First Day of Kindergarten

Mason had a great first day of school! He was excited and ready, but a little nervous that he wouldn't know anyone. His heart was broken last week when I told him that his best friend Brannen wouldn't be in his class or at his school. But he did great and loved it. When we picked him up and I asked him "How was your 1st day?", I thought I'd get a fine or good, but he must of talked about school for two hours! And he has a fabulous teacher - so sweet, kind, organized and loving - a perfect combination for a kindergarten teacher.

Hmm - now how's mom doing? Better than I expected. It's almost comical the timing God has with things. We have a horrible stomach bug going around our house right now, and I was up most of the night with Colton. So it was almost a relief to know that I would only have two today to care for and possibly get a nap in. God knows just what we need when we need it. It was easy to leave him with Ms. Beakley - have I mentioned she's great! However, I'm still sorting through that he will be there 5 days a week, 7 hours a day. I'll miss him so much and so will Colton! Colton didn't quite know what do to with himself today. He stayed right by side and was so chatty. He reminded me of the song from "My Best Friend's Wedding" - I just don't know what to do with myself...

Our Big Kindergartener!



















Mason with his most wonderful teacher Ms. Beakley

Houston Road Trip!

We enjoyed a day out on PawPaw & Mimi's boat! So fun! We rode around the lake, jumped overboard for a swim and went tubing!














Paxton loved Duke! Always wanted to sit by him or ON him. Duke was a good sport!














Mason holding his new cousin Carly.



















Mason & Colton with their cousin Jackson - can you tell they're related?














PawPaw teaching Colton the game of croquet. What a sport PawPaw was - it was hot out there.




















Colton, Paxton, Mason with their friends Lexi & Meghan. The boys had so much fun with Wendy's girls that when we got home, and Travis asked them if they were glad to be home... Mason responded "No, we want to go back to Meghan & Lexi's house".














We went to the Rain Forest Cafe for dinner and I thought Paxton would love it! WRONG! The child was literally trembling with fear! Here is me introducing him to the tree frog. Not a good idea! This confirmed to me that he was not ready for Disney World!














A sword fight battle with my college roommate's son, Asher.














All the kids having a great time "On Stage". The Reinwald's have the absolute best game room ever! My boys loved singing and dancing on the stage - even Paxton! Hours of entertainment.

First Loose Tooth Gone!

Mason has finally lost his first tooth! Whahoo! And he was so excited - so excited that he left a note requesting $20 from the tooth fairy! Wow! As you can see from the pic, his other tooth was already in before his baby tooth came out - "not to worry" said our dentist- this is common. Hmm - not to sure about that - I see guaranteed braces in our future!

So here's the story- the tooth was loose FOREVER - and he didn't like Travis or I touching it. But we still wiggled it every night, trying to get it out. So, we go out for a date night and our neighbor is babysitting for us. Just before our movie starts, I think "I should check my phone". Ah! A message from home - What has happened? I quickly call back to find out that Hannah had pulled his tooth! What! How? She said, "I just asked him - Mason do you want that tooth out and he said yes, so I pulled it!". I told her we would call her from now on when we had a loose tooth!

Paxton

15 months

Me?? A Cake Decorator

My friend Amanda surprised me and signed me up for a cake decorating class with her. I've always wanted to learn, but didn't think I had the patients or artistic ability to do it. I have had all of my mom's cake decorating stuff for 6 years now and have never used it - now I know what it's all for! It was so fun and we learned so much - I'd like to say that I'll never have to buy a cake again, but I'm sure that won't be true. I was able to make Mason's pirate cupcakes though!

Happy 6th Birthday Mason

Mason is now 6 years old! He is growing into such a big boy. He had his birthday party at the Jack Carter Pool in Plano with a pirate theme! We had so much fun celebrating with family and friends. I had to include a picture of Mason opening his presents at his party. All of his friends were so anxious for him to open theirs and to see what he got. And it seems at 6 years old we have started to move on to new toys - Star Wars and Transformers and the Game Boy.

The actual day of his birthday we celebrated with the Cutlers at the Original House of Pancakes after church. Yummm. I made him a special necklace to wear that read "I'm 6 today" that he wore all day and was so proud of. Though he couldn't understand why it didn't say "Happy Birthday Mason". Oh well, mom will get it right next time. That evening we went to "The Ranch" to eat with Gran and PawPaw James. This is where Mason picked because he wanted them to come sing Happy Birthday to him and even asked the waiter himself.