Mason's 4th Birthday

Now I must be the worst blogger/mother in the world for waiting FOUR months to post about my child's birthday, but I am determined to catch up and have these memories recorded for my kids, so here goes. :

Mason turning four was so fun for us! He was at the age where everything was exciting and he could really anticipate his birthday. A few days before his birthday, Katie suggested we go up to SLC to watch a Bee's Baseball game and they were having fireworks. It happened to be the day before Mason's birthday.




We thought that might be fun, but as it came up, I started having second thoughts, realizing how late we would be getting back and we have early church (9) the next morning. Anyways, I tried to convince Mason to go to the zoo that day instead. He held strong, though and insisted he wanted to see a baseball game 'cuz he had never been to one before. I couldn't argue with that, so off we went to the baseball game.








It was fun 'cuz Katie and Forrest rode up with us and we met David, who was at a class in SLC, Cindy, AJ, and Lyla at the game. It was really fun.

We opted for the cheapest seats, which put us sitting on the grass way in the outfield. I think this is definitely the way to go with kids 'cuz we didn't have to worry about making them sit still through the whole thing and there were lots of other kids for them to play with around.















Mason, in particular, made a fun friend, Sophie (the one in the pink and green shirt). The adults were just chatting and suddenly we realized that Mason was sitting really close to this little friend of his. Then the funniest thing happened...Carter came up and started chasing her around, almost like he was trying to keep her away from Mason. Every time she came back, Carter would chase her. They had a fun time and even watched the fireworks together. About a week later, a girl from our ward saw Mason at the park and started calling his name. He didn't see who it was and excitedly exclaimed "Sophie!" Maybe he will meet her again later in life...











David started the tradition of making all of our kids' birthday cakes, something that I am happy to let him take care of. He enjoys making it fancy and original. Every since Carter's birthday in June, Mason knew exactly what kind of cake he wanted: Scooby Doo and Shaggy being chased by a T-Rex. David was glad to comply. He watned to do the whole thing in fondant...but as luck would have it, he ended up having to do a training class that was 40 minutes away and lasted 12 hours a day the two days before and the day of Mason's birthday. David still was planning to do it, but we decided that a cut out of Scooby Doo and Shaggy would be ok..and Mason loved it. :)

It was fun for Mason to have his family that live here in Utah come and help him celebrate. I'm so glad that we have family here so that my kids can grow up with good memories. We always miss our Colorado family at times like these, though!

Mason, when you are 4 years old, you love to make friends. Without fail, everytime we are at a playground, you will go up to someone and say, "My name is Mason, do you want to be my friend?" You have made many friends that way and you are setting a good example for your little brother who has started to do the same thing. You love to help and are always asking me to help you clean the playroom or your room 'cuz you really like it to be clean. You are a great big brother and Carter and Kaci love you! You are learning to read. You love preschool. You like to come to the store with me and get something out of those quarter slot things, and are especially happy when it is a fake tattoo. :) You love to be hugged and are very affectionate. You are very helpful and carry on quite good conversations with adults. We love you Mason and are so happy that you are ours forever!