Thursday, September 17, 2009

Happy Birthday Mason!

For Mason's 6th birthday party, he chose a transformer theme. All the kids were given Transformer masks at the start of the party and given instructions about the missions they had to complete in order to get the clues that would lead them to the Allspark. I totally had to research transformers the day before his birthday to figure out what kind of games we could do because I had ZERO knowledge of transformers! I think I pulled it together because the kids had a blast! I was too busy going through the "missions" with them to take many pictures, dang! But here is the crew: Calvin, Conner, Mason, Paige, Thomas, Logan. It was the perfect size for me to handle! One more boy might have put me over the top!
The kids singing to Mason with his transformer cupcakes. I couldn't find any little transformers to put on top plain frosted cupcakes (Mason's request), so I used 3-D stickers. How ghetto is that? But the boys didn't seem to mind - phew!
My big 6 year old - wow! Crazy how fast kids grow up! My top 6 reasons for loving Mason are as follows:
1. He is really sensitive to others feelings and tries to be everyone's friend.
2. He shares with his brother and sister even when he really doesn't want to.
3. He idolizes Eric and will do anything to spend time with him.
4. He tells me I am pretty and compliments me on my hair, clothes, jewelry, etc.
5. He has loved cowboy stuff since he was 18 months old and asks me reguarly if we can live on a farm someday. He dreams of riding bucking bulls and broncs when he's older, and begs me to let him ride a sheep at the local rodeo now as practice.
6. He truly wants to do what's right and feels really guilty when he's made a bad choice. He expects a lot of himself and is meticulous in everything he does.
How lucky am I to be his mom! We love you, Mason!

Fun with the Brown's

For Labor Day the kids and I went and spent the weekend with my friend Shauna. Eric and Doug (Shauna's husband) were both hunting so the girls got together to party.
We met up with our girlfriend Brecken at Pirates Cove (the best waterpark for little kids) and had such a good time with our kiddos.
Bradli loved swimming with me - can you tell?
We had some great diving board action - no life jackets for the little guys and they did great!
The whole gang - we had so much fun!
Crazy Shauna taught my kids how to have fun with skateboards.
The girls loved them...
And the boys loved them! Skateboarding is a good Sunday activity, right?

Doug came back early from hunting and took over entertaining the kids. He put up a tent and made a bonfire for the kids to make smores. The boys were in heaven!
After watching "soccer dog" on the portable DVD player, the boys were out! And they even stayed in the tent all night!
Monday morning Shauna and I went for a ride while Doug managed all 5 kids (Doug, you are the best!). Shauna and I are new "roadies" and had so much fun riding together! I wish we could do this together every morning. Doesn't Shauna look hot in her riding gear? I need to get some cool biking clothes so I can hang with her!

Such a fun weekend, it was hard to leave. Thanks for a fabulous weekend of fun, Shauna, you're the best!

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Embarrassment

I got back from a bike ride this morning and took a quick shower. In the 30 minutes remaining before we had to take Mason to school, I got the kids showered, fed, dressed, etc., but did not have time to get myself ready. I threw on some sweats (cute ones, I must add) and pulled my hair back in a wet ponytail. I even put on some lip gloss. I grabbed my keys and told the kids to load up in the car. Mason looked at me and the following conversation ensued:
Mason: "You're taking me to school like that?"
Me: "Yes."
Mason: "You're not walking me in, are you?"
Me: "No, I will drop you off on the curb."
Mason: "Good."

It's true. My child is 5 and already he is embarrassed of his mother.