Backyard 'BUG-OUT!"

Anyone who is a fan of M*A*S*H or is in the military can tell you what the term "bug-out!" means. It means you have a short amount of time to pack up your things and get out of dodge because the enemy is coming over the hill...roughly! Anyway- growing up, my parents adapted this slogan a little differently. In our house, when Dad came home and declared a "Bug-Out!"- It meant you have ten minutes to grab your stuff 'cause WE'RE GOING CAMPING! Usually Dad was tired of the city and needed to get his Rocky Mountain High on! It made for fun memories growing up!

So it is that I pass that on to Mason! This last weekend,Ben and I were getting fed up with work, temps were gonna reach the 90's-so it felt like an opportune time to go camping. We were excited but the closer we got to the weekend, the more nervous I got on how Mason was going to do with it all. Was he gonna sleep through the night? or Wake up all the other campers? Is it gonna be warm enough? What if he wanders off when I'm not looking... Ahh! Plus most of the nearby campsites were going to be booked with Father/Son outings...... SO- We decided to have a TRIAL run on "Bugging-OUT!" in our backyard. We had everything we needed right here PLUS FLUSHING TOILETS!!!

Mason LOVED it! From helping set up the tent to roasting marshmallows... he just soaked it all in! We brought out our portable DVD player and watched some movies we rented until we all dozed off. It was just PERFECT and it calmed all my fears... We're so excited for the real thing this summer!

Family Night Out!

Thursday night, Ben and I decided that we NEEDED to get out of the house and do something since the weather was soooo nice! We went to Boondocks Fun Center to the batting cages and then let Mason go play in the GIANT jungle gym. It was soo much fun because there wasn't ANYONE else there using it. So Ben, myself and Mason spent hours climbing around in there...We definitely got our $3 worth out of it.

Mason has a FAVORITE arcade game that he's REALLY good at! It's the Popcorn popping game shown in the video. Now when I tried it....I ONLY caught 11 "popcorn" balls. Check out on the video how many Mason got! He must get his talent from his daddy! It was a super-cheap and SUPER FUN night! ( That's how Ben likes 'em! HA! HA!) :)

Please leave the MUSIC ON! It drowns out my annoying high-pitched voice!!! HEE! HEE!

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