First Bath Together

Mariah has wanted Mason to take a bath with her for as long as he has taken baths. She doesn't understand why he has to have a seprate bath tub. Well, he finally sits up in his bumbo seat well enough that I tried to sit that in her bath so he could splash in the water with her. It didn't work very well because the thing floated! I had to hold it down for him to be able to splash around with her for a while. Mariah was able to hold it down long enough for me to take a few pictures and a little video. It was long enough to make her happy for now. My favorite line from the video is "Is he gunna spray his pee-pee up?" hehe

Boomerang Express

All aboard the Boomerang Express! This was the theme song from VBS this year. She loves singing all the songs from the cd. We ALL know all the words by now.

LOL

OH!, Mason loves his big sister! And I have looked forward to this time since before he was born. I love for Mariah to make him laugh and them have fun together. She has always loved Mason, but now she calls him "my brother" with a new sense of pride.

T-ball

T-ball was a blast this year! Mariah learned a lot. There were some trying times, but that is to be expected at this age. She played on the same team as Mallory (her friend across the street), Brayden and Cayden (the twins across the street next to Mallory). Some of my favorite shots were of Mariah and Mallory. This is a small collage of them. I'll post more pictures of Mariah and her Daddy later.
At the begining of the season she would get a little intimidated by the bigger kids all running after a ball. So she'd be content to just stand there and tell the other team when and where to run. hehe She said her favorite part was running the bases. And she loved when friends and family came to watch her play. They had some practices and then 10 games. Even after all those games she still loved t-ball and was ready to play more games. By the end of the year Mariah was hitting the ball when pitched, staying on the field by herself, and even running after balls the other team hit. I'm pretty sure she had just as much fun as I did.

Reading and Writing

MARIAH IS READING!! She has been picking up on a few words here and there for a while, but now she can read full sentences. There is a video somewhere here of her and Gi-Gi reading today.
Another event from today was her writing ... on herself. When I asked Mariah why she wrote on her face she said she was getting ready for her t-ball game. Has she seen baseball players put lines under their eyes? It came off easily because it was dry erase marker.

Bottles and Bubbles

Here are some of Mason's new adventures. He has decided that a bottle is not such a bad thing. He'll even take formula in it, which gives me a little freedom from time to time. He also has discovered how to blow bubbles and make quite a mess. Maybe only his parents think this is cute, but he was having fun!

Messy Mason

Mason has started solid foods with rice cereal. He likes it! Here are a few pictures and video from this new adventure.