Mason's 5th Birthday

Today Mason Grey turned 5.
Wolf and I took the day off so that we could spend it with him. His Grandma Ginger and Grandpa Dave were here from Oregon and we all spent the day together. In the morning we opened presents and, as you can see by the pictures below, had a great time doing it. Then we took a walk to the dog park with Sadie, Grandma and Grandpa's dog, then we headed to the Farmer's Market. We took our time and enjoyed the perfect weather. Mason had a great time and simply glowed from all of the attention. Then we went home. We had planned on heading to the beach or doing something else but Mason was tired and just wanted to play with his new toys. So the rest of the afternoon was spent quietly hanging out at home.

Mason continues to amaze us every day. I am so proud of him that my heart is ready to burst. He is always asking questions, always learning, always having fun. He's beginning to read and I love watching his face light up with accomplishment. He loves to practice his writing and other than the occasional backwards "s" he is doing very well. We are at such a fun and exciting stage in is life and I look forward to every minute.

He will be starting Steve & Kate's camp in mid-June, which should be a great adventure for him and the kindergarten in the fall. I think he's a little nervous, as am I, but I know he will do beautifully.

We love you, Big Man, with all of our hearts.
Happy Birthday.

A Day at the Races

Today we celebrated Auntie Claudine's birthday at Bay Meadows. It was an absolutely awesome day -the weather was beautiful and we all had so much fun. In fact, we barely took any pictures, we were so busy! Mason and I bet on 2 races - I picked 3 to win in my race and Mason picked 10 to win in his race - and we both won!! It was awesome. We made back our wagers and walked away with $36. Yippee. Applebee's, here we come. It was great spending time with Claudine, Lance "Uncle Wooie" and all of their friends that we like so much. Happy birthday, Beautiful Claudine. Thanks for letting us share in the fun.

You would never know from the look on his face that we actually won...

Happy Birthday, Morgan James and Mia Denise

Morgan turned 3 today! He had a great day at school, eating gluten free cupcakes made by mommy (who was only able to cook them because his rock star daddy fixed the oven) and getting presents from his friends. He got to have fish sticks, tator tots and hot dogs for dinner and a very small piece of yummy gluten free cake (which caused him to stay awake until past 9:00, which is another story). His present to himself was a shiner on his left eye, which he received when he tripped on the big hill at school.

His birthday party with his friends will be on Saturday at a small park down the street. Not sure how many people are actually coming but we'll have a great time none the less. Lots of balloons and Backyardigans paraphenalia. Woohoo!

Happiest of birthday wishes, my dearest boy.
We all love you so very much.

And a very special birthday wish to Mia who turns 5 today. I think it is the coolest thing in the world that my best friends daughter, Mia, and Morgan share the same birthday. And I think it's just as cool that Mason and Mia are 3 weeks apart. Life is good.

We hope Mia had as wonderful of a day as Morgan did and that her party on Saturday is full of lots of presents and happy memories.

We love you too, Mia.

A quote from Mason

A conversation had on the way to school this morning:

Mason: You know, sometimes when you kiss, your cheeks get red
Me: MY cheeks get red or people in general
Mason: People in general
Me: That's called blushing, sweetie
Mason: But that means it was a really nice kiss, right?

Ah, he's gonna grow up to be such a good man.

Since my sister and her family live close by once again, we have decided to try and meet at Mom's house in Albany the last Saturday of every month. Last weekend was our first gathering and we had a great time. The weather was warm, everyone was happy and the food was wonderful. And, to top it all off, the light was absolutely perfect for taking pictures. So I am going to share a bunch of them with you all. And I am especially pleased with the ones of my sister. I love them! I hope you all are well.....