The Month of Mason . . . Comes to a Happy End

It was a good month . . . ok, make that a GREAT month!  And finally, the actual day of my birthday arrived.  There were balloons and decorations . . . .

 

And there was my choice of "family birthday activity" - I chose bowling.  Uncle Noley and Aunt Christy accompanied us. 

Sam and I both did some ramp bowling and some "free form" bowling.  

And I won!  Seems fitting on my birthday.

A little goofing around made it a perfect birthday evening.  

Here we are cleaning up our lane after we were done.

Then it was back to our house where there were presents . . . . and dinner . . . .



And there was a birthday cake.  I got all the candles blown out in one breath!  

After the presents were opened and our tummies were stuffed, there was a lot of game playing. 

In other news from the week . . . we're loving swimming lessons.  Here's Sam working on his kick.

And me, doing the same thing.  

And a little more goofing around after our lesson.

I've moved in to my Lego phase.  I got lots of Legos for my birthday and I gotten really good at putting them together all by myself.  They are so detailed and really cool.  This is the one mom and dad gave me.

We had a great Friday night dinner over with our neighbors.  There was water involved and their grandsons were there for a little while to play with.

Check out my form on the slip 'n slide.

And here's Sam going down the slide.

 

There was a lot of game playing at our house this week.  We're learning a tough lesson . . . you win some, you lose some.

One other super dooper fun event from this week - I got to go to my BFF's birthday party (yes, I called him that all on my own).  It was fun to hang out with my friends again - it's been three weeks since school got out - seems like years.  I will miss them - we're all going our different ways this fall.  The birthday boy - on the left - was born exactly 5 days after me.

Oh, and here's our annual birthday photo - a Mason sandwich with dad and mom.  

 Sam Alert:  Hey everyone - Sam here.  It may have been Mason's birthday this week, but I got the best present of all . . . a good, ole' fashioned Whoopie Cushion!  This thing has made its way under the bums of some of my most favorite people.  And I think it's hysterical!  (Thanks Aunt Jen Jen!)  And yes, this is me sleeping with my wonderful possession.

 Enjoy two other super cute pics of me from this week - just hanging out, looking cool!

And really, look at this face - could anything be cuter?  I think not!

 

Sam Out!