Mason 3.0

Last Thursday my little boy (born at 1lb 11oz) turned 3. I would have blogged all about it that night, but I was still traumatized by, a)having a 3 yr old, b)being less than 2 wks post-op, and c)Mason's first day at school! It was a long day to say the least! Mason had a great first day at school, though. They let us go early and walk him into his class room. I decided he was definitely at the right place when the Aggie War Hymn was played over the loud speaker while we walking down the hall! He didn't cry - just screamed with joy when he saw all the new toys! Friday was a different story, however. That was the first day that we had to drop him off in the carpool lane. I'll sum it up by telling you it took 3 people to get him into the building! I didn't get any report that there was a problem once he was inside. The teacher that walked him to the car said she was going to steal him from Ms. Laura every day b/c he was too cute & lovable. That really only takes about 10 seconds to figure out!

I've posted pictures and video from Mason's birthday and his first day of school at www.flickr/haute_momma. Enjoy!

This whole getting older/growing up/going to school experience does have one dark side: it took exactly 2 days for Mason to get a runny nose. This only confirms my suspicion that semi-retirement was the right move for my family! How do I know that this was something that we caught out at the store? Well, for starters, we haven't been out anywhere! And the damning evidence was that the one little girl in his class had a nose like a faucet when she came in on day 1. Ugh.... I just hope that this isn't typical. Do I sound like a fanatic when I say that kids shouldn't be sick all the time? I can count on one hand the number of times Mason has been sick and I just don't always want him drugged up or on 5 breathing treatments a day! (He's probably going to get 2 today, but when something moves into his lungs it goes from 3-5 pretty quickly!)

The bright side of Mason's school schedule... I managed to go to the post office (mailing things in the line!), Target and the library on Friday! That's like a whole week's worth of errands taken care of in one day!