Foul Ball!

The night of Mason's party (Saturday), he got to go to the Mariners vs Yankees game with Grandpa and Daddy. My dad's work has season tickets so the seats are pretty good (better then we would ever get when we buy tickets). So Derek texts me early on in the game and said that the guy directly 3 rows behind him got a foul ball. I had a feeling it was "their" night to get a ball. Sure enough a little while later they got one! It landed a few rows behind them but it rolled down and Derek grabbed it. My mom and I even saw it on TV and rewound it 100 times, it was so much fun! The Mariners got their butts kicked that night by the @#%# Yankees, but Mason said to my dad and Derek "Even though the Mariners lost it was still a good game, because I got a ball!!" Lucky boy!

5!

Mason turned 5 this last Monday! I say it every year, but I can't believe he's 5! He had his 5 year check up yesterday and he is growing like a weed. He weighed 40 pounds and is 45 inches tall. I was concerned about his weight being low, but the Dr said he has gained 4 pounds this last year and that is perfect. Derek would like him to have some more meat on his bones, but what are you going to do about it?

Last Saturday he had his very first "friends" birthday party. Of course he chose Mariners to be the theme. He had 15 friends there, but it was a lot of fun and it went so smoothly. We had ESPN jock jams music going on the cd players and the a Mariners dvd on the dvd player. They made pennants with their names on them, played games, had pizza and grapes and this year we made ice cream sandwiches instead of cake. It was a HUGE hit. I was glad we did something different! Here are a bunch of pictures from his party!!

Mason invited all of his cousins to his party. Griffin was the oldest but he was SO much help!

Pin the ball on homeplate! I think Murphy won that game and he's only 2!

Mason's favorite pizza is from Costco!

He loved his new Seahawks sweatshirt!!

36 More Days Until Uncle Ike Comes Home From His Mission!!!

But who's counting?

Preschool!

Mason had his very first day of preschool on Wednesday. We had always planned for him to only go to one year of preschool, mostly for financial reasons. He's almost 5 so he is one of the oldest in class, and we really like that! He already loves it and got so excited today when I told him preschool was tomorrow. Here are the pictures we took before we left.

I hope he continues to love preschool as much as he did after the first day. He has never been away from me like this so I really think it's good for both of us and great for him to get ready for kindergarten. Love this little boy!