Life with Mason
Thanks to Urbanbaby & Toddler Magazine's post on Facebook, Mason and I had something to do on Sunday!
The last time I was at the watershed was in 2007...ages ago. Believe it or not I had a downhill mountain bike and went riding (not often) with my then boyfriend.
This time, we had no bikes b…
Life has been kinda busy and I'm finding myself blogging less and less. And while I'm not blogging, my little man is growing so fast.
I wasn't have much luck with Mason sleeping in his own bed so I decided to give him a new bed thinking that may have been the problem. He kept saying he wanted a …
I had driven past the sign a zillion times: Family skate – Fridays 6:30pm.
Mason had yet to experience the wonderful world of ice skating. I thought he was too young until I heard a friend of mine had his kid on an actually hockey team at 3 years old. Seriously? Future Canuck in training or what…
That really IS the question.
It’s a no brainer. Really. At first thought, who would choose no sleep over sleep!? A crazy person? Or perhaps a Mommy that really misses her boy when he’s with his Dad for a week. Seven long days.
I actually had 2 weeks of uninterrupted sleep, could do what I…
I just googled ‘When is a toddler too old to have a bath with his Mommy’. For a fleeting moment I thought maybe we were past the threshold and I was going to be judged.
Anyhow, I didn’t get a consensus so I’m moving on. Mason is only 3..I think we have at least another year before he’s fully …
Usually vacations are happy times but this time it's different. Mostly because its Mason's vacation time and I'm not going with him.
I've had a while to prepare for the emotion that comes along with having Mason away from me for more than the usual week (which is hard enough) and nothing really ma…
Every year on Mason's birthday starting at age 3, I will ask him the same questions and see how his answers change over the years!
1. What is your favorite color? Blue | Blue | Pink
2. What is your favorite toy? My Robot** | Garbage Truck | Lego
3. What is your favorite fruit? Banana | Orange…
Masey’s 3rd birthday and I want to do something special. I began by researching venues and was quickly frustrated by the lack of options a month in advance so I wrote this blog about it.
The end result was to have a Pirates & Princess party in Clayton’s building which has a free party room. We…
I just realized today that our deadline for Mason's giant list of things to do before he turns 3 is coming up on Feb 21st! We managed to cross off 19 adventures!
Today we visited the Vancouver Maritime Museum. There is ample parking beside the museum but bring your change or credit card as yo…
Mason is turning 3 in less than a month! Normally Mom's of almost 3 years olds will write a blog about oh how big junior is getting and wow can’t believe how fast the time went. I’ve been there done that lol. I agree with both statements but this blog is about party planning!
Mason had hi…
When Mason started daycare, almost 2 years ago we didn’t really know what the other parents had purchased for their kids for lunches so we went with an environmentally friendly option. A Monkey cloth bag from Kradles in Courtenay BC ( with Nuby tossable reusable plastic BPA free containers. (Yo…
I had no idea what time it was. A minute ago it was 8:30pm, I started our bed time routine much earlier tonight as I’m exhausted from the shenanigans from last night (read previous blog).
My dream child did not sleep in his bed, in his new 'bed'room. At 10pm I gave up and he cheerfully ran aft…
I recently wrote a post and accidentally published it on my other blog (the one that isn't about Mason). So to catch you up, please read this first.
So now that I have Mason back with me, I showed him his new room (playroom to bedroom) and I showed him Mommy’s room which is devoid of any child rel…
Almost midnight and while I'm not in the most reflective mood; I thought I should write about Mason's first real Christmas with me.
Last year was a hard Christmas for me as it was the first major holiday that the three of us didn't spend together. Mason was scheduled to spend the time with his Dad…
On Friday night I had told Mason that we were taking him somewhere special on the weekend. His Grandmother Ginny had bought us tickets to see The Polar Express in Squamish.
Mason is a big fan of Chuggington & Thomas the Train and we thought taking him on a real train would be a great exper…
Back in February 2010 my maternity leave was coming to an end and we had the arduous task of finding Mason a full time daycare.
Rhema was the only daycare we viewed and upon meeting Miss Ivy, we instantly knew that Mason would be in very good hands. It was a small day-home of up to 8 kids (12 - 36…
As I was getting Mason ready for bed, I peered over at the multi picture frame I made for him a while ago. It contains pictures of him from newborn to about one and a half years. I studied the picture his Dad took of him, minutes after his birth.
I say to him, “Masey, how did you get so big?…
I have been wanting to take Mason to a live concert of one of his favorite shows but it seemed I either missed the date or I'd be $150 poorer. I love my child but I'm not willing to spend $80 per ticket for costumed people to run around and sing! He's not yet 3 and I was also not sure he'd be will…
It's 10pm and Mason isn't asleep yet.
Which is surprising since he was telling me 3 hours ago that he was tired and wanted to sleep. At that time we were in the middle of visiting with his Grandparents (my Inlaws) and we were not at home.
So now that we were at home, we started the bedtime routine…
Going into this, I didn't realize how much work it is to potty train. I figured, get him the potty, the stickers, lots of encouragement and away we go. I read that it takes up to 12 months for a child to be fully trained (is this really true??)
The first day I started tracking his urination sche…