TGIF

Hello, I'm back. A few things about me, when I was writing earlier, I had a strange sense of humor, now it's stranger. I am a writer, but I write what I want to write. This is what I write on

This is the computer I scribble on, not so much write but scribble. I play D and D. But enough about me, you want to hear about me. Today I woke up, got ready, and decided, today would be a good day to exist. So I decided to go to school, I had 7 periods Coding, Business, Science, Algebra, Civics, Computer Science, and Language Arts. After school I went to a friends house, and played D and D for about 2.5 hrs. Then I came home and went to Toojays, had tongue. Finally came home, showered practiced hebrew, than decided to write my post.

Thanks for reading.

This has been Mason.

New Format, Same old Tootsie.

Hey, It's Mason. Wow, it's been what, 1, 2, 10 years since my last post. I'm going to actually start writing about my daily life. It won't be a super strict schedule, but I will post as much as possible.

This was me at I believe age 1.

This is me, 11 years older.

This has been Mason, signing off.

P.S. There will be several odd pop-culture references. Have fun.

The Only Thing Constant is Change

Guest Blogger Mommy:

I have been in a state of flux about what to do with this blog. About a year ago people starting asking what I would do when Layla was born. I really didn't know. Eventually it came to be that I continued writing this blog from Mason's perspective and included Layla's events in that. But this is no longer working for me.

The last big post I did felt weird. Why you ask? Because who am I to put words in Mason's mouth? He talks now. He has his own ideas, thoughts, and feelings. Why am I making things up for him to say? Just to be cute? It was no longer cute to me - it felt wrong.

So then I thought, well maybe I can just start writing the blog from Layla's point of view. But that really won't work for me either. It's only time before that will get weird. And you know what? I kind of like things being from my point of view.

So with this, I refer you to my blog - Second Shift Mommy. I will start blogging there again regularly. I will include pictures of the kids, but it won't be only pictures. I will tell stories and gripe and just basically journal our life as it happens. I hope that I can use it to help myself remember what my kids were like....and what I was like....at certain points in our life.

Lemon Face

Purim

We went to the Purim Carnival at the temple.  I was a hamentashen!  Layla didn't dress up this year.  I loved the bounce house!  I got to eat cotton candy.  It was great.  I think Layla was a little jealous of my cotton candy.  She was totally eyeing it.

Singing in the Shower

Riding Chyna

Much to Mommy's dismay:

EPCOT

We went to EPCOT with Grandma and Pops.  It was so much fun!  I loved the Nemo ride and the Crush show.  The Land ride was great - I loved seeing all the stuff growing.  Then we went into Innoventions and I got to do a trash game with Mommy, Daddy, and Grandma.  We named our team Oscar the Golds.  I did a shape puzzle about hurricane preparedness:

Mommy tried out a Segway:

A group of kids carrying violins and cellos.  I waved at them and smiled really big as they passed.  This was the "parade".

These fountains spew water.  Here I am trying to catch it:

Layla is really short!

Look at Layla's expression.  I think she is thinking "Why is Pops wearing that silly hat?"

Wait! That's not Layla...

The Harrises came over to hang out with us on Saturday evening.  Brooke spent some time in the exersaucer while Reilly and I were playing and Layla was standing at her Leap Frog table.  Layla and Brooke are in class together now too!

Daddy's Shirt