Mason turns 1

On June 8th, Mason turned 1 year old!  Sometimes I think, wow, that year went by super fast.  But it also feels like we've had Mason forever. 

We celebrated his birthday twice that week.  First we had a combined birthday party for Mason, and his friend Madelena, with our playgroup friends.  Their birthdays are only 3 days apart and they both turned one year old.  We had balloons, snacks, cupcakes, and a pinata.  The kids loved it!

Then on Saturday, (his actual birthday) we celebrated it again with just our little family.  Where we had more balloons and cupcakes.  We opened presents and went to the park and the pet store.  Pretty simple, but I think Mase had fun (Londy did for sure).

At 1 year old Mason likes to:
- say "mama", "Dada", "bye-bye", "Ba"for ball, "mo"for more
- imitate lots of sounds and actions
- walk along walls and furniture
- crawl really fast
- get into the cupboards and pull out pots and pans
- read books (or rather be read to)
- play with his sister
- eat! Yogurt is probably his favorite food and broccoli is his least
- play with balls and anything with wheels



Mase with the Sponge Bob pinata

The Birthday Babes!

Cute decorations made by my friend Marcella

playing

We couldn't leave out a picture of Londy at the party....of course we had to sing happy birthday to her too....twice

He loved the balloons

opening presents

new toys!

riding his new horse

 

cupcakes!

 

Eating cupcakes!

 

We love this one year old!!!!

Spring!

I cannot tell you how happy I am to be done with winter.  This is our first spring in Michigan, and it is beautiful.  Super green and blossomy (is that even a word?).  It rains quite a bit, but lately it has been pretty hot.  I'm guessing around  20-25 C.  We are loving the sunshine.

Everyday, London will say one of the following phrases:
"where will my feet take me today?...maybe to the park"
"It's not raining, it's a sunny day.....we could go to the park!"
"We hope we can go to the park today!"
"I have an idea... we could go to the park...is that a good idea?"
Needless to say we go to the parks often.  There are lots of them around us and they are quite nice, they usually have little streams with ducks and geese.  It's so fun to play outside with my 2 favorite people.

These pictures were taken in April, therefore the cold, drab scenery (imagine everything green now)

 

 

Darcy and London also went to a Tigers baseball game in May.  The weather was awesome and Londy loved game....and all the people there.  Darcy said by the end of the game everyone in their section knew her name and said goodbye to her.  She is such a character!

not the best self pic of the two of them but cute idea!