Last Day of School

It's hard to believe that Mason has been in Preschool since September. Last Thursday marked his last day in Mrs. Davis' 3 year old class. He's really going to miss his friends and is already looking forward to next year. He is a kid who loves to go to school! He would cry on snow days or when he had to stay home sick! Now Grandpa has his hands full all day long with Mason since we couldn't find a Summer program for kids his age. (We are so thankful for our families and all they do for us!)

The morning of his last day of school: I just love this picture!




And here are some pictures from the FIRST day of school...look how much he's grown!

Fun Saturday

As promised, here are more pictures from Jump Zone. This time Mason was attending a birthday party for a girl in his preschool class. He was so excited that before the party he kept asking me, "Now is it time for Jump Zone?" every 10 minutes. When we got there, he was thrilled to see almost his whole class. They all get along great and would just run & run chasing each other all over the place. After playing on the inflatables, they ate pizza and birthday cake and watched as the birthday girl opened her gifts. It was a lot of fun!
(Mason is 3rd row back on the right)

That afternoon, my BFF, Tori came over with her sweet little boy, James. We enjoyed getting caught up with each other while the boys played.
Saturday evening we ran over to my sister's house and Mason scored a "VideoNow" player that was my nephew's. I guess a few years ago they were the hot thing~it plays small DVDs of tv shows and lucky for Mason, he got several episodes of Spongebob & Fairly Odd Parents. He really likes it & the fact that it's kind of a "big boy" toy! Here he is with it:


Saturday was a fun, busy day & we were tired after all that!

Christmas Morning

I'm still getting caught up on posting and I just realized that I'm posting Christmas morning exactly 1 month after the day! Here's my new excuse for still being behind: We had a pipe break in our wall last weekend between Mason's room & our office (where my PC is with all my pics on it) and everything is fine now, but it really was not fun getting all that water cleaned up! So now that the office is put back together, I have my computer back & I'm back to posting!

Mason was so happy to see that Santa had brought him a big boy bike (with training wheels) and "even a helmet!"

Santa also brought a kitchen set and a few trucks he'd been wanting
Sleepy the Elf with his coffee


The only time you'll see me in my pajamas with no makeup!

We had a great Christmas morning with just the 3 of us. After unwrapping gifts, I watched The Christmas Story (my fave Christmas movie), we ate cinnamon rolls & orange rolls and played with our new stuff until time to join our families...

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve is the main night when my family celebrates and unwraps gifts. My mom always makes a big lasagna dinner (since we have the traditional turkey dinner on Christmas day.) After we eat, it's time to unwrap gifts...

I love this picture of the cousins: Mason (3) , Chloe' (16), and Cameron (12)

My Sister Angela, Niece Chloe', and Nephew Cameron
The kids with my Grandma (their Great Grandma, aka "Gigi")
Angela gettin' nutty with the nutcracker
Mom's beautiful dining room
And living room
Mason was SO excited about the presents!
More excitement!
Yeah! More Cars!
The BEST. GIFT. EVER!!!!!! My sister and I each received a Cricut Expression die cut machine. If you're a scrapbooker, then you know what this is! I actually screamed and (shamefully) teared up a little when opening this!! Don't judge me :)
My Grandma Betty Ruth (who was able to join us from Fort Smith) and my mom
Unwrapping
My sister got a set of peacock dishes she'd been hoping for
We stopped unwrapping for a quick pose
Buried in wrapping paper & new toys...
We are so thankful for everything and had so much fun!

Cookies for Santa

Mason and I made (slice & bake, that is!) sugar cookies for Santa on Dec. 24th.
First, I showed him how it's done:

He started lightly coating the cookies with red & green sugar

And then got one in each hand and really started shaking them!

It works better if you stick your tongue out...

That night, we put a plate of them out with a glass of milk and a carrot for Rudolph.

Excitement!

BEFORE

AFTER (Christmas morning!)

Visiting Santa

Mason was excited to go see Santa and tell him about the toys he wanted. He posed great for the pictures and then started shyly talking about wanting a new big boy bike, a kitchen set, a Chick Hicks truck, and a Mack "without holes." (long story)
After seeing Santa, Mason got to ride the carousel and this time he chose the new giraffe!