{"id":699,"date":"2013-10-29T21:47:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T21:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eaumaison.wordpress.com\/2013\/10\/29\/mason-grandparents-weekend"},"modified":"2013-10-29T21:47:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T21:47:00","slug":"mason-grandparents-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2013\/10\/29\/mason-grandparents-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Mason Grandparents Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Betty and Richard came all the way to Colorado from Maine to meet their new grandson!\u00a0 There was much baby-holding and coo-watching.\u00a0 There was also much older brother spoiling \ud83d\ude09\u00a0 Jack loves visiting with them and was &#8220;so very very very sad&#8221; that they had to leave.<\/p>\n<p>Meeting the grandson<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10557308115\/\" title=\"Untitled by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3823\/10557308115_8bae84fbdf_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reading Jack a book while Sam snoozes<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10557310085\/\" title=\"Untitled by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3786\/10557310085_37b4ac414b_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walking around Cherry Creek shopping district<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10557318745\/\" title=\"Untitled by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3795\/10557318745_c9d47f4d9e_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I snapped this Sweet Action photo right as Jack spilled his water.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10557580103\/\" title=\"Untitled by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3724\/10557580103_ab12ccc56a_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mason family get-together<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10557392224\/\" title=\"Untitled by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7453\/10557392224_925d94cd2f_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Donning appropriate napkin placement for spaghetti slurping at Virgilio&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10557587053\/\" title=\"Untitled by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3728\/10557587053_f03f48ee22_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sam and I opted for a warm visit to the library for &#8220;baby time&#8221; (story time for less than 1 year olds) instead of joining the group at the Denver Zoo.\u00a0 He&#8217;s already been twice and it was quite drizzly and cold.\u00a0 I hear that they had the zoo to themselves and Jack had a ton of fun.\u00a0 <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10557335085\/\" title=\"Untitled by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2849\/10557335085_486c2e4d67_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watching Toy Story Terror in our theater room with popcorn (yeah, I really need to get proper black-out curtains rather than blankets to block the light.\u00a0 Oy, that looks bad).\u00a0 Jack is showing how he uses one hand to hold Sam&#8217;s body, and one hand to hold his head.\u00a0 Not *quite* the technique I demonstrated to him, but close enough. <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10557338055\/\" title=\"Untitled by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7437\/10557338055_ac0f04ccdf_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sam cooing at Grandma<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/10557604213\/\" title=\"Untitled by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7341\/10557604213_dc4d65cceb_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What fun!\u00a0 They boys can&#8217;t wait for the next visit.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Betty and Richard came all the way to Colorado from Maine to meet their new grandson!\u00a0 There was much baby-holding and coo-watching.\u00a0 There was also much older brother spoiling \ud83d\ude09\u00a0 Jack loves visiting with them and was &#8220;so very very very sad&#8221; that they had to leave. 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