strong boy

daddy built a chin up bar for the garage. mason decided he needed to try it out... what a strong boy!

easter 2010

grammy, pappy & special k came over saturday to celebrate easter and we went to the egg hunt and service at our church. despite the egg hunting practice we held last week, mason was quite unimpressed with the process. fortunately, egg hunting wasn't the reason for our celebration!

not bad for a tripod and the timer :)

look mama!

"i know, i know, the egg goes in the bucket"

"but this is more fun!"

grammy & mason

the loot

not exactly peter cottontail...

easter kisses

the easter bunny?!

the real reason we celebrate - He Lives!

do you think mason liked his first sucker ever?

practicing for the puddles

aunt kant, mason loves his new dolphin rain boots! he found the box in my suitcase and put them on immediately. no rain yet, but we're ready!

a picture a day while mommy's away

monkeys love the monkey bars!

daddy cheated nap time

picking carrots (and tasting them) with pappy

worn out

the easter bunny came early!
toy for mason or daddy? you decide.

more new york

it turns out, i really don't take that many pictures when mason's not around! here are a few fun ones from the (small) bunch...

i've been to new york three times, but this was
my first trip to the empire state building!

we went to the top! pretty foggy, but if you squint
you can see the statue of liberty and the spot
where the twin towers used to be

only in new york would a company pay hundreds of
thousands of dollars for a toilet paper ad. seriously, how bizarre.

hilarious. but don't bring the kids.

if mason were with me, we definitely would have taken
a spin in the cozy coupe ferris wheel!

lady liberty - out of legos! now that's talent!

what trip is complete without an ELMO sighting?!

i heart ny

the past week flew by! i cashed in my christmas present from brad - a trip to new york to visit my sister (aka aunt kant). with my bags packed full of mexican food, i boarded the plane and headed to long island.

i booked the trip in january, before aunt kant and ungle g knew about their little surprise. happily, i was the first of the nasse clan to see korey and her newfound glow! we had a blast. the first day was perfect.

you'd never know it was 35 degress out, right?! we bundled up and took a walk on the beach.

the next day was cloudy, but not rainy, so we went to the city. fun times. between the street vendor food (yum!), empire state building, avenue q (the musical), and wandering around times square, we had a ball.

days 3 and 4 were rainy. really really rainy. so we stayed inside and vegged. it's been at least 19 months since i vegged out on the couch and i loved every minute of it! we caught up on movies that were released in the last year(!) and visited. did i mention i read 4 books in 5 days? bliss.

i did miss the men in my life, though. we talked at least twice a day and brad sent me pictures of the little monkey as they found various activities to entertain them both.

my flight arrived home at 9:30 wednesday night and mason welcomed me with a 3 am wake-up call - just to say hi and tell me he was thirsty. and when he woke up for good at 8 am thursday,
he was beaming and leaped into my arms for a long, head-on-my-shoulder hug. so sweet.

it was so nice to visit korey and greg. thanks to my awesome husband for orchestrating some mommy down time and sister bonding time. i loved it!

7 minutes

it takes me seven minutes to switch a load of clothes in the laundry room. apparently it also takes mason seven minutes to completely destroy the living room. coincident? i think not.


he managed to disassemble the train table daddy bought him while i was out of town, turn on the tv (who knows where he found the remote control), move the table and chairs, rip the basketball goal off its base, and drag his blanket into the room. what can i say? he's efficient - and sufficiently destructive!