Half-clothed portrait

Mason is learning to take off his clothes.

I don't know how this happened.

Corey's 6th Birthday

We made the trip north last weekend to attend Corey's sixth birthday party.

First we visited Bubba and Bing.

Then, on Sunday we went to the party. Here's the new six year old.

Lots of people came, like Aunt Barb (with Amy).

Mason's second cousin, Emily (who is strong enough to pick up Mason).

Grandpa Coz

Stephanie and Nancy

Papa was there too, of course.

We took a few group pictures.

Racin' time

Mason likes to race cars on his new tracks. He is even learning to wait for "On your marks, get set, go!"

Two weekends ago

We had a nice little weekend a few weeks ago. Friday night Jeni and I went to a retirement party for Mason's Papa. They served us a lot of wine, so there's not much we can say about the evening (except that it was fun).

The next morning, Mason and Jeni and I went to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. Our first stop was the Oceanarium where we patiently waited for the dolphin show to start.

Jeni had a few critical comments about the show, but Mason was enthralled for the entire 20 minutes.

We spent all morning looking at all of the great animals. He really liked the otters, the dolphins, the lizards, and the rays. By the time I remembered to take another picture, he was exhausted.

Mason spent some time with his cousins on Sunday, so we of course tried to get a picture of them together. One of these years they'll all be looking at the camera at the same time.

At the library with playgroup

Jeni and Mason continue to have fun with their play group. A few weeks ago they went to the Champaign Public Library.

Here they are with Cathy, Natalie, and Gareth.

Mason does really like to go see his friends. I don't know what's up in this picture though.

Mason's new house

One of Mason's favorite new Christmas presents is his new playhouse/tunnel/tent. Here are some pictures and movies of Mason playing in the house with his friend Audrey.

Did we ever tell you about the time that Mason fell down a well?