San Marcos Air Show

Our neighbor told us about an air show in San Marcos right before we heading to the wiener dog races, so after we left the races we had lunch and headed to the airport. How fun was this! Mason loved watching all the planes. The planes were taking off constantly and Mason would say bye bye and wave. This yellow one took off and Mason was just so absorbed in watching it take off.

 Miss Autumn even liked watching all the planes.

This nice couple let Mason come up right next to their plane and even stand on the wing for a picture. They also let him look inside the cockpit. Mason loved this red plane and when they went to take off Mason was waving and saying bye like crazy. So cute!

Mommy and Autumn pose in front of the yellow plane. This one had just landed.

Strike a pose, daddy!

Mason and our neighbor posing in front of a cool plane. The kiddos really enjoying running around and seeing all the planes. This air show was the perfect size for a toddler. Not very crowded but still enough planes to see and watch take off/land. Some even did a fly over right above us. I can safety say Mason really enjoyed this adventure!

Alice in Wienerland

We decided to give the Wiener Dog Races a try this year. They are just down the road in cozy Buda, TX! We took the bus shuttle as we figured parking would be an issue. Mason saw the bus and got so excited! He was jumping up and down waiting to get on the bus. After our bus ride to the city park we got our wristbands and in we went. Mason and I were able to find a spot near the races so Mason could watch the wiener dogs race. We watched two races, which I think Mason did enjoy, but then he wanted to explore so we spent the rest of our time just walking around and letting Mason play in the park at the back.

It was a neat adventure and I am glad we went.

Some random pictures....

My world!

Mason loves the boat!

 

Watching daddy and Mason put the boat away.



Taking a few steps....



Easter Weekend

We had a fun easter weekend. On Saturday afternoon, we headed to Lee's house so Mason and Lee could play. It just so happens that Lee's grandparents were in town so we got to visit with them for a bit. It was a great visit and the kiddos played hard all afternoon.

Saturday night, Mason helped mommy put out the baskets for the Easter bunny to fill. We left them on the coffee table so the Easter bunny could easily find them. When Mason woke up Sunday morning, mommy pointed out the Easter bunny came and Mason went straight to his basket to check out his goodies! Autumn also checked out her basket with the help of daddy.

After baskets, we got ready and headed to church. We joined Robert's mom at Immanuel Lutheran for their family service. The pastor (Pastor Tom) uses an "aid" to tell the story of Easter to all the kiddos. His aid is a pelican named Peli, of course! Peli told the kids all about his Easter goodies which included chocolate covered fish eyeballs. He even brought some to share. Pastor Tom looks in the basket and says "These are M&M's!" Peli's response? "Yeah, Maui-Maui!" Ha! The rest of the service went nicely and even Autumn was in a good mood. Of course, daddy was feeding her a snack - goldfish!

After the service, we went back to Sherry's house for some yummy ham and fixings. There was plenty of food and we brought home lots of leftovers. Mason, Autumn and Grandma played outside and grandma decided to "hide eggs" and let Mason have an Easter egg hunt in her backyard. Mason starts picking up the eggs, opening them, and dropping them back on the ground saying "no candy." He already got all the candy out of them but he still wanted more!

We finally headed home when we spent the rest of the evening doing stuff around the house. Robert mowed the backyard and Mason had to help, as always. They both (Robert and Mason) had taken off their t-shirts and I so wanted to get a picture of that....maybe next time!



Mason and his Easter basket. Can you see he already got to the candy??

 

Autumn checking out her Easter basket

 

Grandma Sherry with the kids



The Sullivan Gang!

A complete sidenote, but this is the church we were married in. All together now...awh :)

Sprinkler Fun

This past Friday it was hot! So, mama decided a water day just needed to be had. I got out our old sprinkler and let the kids go for it. Mason needed a little help getting started (ie mom ran through it with him a few times) but once he got started he enjoyed it. Autumn didn't need any help. She just sat next to it and played in the water.

Egg-Stravaganza!!

As our neighborhood egg hunt was not very successful, we decided to attempt our city Easter egg hunt. I was pleasantly surprised at how organized and prepared the planners were of this event. We made it just in time for Mason's age group, and there were plenty of eggs for everyone.

 After the egg hunt, we started to walk around the park and who did we see?? Why, the Easter Bunny of course! For the rest of the time we were there, Mason would ask us to go see the bunny. He even gave it a high-five!

 

Robert saw the mini ponies and asked Mason if he wanted to ride them. Mason seemed to enjoy, but my kid prefers fast and high rides. After the pony ride he saw a bungee trampoline (which he has done in the past) and pulled Robert to it. The gentlemen would not let Mason on it being as he does not weight 40 lbs. Personally, I don't think the guy knew what he was talking about, but that's neither her nor there. 

Again, Miss Autumn watched all from her stroller. I looked for something she could do and came up empty handed. Next year for sure! 

Since Mason could not do the bungee ride, we let him do the huge moonwalk contraption. Well, actually there were two but on the second one he did not want to come down the slide. After what seemed like forever (but was probably only 10 minutes) he went down the slide. This picture shows the slide he went down without a hitch. The other slide was much taller and steeper, so I could see why he was a little nervous. 

Strangely, mason didn't really want to try any of the carnival games (there were a good 20 games surrounding us). Instead, he made his way to the park where we spent the last 30 minutes letting him play and swinging with Autumn. Mom saw a kid do this and convinced mason to give it a try. So cute :) 

After all this fun it was way past our dinner so we headed to the local Mexican place to have some grub. Both kids ate like champions (maybe we should do this more often??). As we were walking back to our truck, the party was still in progress and Mason started pointing at it and saying he wanted to go back.

Next year, kid, next year.

Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt

We went to our neighborhood Easter egg hunt today. It was from 4-6. We got there at 4:05 and missed the egg hunt for Mason's group. We did find a few dropped eggs for his basket. The moonwalk was too crowded for Mason so we tried out the face painting instead. He did really well, stayed nice and still.
Next year, we might try something else....

Mason had his first face painting-on his hand. This was the only pic I could get and its hard to tell but its a car.



Mason attempting the egg spoon race. He didn't really want to finish it-I just don't think it was his thing.



Bless Autumn. She stayed in the stroller the whole time and mom decided to appease her with a few goldfish. Well, the whole bag but who's counting??



Fishing Time

This past Saturday, we took the kids out on the boat. Mason has been out on the boat a couple of times, but this was the first trip of the season. This was Autumn's first, and she enjoyed it. She was not fond of the life vest, but learned to cope with it.

It was a wonderful day!

Autumn's first boating trip!

 Autumn was so chill, she just watched and on the ride back to the dock she crashed in my arms. I think she would have crawled more around the boat had the life vest not been on. Safety first!!



Mason's first try at fishing.

Mason did really well trying to fish! Robert would cast it for him, but Mason did all his own realing in. He was a pro before long. Unfortunally, no bites, but Mason didn't seem upset and I think he is ready again.





I just love this face. Full of concentration, but not stressed. He looks like a little man here.

Autumn's Birthday Party

Autumn's birthday was a great day! As her birthday was on Saturday, we were able to have her birthday party on her actual birthday! Mason and I started the day by going into her room to get her up with the video camera in hand, and Mason helped me sing/wish Autumn a happy birthday. My parents arrived about 11:30 and after a lunch and a trip to Target, we started to prepare for the party. The party started at 4, and we had yummy Rudy's BBQ and cake waiting for everyone.
Autumn spent the afternoon crawling all over and playing in the sandbox and jumpy house grandma bought. She also spent some time walking aroung the backyard pushing a little cart. The boys (Mason, Lee, Garrett, and Reagan) ran all over my house and played with every toy in sight. I love it!! The little boys (Parker and Andrew) sat outside in the shade and just took it all in. Little Parker even did a little crawling-yeah! Miss Grace did a little of everything.
I did get a pinata for the party - why not?!? The kids had fun swinging a toy golf club and trying to break it open. In the end, we just ripped the thing open and let the kids have at it!
After the pinata was the cake. Autumn had her own mini cake to enjoy, and she did enjoy it. It took her a few minutes but then she got it. The bigger cake for the rest of us was so cool.
After a quick round of present opening, the party was officially over. A couple of our friends did stay a bit longer and we just chilled in the back while the kids played longer.
It was a perfect day to celebrate this gorgeous creature God blessed me with. Autumn~mommy loves you more than you will ever know.
Happy Birthday!

Bluebonnets 2011!!

 Our bluebonnet session with CBP. I love bluebonnet season ~ especially now that I have my sweet babies!

Autumn Turns One!!

Its my birthday!



I can spill my drink, its my day!



Standing all by herself! For a long time too :)



My party dress :) It stayed on maybe 15 minutes!



Picking up candy.

Time for cake~yummy!

Autumn turned one on Saturday. We had a great party for her that I will talk about in another post, but here are some pics of my beautiful baby girl on her big day!