Christmas Oklahoma Style

We celebrated Christmas in Texas last Monday, and then went to Oklahoma later in the week. Mason and I are still here visiting my family and will go home in a few days. I already deleted the pictures from our Christmas with Jonathan's family off of my camera so I am writing about Oklahoma first. This Christmas with Mason was really fun! He consistently asked for a wolf puppet and football helmet from Santa, and he must have been a good boy because he got both. He also got just a few other things (insert sarcasm). We started to realize he got too many things when everyone else was finished opening presents and Mason still had a pile of like 6 more presents. This was after he had already gotten a lot of things from Jonathan's family! He is definitely not wanting for toys or clothing. Here are some pictures, and as usual I ended up with none of my parents. It was not intentional Mom and Dad. My vow is to get a picture of Mason and my parents before I leave Oklahoma! The infamous wolf puppet (still obsessed with The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf)

Every time Mason tried to put his helmet on, it was backwards.

Jonathan liked the helmet as well.

Mason is a fix it man and inevitably loved his tool bench!

My mom found him the cutest Three Little Pigs toy.

Gabe and Julie bought Mason cowboy boots like Jonathan's, and Santa brought him Handy Manny underwear.

This is Mason with his frosty bear, known by Mason as his "frosty beer."

You could not pull Mason off of Julie and Gabe the entire time they were there.

Josh shared his bed with Mason, and Mason loved snuggling with him and watching Elmo. Josh even took him to the bathroom at 5:00 in the morning; I was impressed!

Little Imitator

Mason came to me the other day wanting me to paint his toe nails, just what every little boy should want. I obligingly got my clear fingernail polish out and painted them. This is not the first time that he has wanted me to do this, but this time when I was finished he said he needed to go put his flip flops on. I wonder where he got that from? I love this picture of his little legs.

What happens when you eat 3 green Christmas tree cookies?

You get green poop. Mason helped me make cookies for school with bright green icing. He had green icing from his head to his toes, but it was fun. He consumed three cookies, one that I gave him and two that he helped himself to without me knowing. The next day when he went to the bathroom it was very interesting to say the least. I'll just post a picture of the cookie and not the after effects. (this cookie is a few days old so it's a little smashed)

Sick Day

What does a 2 year old like to do when he is sick? Sit in a tent watching Elmo with his moose (Mr. Moose) and his monkey (Bam Bam). Mason just got over a cold and a runny nose about a week and a half ago which lasted forever. It couldn't stay gone too long though. He started coughing last night and woke up today with a fever. If there is anything good that can come out of being sick, it is staying home and cuddling all day. That is one of the only times Mason will actually cuddle. On a side note, Mason got his moose and monkey at Build a Bear on two different occasions. He absolutely loves them both! He carries them around kissing them and saying "Mr. Moose loves me," and "I love Bam Bam, he is my friend." Too sweet. He's also started sporadically telling Jonathan and me that he loves us and that we are his friends. I love it!

When you ask Mason to make a silly face, this is what he does.

Visit With Santa

Mason went to visit Santa today at the mall. While we were waiting in line some kid was sitting on Santa's lap screaming for several minutes. Mason was sitting there watching, and I was sitting there thinking, "Oh great, please don't get any ideas!" Thankfully he didn't. He anxiously ran to him, sat on his lap, and smiled for the camera. After the picture he told Santa exactly what he wanted--a wolf puppet and a football helmet. That won't be a problem, however the pink princess cup that he decided he wanted at the Disney Store may not work out. I tried to tell Jonathan that Mason is drawn to pink because he owns nothing that is pink. Unfortunately I don't think that is going to change right now. We got the Little Einstein cup instead. I thought it was a pretty good picture, but I'm not too crazy about Santa's bouffant hairstyle.

Christmas Party And Guitar Practice

Jonathan and I got to go to Baylor's Housestaff Christmas Party last night.

It was downtown in the Empire Room, and they had dinner and dancing. Only like 6 people danced, though, and we were definitely not one of them! It was a fun time to dress up and have a nice dinner. Jonathan's parents watched Mason, and I think he had an equally good time.

All of the Pathology residents that were there.

View of downtown Dallas looking out the windows.

On another note, Jonathan has had his electric guitars out this week practicing some Jazz Christmas arrangements. He's been enjoying the challenge of learning a new style of music and even informed me that he may want to buy a jazz guitar someday--one more to add to our collection. It's been kind of fun because Mason can actually hold his electric guitars unlike his classical one. He thinks it's fun to strum them and play like Daddy. He looked up at Jonathan this morning while he was playing Rudolph and said, "That is good playing, Daddy!" Everyone needs a number one fan!

Dry Hands Treatment

I guess Mason thought his hands needed a little pampering the other day. He walked into the bedroom with his hands stuck in the tub of lotion (the thickest lotion imaginable). All I could do was laugh, but it was not fun trying to clean it all off. He did succeed in moisturizing his hands, though.

Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving Day with Jonathan's family and then went to Oklahoma and spent the weekend with my family. Our family get togethers are total opposites. When we are with Jonathan's family there are just a few of us, and it is calm. When we are with my family there are a lot of us, and it is completely crazy. I love both settings, and it is fun to experience the different dynamics. Dinner with Jonathan's family. I didn't get a group shot of my family because there were so many of us, and we were spread out everywhere.

Mason loves to hug on Amelia, and she loves to follow him around.

Cat, Amelia, Mason, Jonathan, and I went to the park in Jackie and Carroll's neighborhood after eating. We needed to work off some of our food!

Mason is a man after my own heart. He loved pumpkin pie and ate plenty of it. He saved a little bit on his face for later.

We stayed with my sister Julie and her husband Gabe. Mason loves Gabe and Julie, and they are always a huge help when we are visiting. Mason even got to help Gabe start a fire each night. He loved it! He kept saying, "I'll saw the sticks." Just what every child should be doing--right?