The Last Few Days of Summer Holidays

It had to happen eventually. My summer holidays have now ended. This week was my first week back to work and we all survived. Mason settled right back into daycare and is thoroughly enjoying his days with all of his friends while mommy and daddy work. Scott is going to continue working from home on Tuesdays which means Mason will only spend 4 days of the week in daycare.
Last week we took Mason down to the beach right before bed to feed seagulls. (Yes, I know you really shouldn't do this but we went to a quiet area of the beach and only brought a couple of pieces of bread with us.) Mason always points out seagulls to us (they are everywhere around here) so we thought that he would enjoy feeding them. Mason was definitely interested in the seagulls when we first arrived at the beach - he was pointing everywhere. We got ourselves organized with the bread (Scott) and camera (me) and then Scott and Mason began to feed our feathered friends. Well, as all of you can imagine once the first piece of bread was thrown and the first gull let out its screech of delight we were soon surrounded by screeching seagulls frantically trying to get to the pieces of bread before their nearest competitor. At this point Mason became a little concerned and anxious. Seagulls flying high above your head in the sky is a wonderful thing but having them screaming at each other only centimetres from your face is another thing! We quickly ran out of bread and the birds distanced themselves from us a little bit and Mason went back to being excited about them again.
He thought it was fun to chase the seagulls around too.
We also made huge strides forward (literally) in our beach exploration. Mason walked along the shoreline in his barefeet and loved it! I think that it helped that the water was super warm and that there weren't too many people around. We are going to try and get him in the water before the weather cools down too much.



By the way, Mason is getting soooo close to walking indepently. In the past 5 days he has figured out how to push himself up into a standing position from the middle of the room (no furniture assistance) and will stand there with his arms up in the air to balance himself. He gets a great big grin on his face when he is balanced and then he will fall back onto his bum, giggle, and do it all over again. It is so cute! Tonight he took 2 steps forward and then fell down. Looks like we are on track with his doctor's prediction.