwhelmed! We had a blast! In a matter of 2 hours Mason.....

Worked for Waste Management...

Was convicted of his first felony...

delivered his first verdict..

shimmied through a tunnel...

Flew down a slide...

posed with mommy...

and managed to soak his clothes. All things considered...it was a super fun day!!