Mason's Birthday Party

Sunday was Mason's birthday party - the kids had a great time. They did gymnastics...


Then arts and crafts...




And the Chicken Dance...


Not sure what they are looking at here - but a very cute picture of Mason, Reilly and Charlotte


Brookie was there too - and loved the conductor hat from the goody bag!


awww - hugs!

Mason's Birthday - Real Day

Mason turned 3 last week and the Golds invited us over to celebrate on his real birthday. Reilly and Mason had such a great time playing. They have moved from playing next to each other, to REALLY playing together and having a great time. They are best friends and these pictures really show it (thanks to Mason's Grandma for taking these pics!)

Father's Day

We had a great Father's Day! We surprised Mike and took him to the beach with the Gold Family for the weekend. Reilly is turning into a great swimmer and enjoyed impressing Mike and I with her fish-like abilities! Brooke enjoyed soaking up the rays and playing with little Layla. Reilly and Mason shared a room at the hotel and had fun staying up late. It was a super fun weekend!

ichat

When I was two, I never talked to my friends on the phone. Wait...did I have friends at 2? Probably not. So, when I was like 8, I talked to my friends on the phone. But my phone was attached to the wall. I remember, it was green and hung in the kitchen and it was really high on the wall, so I had to climb on a chair to get to it. It did have a really long cord though, so I could sit down in the corner of the kitchen or under the kitchen table to talk. Oh yeah, and I had like a 5 minute limit since we didn't have call waiting.

But now, times have changed. Reilly talks to her grandparents on my iphone, its really slick, fits in my pocket, comes with me wherever I go. Not only does it have call waiting (I can just hear Reilly in 20 years, "what is call waiting?!?"), but it has speaker phone - and Reilly loves to talk on speaker phone.

But lets take this another step further! Reilly loves to ichat! When I was a kid, I couldn't have imagined ichat, but to Reilly it is no big deal to sit in front of her computer and talk to Mason. Here is a picture of her doing just that - as if the technology has been around forever!