I woke up this morning thinking that I needed to start out the day doing something fun with Mason. He was sick last week and just hasn't been himself lately, so I decided that a little Groundhog Day project with mom this morning would be the perfect pick-me-up for both of us. Some days we just get too busy being busy and I don't take time to have enough fun with my little stay-home-friend. I saw this cute craft idea online and, surprisingly, had all the supplies on hand. I did the cutting, and Mason helped with the gluing. He loved it. After playing with Mr. Groundhog for 5 minutes, Mason informed me that "the groundhog isn't happy, so it's not a happy Groundhog Day." Mason then let me know that he wasn't happy either and proceeded to have a grumpy, difficult, stubborn morning, which has become the norm around her. I mopped the floor.
Later this afternoon I found Mason sound asleep on my bed, Mr. Groundhog snuggled up next to him, complete with a few Lego Guys hidden down in the grass. I'm hoping that the next six weeks brings a much happier three-year-old to our house.
8 comments:
It sounds like you spend your days just like me! Cannot wait to see if our boys still look alike, being that they act alike!
So cute! You are such a great mom!
Good try, Mom. :) Our mornings sound eerily similar -- right down to the grumpy, difficult, stubborn child. I think the groundhog is darling -- Mason, too.
This is a story Mason will tell at his wedding or on his mission to thank you for being so terrific, even when he didn't appreciate it.
I wish you were my mother. If you made me this groundhog, I promise I wouldn't be grumpy.
You're so creative Julie. What a good, fun mom! Cute Mason...I'm sorry he hasn't been feeling well...that's the worst! Hope it gets better!
Cute idea! Much better than mine: I made No Bake Cookies (haven't made or tasted one since roughly 1985) because they were the only item of food that even remotely called to mind the image of a groundhog. This should have, of course, made me pause. Because instead of resembling a groundhog, they resembled something a groundhog may have left in my yard. (Was that gross and too descriptive? Sorry.)
Ditto on the grumpy three year old. Actually Porter isn't really grumpy, he just shrieks - A LOT!! I'm scrapping my class - no way to finish - now I have time to do fun crafts/sewing with you again. I can't wait.
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