Mason starts school, and turns 4!

It's hard to believe Mason is old enough for preschool already.  The entire time he's attended daycare, we've called it school, so going to preschool wasn't really anything exciting for him.  His preschool is at his daycare center too - it was all just another day at office for him.  He did not want to participate in the first day of school photo - but I snuck one of him when he got home.  It was an eventful day none the less, as Mya had tubes put in her ears the same day. 

It wasn't long after school started that we celebrated Mason's 4th birthday.  Instead of trying to pack everyone into our house, we caved and had his party at Chuck E Cheese's.  It suited him just fine, until the birthday focus went on him.  He did let a little smile sneak out as we sang to him though.

 

Julia, Olivia and Mya had fun too.  And no, we didn't coordinate their outfits.  I feel like my posts have all been about Mason these days.  It seems like we're still trying to arrange fun things for him before Mya actually cares what we do.  Eventually we'll have posts with things for her, with him standing in the background looking bored. 

Summer Wrap Up

It's pretty sad when you look at your blog and realized you haven't posted in three months.  Well, I'll do my best to get us up to speed.  

As a surprise, we got in the car one day and took Mason to A Day Out with Thomas [the tank engine] at Huckleberry Railroad in Flint.  I kept imagining how excited and surprised he'd be.  He was both, but Adam and I both agreed the day was filled with way too many melt downs.  We learned the kid needs 24-hour notice of any new activities.  The picture below is from our ride on "Annie" or "Clarabelle" and is one of the few moments he wasn't in melt-down mode.

 

On one visit to Bridgeport, we packed up the kids and went to Haithco Park.  It was Mya's first time on a beach (as "Papa's lake" doesn't have a beach area).  She was really skittish as you can tell.  It probably didn't help that the lake was on the cool side.  I just love the expression on her face.  Actually, I just love her little face.

To cap of the summer, the Cerda's came to visit us at the lake.  Mason and Zoe eventually warmed up to each other and had a good time running around the sycamore trees.   Mya and Blake mostly just looked at each other.  Maybe next year the four of them will all play together.